Yes, I still have mine at 31. I have endured colds, viral infections and ear infections and they are still with me. I am not sure if in the near future I still have them or not, but I shall cross that bridge when I get there.


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I am 37 and I still have my tonsils

I do not have mine. They were removed when I was 2 years old. All I remember was getting lots of ice cream and jello.
I had tons of ear infections as a child and the tonsils were the cause.

Wendi

Nope, I live by myself in an apartment.


As for having a sore throat 6 times in 6 months - - I could have that covered in 6 weeks!! Now another question - - Are any of you smokers?

Mine have been gone since I was 7 years old and good riddens. I havent had strep throat since :) A super strep germ that became immune to anti-biotics was hiding in my tonsils and the only way to get rid of it was to remove them.

I had mine taken out at the age of 22! I was sick all the time with strep. I had it so bad that my tonsils were covered in scar tissue from all the strep. I had 11 cases in 10 months and I was finally able to convince the Dr. it was time for them to go. every since then I have had no problems with stress and hardly any sore throats. I do find that I get things now that I never used to like Bronchitis. I have had that 6 times since having them removed.

I still have mine. I remember just about everyone getting them out when I was in elementary and jr. high, but from what I hear, they aren't so quick to do that anymore.

I got my tonsils and adnoids taken out when I was seven. I was considered to be a little young to get them out, but I desperately needed it, because I was missing too much school over tonsillitis. On the other side, my dad got his tonsils out when he was 54!

That is what happened to me!!!! and now at 43, I get tonsilitis a couple times a year :) *wah*!

Do they still take them out? I might be wrong but isn't there a new method to zap the tonsils with lasers instead of removal.

That would be nice. *sigh*

I had tonsillitis that wouldn't go away for slightly over 2 months last semester. I have the beginning of it again right now. They refuse to take them out though...
I hate my tonsils.

I caught a bad cold in high school and my tonsils got infected. They were so swollen that they actually pushed up and you could see them in the back of my mouth. I ended up having them and my adenoids removed about two months later.

Recovery was so painful. I thought that I would just get to eat ice cream all day, but that didn't happen. I guess throat surgeons don't believe in that anymore because the people at the hospital gave me a cheeseburger to eat the morning after my surgery. I was in pain and could barely eat or swallow for two weeks. I ended up losing 8 pounds, which devastated me because I was already a string bean.