I Have Had Five Ectomys How Many Have You Had?

[Ameriscot]

My sister has horrible memories of having her tonsils out a 5. She remembers getting ether and that the nurse was nasty to her. I was supposed to have mine out at age 11 as I had tonsillitis ALL the time. But when we went to arrange the damn navy doctor said I didn't need it. Was supposed to get adenoids out as well.

 

[Cookie]

I never got my tonsils out, but had a horrible bout of tonsillitis when I was a kid, cured by penicillin and never coming back. Apparently doctors stopped taking out tonsils decades ago, saying they are the immune systems watchdogs, preventing more serious infections, and only considered lately in the event of recurrent and frequent sore throats and breathing difficulties. So I missed all the fun.

 

[ndynt]

The introduction of penicillin, in the mid-forties...thankfully stopped the indiscriminate T&A surgeries.

 

[Butterfly]

I was 4 years old when I had my tosills and adenoids removed. I believed that line of BS about getting all the popsicles and ice cream I could eat... Of course they don't tell you it's going to hurt like hell to swallow it.

I was a little kid when I had my tonsils out. They told me we were going to visit someone in the hospital and then when we got there a giant nurse (no offense to nurses, anyone, but in my memory she was about 9 feet tall and very scary with that white hat) grabbed me (I'm sure she just gently took me from my parents) and threw me in a hospital bed and put something over my face and I woke up with a horrible sore throat. It is to this day a frightening memory. I wonder why they ddn't just tell me the truth -- I guess they didn't want me to freak out.