LEDobsession
Enlightened
Just had an Adenotonsillectomy this morrning-afternoon. Should be fun for a week. 
Still pretty loopy.
Tonsils out!
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Just had an Adenotonsillectomy this morrning-afternoon. Should be fun for a week. Still pretty loopy.
LEDobsession
Enlightened
Both sound good to me! Wish I could go for a McGizmo or a Surefire!
Flying Turtle
Flashaholic
I remember being envious of the kids who got their tonsils removed. It was, of course, the ice cream. Doesn't seem like this procedure is as common as it was back in the 50's and 60's.
Geoff
Geoff
Oddjob
Flashlight Enthusiast
Having them out as an adult is more painful than having them out as an adult. My wife had them out a few years back. Hope you recover well and treat yourself to a new light!
DimmerD
Enlightened
Yup, had mine taken out a few years back and was the most painful recovery I have ever had. I lost 29 pounds in 10 days, just plain couldn't eat, ANYTHING. I hope you fair better than I did!
Oh yeah, I hear they can grow back sometimes, If mine do they are staying no matter what!
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Sounds similar to having your wisdom teeth removed. Can't eat for days, and right along with the chicken broth and ice cream, you get to swallow all that rotten smelly buildup in your spit.
I swear those were the worst few days of my life.
I swear those were the worst few days of my life.
LEDobsession
Enlightened
Yeah, it sure sucks. Im pretty sure its the worst recovery I've dealt with thus far. The ice cream seems to be the best thing to eat that doesn't just kill going down. I have to have 2 more wisdom teeth pulled (had 3, one got pulled, the other weren't ready yet) sometime before the end of the year too. Right now, Im thinking that the wisdom teeth wont be too bad after doing the tonsils.
Anyways, thanks for your sympathy guys. I think I now need to buy some more LEDs to modify some lights. :twothumbs
Anyways, thanks for your sympathy guys. I think I now need to buy some more LEDs to modify some lights. :twothumbs
LEDobsession
Enlightened
Anyone else not affected much by Lortabs? All they did for me was make me sleepy. :thinking: I started taking Advil, which I came to find out isn't so good for post adenotonsillectomy due to the fact its an NSAID/blood thinner and can cause the bleeding to take longer to stop when the scabs begin to fall off (gross). So, today I got a new prescription for Oxycodone (generic for Percocet) and it seems to work better than the stupid sleeping pill lortabs. The funny thing is, Im going to have to take 2 Percocets to get the same effect as the Advil. But is anyone else not really touched by Lortabs?
LukeA
Flashlight Enthusiast
I had generic Vicodin when I had my wisdom teeth out. What they did to me was stop all my thinking. I'd walk into the kitchen, forget I was hungry, stand there for a few seconds, and go back to watching TV. I think I ate half a yogurt in 3 days. But they were effective against the pain I guess.
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LukeA
Flashlight Enthusiast
That works out to about 10,000 calories per day, which isn't really possible unless you were running pretty fast 24/7 for that week and a half.
LEDobsession
Enlightened
Haha. I haven't had anything that messes with my thinking too much. I have discovered that the Percocet will make me very dizzy, tired, and maybe even a little nauseous. It seems to kill the pain pretty good for the most part too. I did remember that Tylenol works pretty good too, and, its not an NSAID so I can take them without any problems.
For the weight loss, I don't think I can make any statement on my "loss" because I'm only 20 and I still have a really quick metabolism which keeps me around 130-140 depending on what I eat. Haha.
LEDAdd1ct
Flashlight Enthusiast
I had 'em out when I was a young lad. Ice cream and tylenol was the perfect remedy.
geepondy
Flashlight Enthusiast
Why do they remove tonsils, these days? It seems that as a kid, it was done more almost as a "preventative" reason but yes, I too don't hear of it being done very often these days.
LEDobsession
Enlightened
I've found those to be quite helpful now, but it still has been a long painful week. Theres a big difference in pain from a young age to adult age.
There can be a number of different reasons for a tonsillectomy and I would, after having it done now, recommend it done on your kids at a young age if you have kids and they still have theirs at this time (due to painful recovery at adult age). I had what were called tonsiloliths, basically the tonsils stop fulfilling their purpose (whatever that is?) and the tonsilar crypts (little pockets in the tonsils) grow and gather bacteria from food/oils/liquids/etc and it gets trapped inside these until it calcifies and hardens into a small whitish brown stone. These stones eventually work their way out and they can cause bad breath, not to mention, they're gross. I didn't have it too bad but my ENT specialist said they never get better and that the tonsils were now useless. So, I had them removed. The human body can be quite gross sometimes. Anyways, Im getting over it now. One week post-surgery and they are starting to let off on pain a little bit and the scabs should be falling off soon (yuck). I personally think that if you have kids with them in still, and you can afford to have the adenotonsillectomy, DO IT! The recovery for adults is a lot less comfortable and more time consuming than as a child. :thumbsup:
DimmerD
Enlightened
Had to get them yanked due to redness and inflammation that would not go away after weeks of strong antibiotics. I will say now that they are out I choke very easily on my own saliva now. Can just be sitting there and all of a sudden I am choking/coughing like crazy because a little spit went the wrong way. Also if I get a cold it goes straight to my chest, I don't get runny nose anymore, weird.
PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
They used to, yes. I still remember a day when I was a child that my dad came home from work abd announced to us, "Ok, we have insurance now. Everybody gets their tonsils out!"
It's decades later and I still have them with no apparent problems. I think the age of modern antibiotics made those preventive procedures unnecessary.
LEDobsession
Enlightened
They used to, yes. I still remember a day when I was a child that my dad came home from work abd announced to us, "Ok, we have insurance now. Everybody gets their tonsils out!"
Haha!
Im not sure if what I had would have been prevented by any antibiotics. Would've been nice though.
