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VTderry

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4. I remember being TOLD that I'd be allowed unlimited

Reply to LoisB (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 22, 2024, 03:07 AM

Dec 22

ice cream... and the reality being that it was agony to swallow even my own drool. Also remember an extremely unpleasant nurse.

Source of my anxiety? Maybe.
Start of my lifelong discomfort in any and all medical settings? Definitely.

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Having Your Tonsils Out as a Child May Have a Drastic Impact on Your Life [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 OP

Interesting. elleng Dec 22 #1

Or maybe all the illness and infections ... krkaufman Dec 22 #5

Wow. Interesting - all I remember is lots of ice cream. LoisB Dec 22 #2

I remember being TOLD that I'd be allowed unlimited VTderry Dec 22 #4

I am so sorry you had such a bad experience. The nurses I had actually gave me a lot of LoisB Dec 22 #8

I'm inclined to doubt this. Prior to antibiotics, tonsillectomy was commonplace. No Vested Interest Dec 22 #3

Personally speaking, my tonsillectomy was a horror. no_hypocrisy Dec 22 #6

My younger sis had her tonsils out in 5th grade. Prior to that she had one strep throat after another Hekate Dec 22 #7

My sister and I were like your sister, always sick with throat infections. lark Dec 22 #9