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Anyone have experience of having tonsils out as an adult? Did it stop you getting bad throats? On third bout of tonsillitis now since Christmas and getting sick of it, wondering whether to have them taken out. Didn't get done when I was a child as wasn't "in fashion" then, doctors all said I would grow out of it. I assume that would have happened by now if it was going to as I am over 40!

Had mine out at 15 . still get some sore throats when going down with a cold etc but dont get tonsillitis cos no tonsils!. I had mine removed because I seemed to have a permanent very sore throat so they whipped em out !!

Shirley....My daughter had hers out last year!!! it was an awful experiance for both of us ..and it hasnt stopped the sore throats...and she had such bad calcifications of her tonsils they had to stitch the tonsil beds!!! and she still gets problems now

Dont know if we did the right thing or not!!

Had mine out in my late twenties. Had awful sore throats as a child which did stop but came back after the birth of my first child.

Wasn't too bad but I do think the hospital could have managed to give us something other than mulligatawny soup for supper that night!

The frequent sore throats did stop and if I ever got one, the doctor called it pharyngitis instead of tonsilitus!

Will have to speak to doc I think Kempina's daughter's experience doesn't sound great.

Interesting what you say about your sore throats coming back after having a child Potty, as this is pretty much what happened to me, didn't really suffer too badly in my 20s and 30s but the last couple of years have been really bad.

My dad was given cornflakes the morning after his were taken out!

My son had his out at the age of 16.It was very painful for a few days after ,but he says it was the best thing he could have had done,Wishes it was done years earlier.No more bad throats.I think you have to eat toast afterwards !

You eat the crispy stuff afterwards to get rid of skanky skin, etc. It works.

My S.I.L had his out about 1999/2000 he was aged 29/30 yrs old always getting
sore throats colds and what ever else was going .
but since having them out he's been fine .
Hazelx

i had my tonsils out at 21 !!! frankly id rather go through child birth again!!!!
it was better after a while....so all said and done....
sam x

I had my tonsils removed at the age of seventeen.....no problems at all apart from the kippers I was given as my first meal after surgery!!!
Tonsillitis used to be a twice yearly two week affair where I couldn't even swallow liquids without pain.
A sore throat now is a very rare occurrence, and have just realised that my operation was sixty years ago ...lol

Norah

thank you all for your replies, I think I will ask my GP for a referral and see what they say, thanks again

My husband had tonsillitis about 3 times a year and had his out age 21, he was in hospital for a week.

Years later after still having bad throats his doctor said "oh I see you had your tonsils out, well what do you expect"

Carol

Hi Carol. I was 29 when I had the job done. My tonsils were perferated and swollen to such a degree I found it hard to swallow. the pain after the operation was terrible worse than having the condition but in the long run it was the best thing i ever did. These days I would think there would more medication that would help. Be brave and go for it you'll not regret it cheers, Trish

i had mine out at 27 and still used to get quincy quite abit aftewoods.

You don't say how old you are.

My sister had her tonsils out when she was in her early 20's and she was poorly for weeks.she said she wished she had never had it done..

Nowadays they give Crisps and Cereals to eat and they recommend eating a lot of Crisps as it helps the throat to heal.

I had mine out about three or four years ago - I'm 39 now. I was always getting throat infections and then I was in hospital with a quinsy, which is when I was advised to have the tonsils out.

It wasn't a bad experience really - in fact I remember sneaking out of the hospital the same night to have a fag - and my throat has been much better since. I've actually got swollen glands now (which I am sure means they are fighting infection?) but I think this is the first time since I had them out.

I remember back in the '50's it was almost a snobby thing. Yummy Mummies, as we would know them today made a big thing of having their kids tonsils out, whether their child needed it or not. Sad really as lots of kids had theirs removed when it was completely unnecessary.

These days, hopefully, the operation is only performed when it is really needed.

I had mine out at 40 years old, no problems as a child started with sore throat about every 2 weeks winter or summer, saw consultant sent me straight to his secetery booked appointment, 3 weeks later, best thing for me no problems ever since, I do remember giving me fish & chips to eat when I asked why they said it would help to clear all musus, it took me ages they were freezing cold by the time I managed to swallow, but believe it or not next meal I swallowed easier, I feel it was best for me because my throat would never have cleared up
Mabel

Isn't this'trend' amongst medicals for people to have things done
interesting?
I'm the youngest of 4 -the others being 7, 6 and 4 years older.
Unlike the others, I never had my umbilical cord bound-and my navel stuck out.
They all had their tonsils out aged 4 to 7 (followed by copious amounts of ice cream), I didn't.
I had all my double teeth filled aged 12 (only 1 needed a filling-they did the others 'just in case') - the other's didn't have this.
My daughters missed out on the 'Swiss coating of their teeth against rot- because they had no fillings! (now,aged 28 and 31, they still have no fillings) -they've also never had their tonsils out, despite the younger suffering from a lot of swollen glands and tonsillitis as a child.

My son had his tonsils out 3 years ago (he was 4) with an excellent consultant. He had developed sleep apnoea because they were so big all the time and he got quinsies the last bout of tonsillitis he had. He lost weight because he couldnt swallow properly.

Our consultant told us after the age of about 3 your tonsils are of no use to you as part of your immune system, I had heard you are more prone to meningitis without them, he told us that was wrong.

I had my tonsils out when I was 6 because I always had tonsillitis, I am in my 40`s now and its never caused me any more problems.

I have a friend that had her`s out in her 30`s two years ago. She said it was painful after, but nothing painkillers couldn`t control. She had to have two weeks off work and had to rest, but she has had no problems since.

I think you have to weigh up how ill you are each time with tonsillitis and how much effect it has on your life against a couple of weeks of pain and discomfort after the op. No-one is the same so the op will be different for each person. Have a good chat with your consultant and if you dont feel confident with them ask to see a different one.

Good luck