What the hell are my Tonsils so mad about?

JonnyPistachio

So, maybe i've been drinking too much, staying up too late, and singing too damn hard...but I think my tonsils are upset with me. They are inflammed and I am having a hard time swallowing. Yes! I'll have some more ice cream though!

I've been singing in my band for a year now, but the singing has become much more intense lately. I assume this is the issue. I'm going to google it, but has anybody had any similar issues? had them removed? will it just go away if I go easy for awhile? damn.

PahkTheCah

It's gross and foul tasting, but try gargling with salt water. It usually works for me...

small town beck

I had mine removed when I was a kid and I got to take them home... my mum made me throw them out :eek: Evidently, her idea of house keeping did not involve a jar of formaldehyde with tonsils floating in it on top of the fridge. But I thought it was cool

You may want to see about them but I think getting them removed as an adult can be pretty nasty but than again what you are feeling now is probably pretty nasty. The ice cream sounds good

Stone Is God

I'm taking my girlfriend today to get hers removed.

westsidepie

Have your throat looked at by a doctor. I teach at a music school, so I have heard lots of complaints like this. You want to make sure you are not developing vocal nodes. If it is your tonsils, still have a doctor check them. I was supposed to have my tonsils out as a kid, but the doctors decided against it. Unfortunately, my tonsils started acting up again when I was 21. The stress of school, I think, made them go wonky. I had to have them out as an adult. It was not fun. It took my throat almost six months to heal.

JonnyPistachio

thanks for all your input. Stone IS God, how'd your girl make out?

mindi

small town beck wrote:

I had mine removed when I was a kid and I got to take them home... my mum made me throw them out :eek: Evidently, her idea of house keeping did not involve a jar of formaldehyde with tonsils floating in it on top of the fridge. But I thought it was cool

OMG I was just going to say that I had mine out and I still have them.
I had mine out in 1973, and to this day they are still floating around in the little jar. They are pretty gross now.
I actually have them sitting on my desk, not sure why.

small town beck

mindi wrote:

OMG I was just going to say that I had mine out and I still have them.
I had mine out in 1973, and to this day they are still floating around in the little jar. They are pretty gross now.
I actually have them sitting on my desk, not sure why.

I am SO jealous that you still have yours :mad: I can still remember the jar...although they were pretty gross already at that time.

I am going to call my mom and tell her that I could STILL have them if she had let me. Moms :rolleyes:

Stone Is God

JonnyPistachio wrote:

thanks for all your input. Stone IS God, how'd your girl make out?

She made out good, thanks for asking. It was a 45 minute surgery. She does look like a bus hit her though. She kept getting Strep Throat so they decided to yank them. Tonsils are basically useless. All they do is collect germs.

On the bright side they gave her about a gallon of liquid Percocet. Yeah for me. LOL

WildChildRose

Maybe you are dehydrated?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvula

Or if it really is your tonsils, it could be tonsilitis. I had this in Nov and it was the sickest I have EVER been in my life....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillitis

sigh eternally

you probably have tonsillitis. my girlfriend gave it to me a couple weeks ago, but some antibiotics cleared that shit up real quick. like my girlfriend, if you let it fester too long, you might have to get your tonsils removed.