Tonsillectomy as an adult

Got mine out at 22, it sucked. Two weeks of liquid diet.

Daughter in law did it in her 30s. No problemo. Don't recall if she was on an ice cream diet for a few days.

I will say Sonic slushies saved me though. If you can have a steady supply of those your golden.

Had mine taken out in my mid-30’s. Don’t wait. Do it asap. The healing time will only get worse as you get older.

Kids will reasonably recover in a couple days and then complete the week before being 100%. For me, it was one week of recovery (on heavy pain meds in syrup format) and a second week before feeling back to normal.

When I told my ENT that the recovery wasn’t as bad as many made it out to be (but it was still rough), he told me they always try to “overestimate” when they describe the recovery. Rather you be pleasantly surprised than upset.

Lastly, it will have a dramatic positive impact on your quality of life. Obviously, not worrying about strep is nice; but I had improved breathing and sleep. My snoring became much less frequent as well.

If you can take off a week to recover, it’s worth it.

Adult tonsillectomies suck, but you're better off getting it done.

Youngest son had his removed at age 20. They were gigantic. The path lab kept them as "the largest tonsils they had ever seen." I did work for the path lab, and they invited me to check out the room of "odd stuff." There, on the shelf, was my son's tonsils. When I said "wow, that's my son's tonsils", they looked tense until I started laughing.

Wife had her tonsils out as an adult and had zero problems and she recovered quickly. She was around age 40 at the time.

A relative about the same age just had his removed last week. No issues.

I had it done in my early thirties.

I went 10 days without eating solid food because it hurt so fricking much to swallow. Nothing but a couple of small glasses of Gatorade a day.

But I did lose 15 pounds and didn’t take a shite for 12 days.

Got mine out at 27. Best thing i ever did. Yeah the recovery sucked and I basically had to teach my self to re-swallow but haven't had a sore throat since. I'm in my 40s.

Tip. If you do it, take your adenoids out as well and keep your throat moist at all times. Set your alarm at night every two hours the first few days to keep it wet. When it dries out, it hurts like a motherfricker.

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I went 10 days without eating solid food because it hurt so fricking much to swallow. Nothing but a couple of small glasses of Gatorade a day. But I did lose 15 pounds and didn’t take a shite for 12 days

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Reminds me of when I had mono or wisdom teeth removed. I have heard tonsil removal can be very bad for adults. Strep has hit out house hard too this year.

Remember when this came up last year and a lot of people agreed you better have someone with you the first 24 hours after surgery. Apparently you can bleed to death if something goes wrong.