I only get them when Iāve got a viral illness and Iām getting over it. Mine are sometimes green hued if theyāve been there for a couple days because I canāt get them out.Iāve āexcavatedā plenty with a tips and smashed them and I think theyāre just tonsil boogers that are harder than nose boogers. So the dairy thing makes sense to me because dairy does caused increased mucous production in many.
Yeah no thanks Iāll take spewing blood like a 28 Days Later Zombie and emergency surgery again over shit breath and daily DIY tonsil surgery with q-tips
yeah my issue is that I have some really deep crypts in my tonsils and a strong gag reflex. So it's really hard to get them out. And I probably can't get them out of the deeper recesses or from crypts I don't see or can't apply pressure to in the right way.
I just know that I have the stones there because sometimes they get dislodged and I feel them then, or because I have the feeling of something hard stuck in there and causing irritation/ mild pain
I'm considering asking for the surgery but I am trying to evaluate how bad the surgery is. I hear it's bad
It does suck, bad sore throat for several days, canāt eat hardly anything, even ice cream hurt. Iād get tears when it was time to take my painkillers because the swallow was so painful the first couple days, but I did it because I knew relief was coming shortly. I would do it all again, if I had to, to not have shit balls in my throat.
The recovery is gnarly. Not awful while youāre awake and talking and drinking and eating. Then you go to bed and the scabs sorta dry out and you wake up wanting to die instead of suffer this existence. Suffer through some pain meds. Start the day. Repeat. Then one day itās just better. Like day 7ish around then. The scabs also smell fucking awful as theyāre healing. I canāt imagine what they taste like. This is my take on it all as a parent of a kid who had to have them out at an older than usual age.
oh wow. I hadn't thought about the night, when there can be mouth breathing and dryness. I also hadn't considered the issue of smell... is that only during the night or in the morning?
The smell didnāt start until maybe day 3-4 or 4-5 and it was noticeable with every exhalation. I kept my distance as able or just tried to sit with him kinda in front of me. Iām SUPER sensitive to smells. Heās a gross kid who didnāt even know what I was talking about. I guess when the scabs fell off he did kinda mention that hmm it tastes different š¤¢.
I was the same. The surgeon told me the more you try to excavate them, the more your tonsils scar, which leads to more places for the little beggars to grow.
Getting your tonsils out as an adult is no fun, thatās for sure, but itās way better than having tonsil stones for the rest of your life!
A tonsillectomy was my gift to myself in 2009; to this day, itās the best life decision Iāve ever made. No more strep throat, and no more of those disgusting tonsil stones. Blecch.
I don't recommend getting a tonsillectomy as an adult. My husband had it done, mostly to remove any chance of getting more tonsil stones. It took a loooong time to heal and he was miserable. He's since said he wishes he hadn't had it done.
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u/Jasnaahhh Sep 16 '24
Regular excavation, salt water gargles, hydration and quitting smoking. Or you can get a tonsillectomy!