*KLAXON* tonsils came out yesterday

[ThomasRichard]

And this is what the back of my mouth looks like today It's gruesomely fascinating.

Oh my god. You weren't kidding with the klaxon. Incredible stuff!

Wow

I'm making the most of it before the drugs the hospital gave me wear off and it starts to hurt. No more tonsil stones!

Is it painful? I suffer from tonsillitis so much and am considering getting mine removed

mortificado it's very swollen and quite uncomfortable but not actually painful. I'm well stocked up on liquid paracetemol, ibuprofen, dispersible aspirin and anaesthetic throats spray for when the morphine wears off though. Hopefully never because I'm alternating between being fast asleep and waking up as high as a kite

Oh my goodness!

Hope you heal well and quickly.

What's all the grey stuff? IS the the actual back of your throat? Why is it so grey?!

The grey stuff is scabs. It's seriously gross.

Wow!

Wish you a speedy recovery and more gross pics

That grey stuff looks like the bad half of my placenta after DC3 arrived (just in time, evidently). Is it hard?

Just a warning: I felt pretty good after mine came out. Days 3-6 were shockingly painful.

Ride the painkiller wave while you can

That's what I'm not looking forward to Amy :(

They're not hard, a bit jelly-like and bits keep falling off.

Today's photo. They feel very swollen and I'm less inclined to talk today but still not really hurting.

Day 3: everything hurts. The area has swollen up so my neck, tongue, ears and cheeks hurt as well as my throat. I'm trying to be diligent in keeping up with the scratchy foods so have a bowl of Twiglets right now. Sore throat spray, liquid paracetemol and ibuprofen and drinking lots of water all seem to help too.

Yowch. Hope things improve soon.

Ah no, I was hoping you'd escape the Day 3 misery!

I had to go back to the GP as the Tramadol I had wasn't quite cutting it.

Wow - gruesomely fascinating is EXACTLY what it is!

Hope it gets more comfortable soon

No one's offered me Tramadol! I'm booking a GP appointment this afternoon to get some. This morning I was happily dreaming about conversing with the frogs in my boyfriend's garden so goodness knows what extra drugs will do.

Woo, I have liquid morphine! No pain and I feel very sleepy and rather high. 😴

Enjoy it! I fucking loved liquid morphine

I am on the list to have mine out. Please keep updating with your progress! I'm quite old. Is the pain worse the older you are?

Oh god, it was so sore. I happily accepted painkilling suppositories, I nearly cried every time I needed to swallow.

Looks good tho!

soimpressed I've repeatedly heard that it's worse for adults than children but I don't know how it grades after that. I'm 29. The pain isn't worse than a sore throat, it's more the swelling that's bothersome.

This is today's photo: more debrasion required, looking at those grey bits!

I looked up my thread on my tonsil stones for a bit of encouragement. They were gross and I'm glad to be rid of them. It was horrible being so self-conscious about my breath all the time and knowing there wasn't anything I could do about it. Thread with yucky tonsil stone pic here.