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tonsil stones
Sarai:
As I read all the answers I was thinking oh I used to get these, horrid smelly little things. I actually never knew what they were though.
So her I was wondering why I no longer got them, then it dawned on me I had my tonsils out in my 30's and that must be when they stopped but I never noticed.
clio:
They dont normally like to remove your tonsils in adulthood, how did dyou get on having this done Sarai?
Sarai:
I never had tonsillitis up to my 30's then when I did it was every month. I even got it in France one hot August, the doc there could not believe I was being left to get it so often. He said there it would have been done sooner.
I had private health insurance then so getting it done was easy.
However it was the most traumatic experience of my life.
My uvula swelled to the size of a two pence piece and blocked my throat, I hardly spoke for a long time, my tongue went numb and I lost sense of taste.i had 2 young children then and I became very depressed by it.
I took 5 months to get better, my uvula still is not like it should be 20 years later.
The only bonus is I no longer get sore throats.
Jemima:
one word.
YUK!!!
never google tonsil stones on images!!!!! :o :o
gonna vom!
lol
joyce21:
I had a stone in my saliva gland, but I think they are very different from yours, mine would swell whenever I was hungry, and ache in the same way as mumps do. It got bigger and bigger, I made an appointment with my gp, but n the day i was due to go I felt a pop, and my mouth was suddenly full of very salty liquid, this went on for about 15 mins, I still went to see the gp, and he said it was all the saliva that had been backed up eugh, he said it could come back, but if i thought it was the best thing to do was suck lemon drops, he said the acid in them disolves the stone, don't know if it works for tonsil ones though
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