A Little O-T? Huge Tonsils!

[Guest guest]

Hi to all--

I have been reading through the archives and remember a post

from Elaine about her large tonsils. I was in the hospital

today for my pre-testing and the interviewing doctor made a note

on my chart that they were " acutely inflamed " . I'm fighting off

head cold and cough along with everything else. I asked him if

there was anything that I could do to help them, and he

answered " not now " , but that I might talk to the surgeon about

having them out one day. I can't imagine a more painful

prospect! I remember talking to one of my doctors about this and

(this was some time ago) he said that they try not to do that

operation on adults as it is so bloody. My brother had his in the

sixties but for some reason, I kept mine. They are truly

enormous.

My question is: Does anyone - Elaine? - know of any natural way

to help them, shrink them, heal them short of surgery? I'm facing

some gyn surgery next year and certainly hope to not have my

tonsils out at this late stage! Are they even helping me anymore?

Note to self: do a search on " tonsils " at some point.

Thanks for reading - everyone have a good weekend and stay

warm!

Jan

[Guest guest]

It'll be a few days till I can get to this - please remind me if it takes

more than that as I am currently in the throes of planning a significant

b-day bash for my daughter tomorrow and will need a few days to regroup.

My son got strep a few x in one year and he was put on an antihistamine

regimen for a month or so to shrink his tonsils. It worked!

Take care and hope you feel better soon, Fay (tonsillectomy, 1970 at age

close to 6)

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It'll be a few days till I can get to this - please remind me if it takes

more than that as I am currently in the throes of planning a significant

b-day bash for my daughter tomorrow and will need a few days to regroup.

My son got strep a few x in one year and he was put on an antihistamine

regimen for a month or so to shrink his tonsils. It worked!

Take care and hope you feel better soon, Fay (tonsillectomy, 1970 at age

close to 6)

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[Guest guest]

It'll be a few days till I can get to this - please remind me if it takes

more than that as I am currently in the throes of planning a significant

b-day bash for my daughter tomorrow and will need a few days to regroup.

My son got strep a few x in one year and he was put on an antihistamine

regimen for a month or so to shrink his tonsils. It worked!

Take care and hope you feel better soon, Fay (tonsillectomy, 1970 at age

close to 6)

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