I've got tonsil stones that are stuck

[StinkyLittleBastrads]

I've suffered with them for years but only get them occasionally

I usually just cough and dislodge them but I've had these for days

I can feel them in my throat. I can see them in the mirror. I'm worried they can be smelt on my breath.

I've tried pushing them out with a cotton bud. Then something harder which I shouldn't have done.

I then ordered a waterpik from amazon which arrived this morning but it's just making me splutter and gag everywhere. I can't see where I'm aiming and I'm sure I blasted them but they've not moved.
It's driving me nutty :(

Sorry posted too early.

Any suggestions to get them to dislodge?

Put some tunes on and have a good sing along, louder the better. Or gargling

I feel your pain, OP. Be careful with the water flosser though. I tried using mine on a tonsil stone recently and aimed wrong, I got a bruise inside my mouth and had a really sore throat for a couple of days! Didn't work on the stones either so good luck getting yours out.

Lots of gargling with hot salt water should soften them up a bit. Do it several times a day for a few days then try again with the cotton bud.

*and, not or gargling

Another vote for gargling with hot salty water to soften them. I was able to dislodge mine immediately afterwards with a gentle squeeze using a cotton bud. Haven't had one in years. Thoroughly enjoyed getting them out 😳

I do usually! They always just pop out but these just won't budge.

DH keeps trying to kiss me and doesn't get why I won't. I've never told him I get them as he saw a video on the once and was throughly grossed out 😂😭

I'll try the gargling x

When I got one I didnt know what it was and as I’d eaten fish that day, thought id got a bone stuck! Spoke to my GP who sent me to hospital. Waited 3 hours, saw an ENT consultant who told me what it actually was. Cue massive embarrassment and apologies. He took it out with a suction thingy and told me to gargle daily with salt water to prevent them returning.
Ca you get someone else to get it out?

Oh dear 😂

I could only ask DH and he doesn't know I get them. He would probably throw up if he tried 😂 he was gagging at a video of them once

My ds gets them a lot and they used to be extremely hard to remove . We started to get some olive oil on a cotton bud and applied to the area, on a few occasions he even drank 5-10 ml of oil and it coated his throat, after a week of doing this he then was able to use a cotton bud to remove them really easily

I use the end of a (sterilised) blackhead remover, you know the little loop - it kind of lets you get in and under them.

I don't understand why you're all using cotton buds to remove them, I've always got mine out with my fingers? Or sometimes I can dislodge them by doing a hoicking, heaving action with my throat muscles. Attractive.

I use a 1ml syringe of water to flush it to the surface and one of those blackhead remover tools to scoop it out. I use my phone light to help me see what I’m doing. They’re so gross, I wish there was a cure!

This is exactly how I usually get them out. The HOICK 😂 but these are stubborn little bastards

I can't reach mine with my fingers. Is this one of those things, like piano playing, that my stubby fingers have doomed me to failure in?

They just won't come out.
Which is weird because usually by the time I can FEEL them they're ready to come out.

I can feel these so bad but I've poked them with about 5 different things and am just hurting my throat now.

Gonna keep gargling and try to ignore them