http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/tonsiliths Questions tagged with 'tonsiliths' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:29:21 -0800 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:29:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/93390/How%2Dpainful%2Dwill%2Dmy%2Dtonsil%2Dremoval%2Dbe I'm 34 and getting my tonsils out and my palette shaved.. I hear it's really painful. What should I expect? The short summary says it all, but the long one is this: I have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=tonsiliths&go=Go">tonsiliths</a> really bad. They get stuck in there so deep that Q-Tips, etc. don't get them out and I've torn up the back of my throat with fingers, picks, water, kleenex, etc. trying to get them out. I saw an ENT who also diagnosed me with sleep apnea and now I'm getting my tonsils removed and my palette shaved.<br> <br> This is what I wanted. The doctor made me see him for a year griping about my tonsils before giving me the surgery, and he kept telling me how painful it would be. Then when the nurse called she said "This is our single most painful surgery" (Nice, eh?). <br> <br> A friend of mine got this done and he said he was pretty fine, but as it healed he had to cough up bloody scabs, but he couldn't describe the pain.<br> <br> To to describe me: I feel I have a high tolerance for pain. I had foot surgery a few years back. The surgery was on Thursday and I took one pain pill. Then I switched to Advil and on Friday I taught class for two hours (standing for the first hour of it). I then had a poker game at my house on Saturday, again only on Advil, with my foot elevated.<br> <br> Yeah, it hurt but it wasn't "Oh my god I can't function in life, the pain please end the pain!" So...is that what I'm in for when my tonsils come out? Can someone please help quantify how painful this will be, and what TYPE of pain it is? Throbbing? Sharp? Dull? Aching? Torturous? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.93390 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:29:21 -0800 doctors pain surgery tonsiliths tonsils arniec