by BlackSwan of Memphis 31 Replies latest jw friends
The uvula? Oh wow.
If a doctor ever tells you it's less painful than conventional surgery, please beat him to death with a ball peen hammer.
Thanks for the advice. Where the heck was the pain meds? Or didn't they work?
***I can't beleive what people endure sometimes!!!
Sammieswife: Ouch, 2 weeks in a hospital. That sounds awful. I don't like hospitals to begin with, two weeks would be a pain in the arse. At 14, I'm surprised they didn't just tell you what was going on.
My sisters had it done many years prior without any complications and when you're one of many in a family not much is made into a big deal. My mother did not like to deal with any hysterics or drama so I think it was a case of 'bucking' it up and getting it over with. I had never been resident in a hospital before and was extremely naive about any of the procedures that took place - it was quite enlightening. I was in a ward bed with four other patients and since I had no visitors for much of my stay, I could observe everything that took place and write incredible imaginary stories about them in my mind. It was an education. sammieswife.
I had my tonsils removed when I was in the 4th grade. It hurt for awhile afterwards, but that is obvious. The actual surgery went well though, it's a fairly easy procedure I believe. I remember eating a lot of ice cream, jello and other soft cool foods. And everyone waited on me hand and foot. Oh, and for once in my lifetime, my sister was unconditionally nice to me. All in all, it was fine and I'm better off without them. I had strep throat for a year straight, so I don't have that problem anymore.
Hope everything goes well during the surgery. I'm sure it will
I had mine out on my 21st birthday, not for sleep apnea but sore throats all the time growing up. Yeah I was sore but one of the best things I did I have never had a sore throat since and I am 55 now. So your little one will be fine. True Drs. don't want to remove tonsils without good reason, so if the doc wants to remove them do it Good Luck.
I think when I was a witness child in the 50's and 60's the jw's didnt believe in taking tonsils out. If Jehober put them there then you needed them for something.
My sisters had it done many years prior without any complications and when you're one of many in a family not much is made into a big deal. My mother did not like to deal with any hysterics or drama so I think it was a case of 'bucking' it up and getting it over with. I had never been resident in a hospital before and was extremely naive about any of the procedures that took place - it was quite enlightening. I was in a ward bed with four other patients and since I had no visitors for much of my stay, I could observe everything that took place and write incredible imaginary stories about them in my mind. It was an education. sammieswife.
Buck up soldier, huh? Wow, 2 weeks in a room with 4 other patients. That would definitely be enlightening. All my hospital stays have been me, myself and I in one room. Perhaps I'm a bit naive then what with all I'm learning today about doctors, hospitals and surgeries. Because I'm certainly learning a lot!!!
Oh, and for once in my lifetime, my sister was unconditionally nice to me.
CalicoEthel: This made me laugh a little. One of my slight concerns is the younger one. She's able to understand a bit better then her older sister who is having the surgery and I think she is going to want to help me take care of her. Funny thing about being sick. It's good to hear that it cleared up your sore throats. I'm hoping that it will make as good a difference with our daughter.
Hambeak: Good to hear that it went so well when you were 21!
True Drs. don't want to remove tonsils without good reason, so if the doc wants to remove them do it Good Luck.
Well, when he described it like this:
"On a scale of 1 - 4 in terms of how large and swollen they are, she is about 3, 3 and a half."
We sorta figured, yep, we gotta get this done. That's too swollen.
Sounds like we can basically expect her to be miserable for the first day or two and then after that she should slowly start feeling a little more like herself!
Jaguar Bass: They didn't believe in taking out the tonsils? That's just dumb, not that most of their other stuff makes much sense, but they're tonsils for peats sake!
Black swan, I've heard that if you have them removed when you are younger it is better than if you were say in your 20's or older. So having them removed young is the better way to go I think. It's not too difficult to take care for one who had that done....I remember sleeping a lot and watching cartoons. I didn't want to eat too much either because of the sore throat afterwards. I think the worst thing for me was the sore throat and the medicine I had to take afterwards made me quite ill, so I vomited a lot. I now put that on my list of medicine's to stay away from
I had mine removed 35+ years ago when I was eleven. I had suffered from many colds, and swollen tonsils. I remember being checked into the hospital the night before surgery and being very homesick. After the operation my throat was very, very sore. When I cried it was agony. They had told me I would be getting all sorts of ice cream and goodies but afterwards told me not to eat ice cream or pudding as it was too mucous forming. So it was days of jello and cool broth for me.
I have been quite healthy since, but I do wonder about the tonsils/immune system thing. We lived in a very damp, moldy, and woodsy area. I may have been suffering from undiagnosed allergies or something else. But nobody really investigated those things back then - just take out the tonsils and off you go.
Eva
I had my tonsils and adenoids removed when I was 16. They were extremely swollen; to the point of blocking my throat almost entirely. My problem was that I had a bleeding problem and several doctors refused to do it. When a surgeon was found, he wanted a hand-written letter signed by my parents and by the PO stating that if anything happened to me he would not be responsible. My clotting time was finally reduced to 10 minutes (normal is 1-3 minutes). The morning of the surgery my gurney was wheeled just outside the opering room. The surgeon came out, leaned over me and said there was a good chance I would never wake up. I really thought I wasn't going to make it. When I did wake up, I croaked "I'm alive!" The nurse must have thought I was nuts... the surgeon came in later and told me that after the removal, he sewed up the back of my throat to reduce the chance of hemorrhaging.
