Anyone still have their tonsils?

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Back in the 40s, it was very popular to have your tonsils removed. I’m not so sure now if they still do it. The doctor told my mom that I should have mine out several times, but I fought the idea so I still have mine. Anyone else have theirs?
 

I don't, I remember being in the hospital as a little kid in the early 50s to get them taken out, also remember the ice cream afterwards. :)
 
SeaBreeze said:
I don't, I remember being in the hospital as a little kid in the early 50s to get them taken out, also remember the ice cream afterwards. :)
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I had my tonsils removed when I was 4 yrs old and my sister had hers removed the same day and she was 6yrs old. She asked for ice cream after and since I didn't like ice cream I got Jello ! That made me happy.LOL
 
Had mine out on June 24,1958. How do I know the exact date? It was my 8th birthday....:mad:

Was at my granddaughter`s graduation party Friday night and one of my 19 yo grandson`s friends was there and she just had her tonsils out last week. She was doing really well,considering that is a tough surgery when you are no longer a child,but she said it is now a laser surgery-no cutting involved-so it`s much less painful than it used to be.
 
I never had them removed, but then I don't have any tonsillar tissue, according to the doctor. I guess I won the health lottery on that one!

My mother told me that she and her younger brother both had their tonsils taken out on the kitchen table in the farmhouse. The doctor and nurse came to the house and did the surgery, ether and all. I guess that's how it was done out in the country back then.
 
I had mine removed along with adenoids in 1939 or 40. It was performed sitting up under ether in the doctors office, then home to ice cream and jello. Now they go to the hospital.
 
Yeah, that was a common procedure in the 50s. I had mine out when I was 4-5. But, today, with antibiotics, and steroids, the need for surgery has fallen off. I remembe parts of the surgery. I was laying quietly on the OR table. Somebody started to tie me down, when the doc said that it was unnecessary, I was quiet. Well, all was OK till there was this "medicine" smelly mask stuck on my face. I wasn't having any of that stuff. So I started kicking. I kicked the doc really good, and knocked off all the instruments off the table, etc. They got that mask on my and I fell down onto this long tunnel and I was out. It's so strange that I remember those few moments so intensely after about 70 years.
 
yep' not let going of mine for know one lol
 

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