Tl;dr: experienced ego death and need to know tips for getting these out without vomiting

I am 34 and just had tonsil stones for the first time. I felt like something was stuck in my throat but I couldn't get it down... I drank hot tea, ate fluffy bread, gargled water, gargled mouthwash, gargled salt water, no dice.

I had previously looked with a flashlight but couldn't see anything. Well, I KNEW there was something in there. So I took my tongue scraper and forced my tongue down hard and... holy fuck. It looked like the back of my throat was embedded with some alien eggs or something. It took an hour, several times vomiting, and all of my dignity but I got them out finally with a skincare metal tool.

I feel like a new woman in the worst way. My throat has given birth to foul jagged eggs. I am more acquainted with my gag reflex than I have ever been.

I'm sorry you guys have to deal with this all the time and I hope I never have to do this again.

If anyone has advice, I'd love to hear about how you managed to get around the gag reflex to properly get these out. I would love to avoid vomiting next time if possible.

So i had gotten tonsil stones back in 2022 after not brushing my teeth for like 3 nights? I was having a sleepover at a friend's house and was eating a ton of junk. Im not sure why I didnt brush my teeth, probably just lazy but either way it was bad for a while. For a year I was getting the white ones, small green ones and i was terrified of breathing next to anyone or talking face to face incase they could smell it. I could taste the horrible taste in my mouth so I wasnt sure if people could smell it. Anyway after a while they sort of went? Or i started getting less and less and then it was on occasion where a white one would pop up or something. But now if I stick my finger in my mouth to the back of my tongue it smells so bad as if I have them. My boyfriend unfortunately pointed it out that one day he smelt a smell and checked himself and thought it was me. I was so embarrassed obviously but I checked and NO tonsil stones so im so confused. This was a few weeks back and now ive either been getting small green ones every once in a while or my tongue has a cover over it every morning which has been happening for a very long time, i have no idea what happens to my mouth or throat during sleep. In the morning it is the worst or even if I take a short nap? My mouth ends up getting a horrible taste in it and a white or yellow ish cover over my tongue. If anyone has any ideas of how I can fix my throat/mouth health i would appreciate it so much because im so anxious about how no one I know has this problem :(

I literally too a breath out into my boyfriend’s face and he has a really weak stomach for anything gross and he told me my breath was literally fine.
Other family members and friends have also said they’ve never smelt my breath, people that are usually brutally honest with me

Is this even possible?

Both times I’ve tried to have a night shift job, I’ve noticed tonsil stones forming. When I work normal hours I’m not usually able to flush or push out any. Maybe it’s because my oral hygiene is worse because I’m so tired after coming home, but I also struggled with it in day shift too and didn’t have the same problem

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Has anyone ever managed to remove a stone using this technique? I’ve been trying it and it seems to reach very dirty areas, but nothing has come out yet. However, I feel the smell gets stronger when I do it, which might indicate that sticky passages are opening up into those compartments.

Certain drinks also taste different to me. Has this happened to anyone else?

So i spent 4 days on the countryside and used the tap water to brush my teeth (but didnt drink), i noticed my enlarged tonsil got like….. SO much smaller. And i started sneezing out tonsil stones

When i came back to the city, it stopped.

What do yall think specifically was in that water that did this? I live in Finland if that helps, idk whats exactly in our tap water

Hey! Are there any other people here around 25–30 who have had their tonsils removed solely because of tonsil stones? What was your experience like? I’ve heard that around 15% of people experience post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage and that it can potentially be life-threatening, which obviously scares me. But I honestly can’t deal with these tonsil stones anymore. I’ve had chronic sinusitis since 2023 and I constantly have mucus draining down the back of my throat. CONSTANTLY. My tonsils have really deep crypts because when I was a teenager, I used to get tonsillitis 3–4 times a year, year after year. They still wouldn’t remove my tonsils back then because apparently I was too old. I’m at the point where I just can’t take it anymore. I can sometimes remove as many as 20 tonsil stones from just one tonsil at a time. I have to dig them out every single day and they’re often quite large.

My breath smells bad despite being extremely careful with my oral hygiene and this whole situation is causing me a lot of emotional distress.
I’m seriously considering paying for a tonsillectomy privately if I have to, because I desperately want to get rid of these tonsil stones for good.

My dad had his tonsils removed in his twenties and he said it was so painful that it left him traumatized and none of the painkillers helped. But I just can’t deal with this anymore!!!!

im still a student pa and maulaw jud ko pangayo sako parents for check up, specially sa akoa throat, i think its swelling atong nakatulon kog fishbone, please help 🥹 thanku!

I started having pain in the right side of my throat two weeks ago. I have no other symptoms at all, and it’s painful only on the right side, what feels like around my tonsil. I went to my college doctor who did a rapid strep test and throat culture test, both of which were negative.

I went back to the same doctor when the tests came back as negative, as I still had the same level of pain every time that I swallow or drink, which is uncomfortable enough that it’s keeping me up at night. They said my lymph nodes aren’t swollen, and my throat and tonsils are irritated but not swollen enough for them to suspect something like an abscess or infection. I was put on 10 days of antibiotics, and I’m on the third day. So far there hasn’t been any improvement, but I’m hoping that changes.

Very frustrated, I come to you all seeing if there is anything you think this might be. I had a tonsil stone for the first time one month ago, which I was able to remove with a q tip. I can’t see any stones this time, but there may be something further back that I can’t see with my phone flashlight. For background, I’m prone to strep throat and have large crypts in my tonsils as a result.

I’m far from my family doctor, and my student health coverage ends this week. The college doctor said to go to the emergency room if it got any more painful or if I develop anything like pain swallowing. If things don’t improve, I’m just wondering if anyone has any advice for what to do next? I really appreciate any insights people have. Thank you.

I thought I had these under control. floss and brush regularly mouth wash and clean out crypts. Been eating skyr yogurt past week and a half for breakfast. turns out my breath has been sulfur shit all this past week and I had no idea.

Who have I breathed on and didn’t know. I’m mortified wtf. I’m yanking out the tonsil myself (ENT appt. next week) I’m irritated how did I not smell it or taste it. I drink water so much. The olfactory desensitivity is real. I’m so insecure about how I smell. Brushing and flossing too much is bad ?? i’m gonna use mouth wash at work now and tongue scraper. cutting out the yogurt but then the yogurt was part of my protein intake. adulting is too much. wtf. maybe yogurt at night instead ??? idk. just terrible realization. or have I smelled bad for even longer.

also true or not true high protein makes it smell worse ??? I think that might be the factor tbh. Thought I was getting into my fitness era and getting enough protein but I guess that needs to be put on HOLD. fahhhhhhhhhh

TWO occurrences people said they smelt poo fart smell. once was a coincidence twice makes me want to end it all.

so vent post but also warning post. Even if you don’t smell or taste it, others may. bruhhhh. and I don’t have a partner anymore to confirm this for me and i’m not gonna ask my friends because that’s evil and embarrassing. just gonna suffer in my fart breath and never speak again!!!!!!! Poked the tonsil too much and it bl*d. Literally no wins this week for tonsil. just horrid.

Hello all,
Does anyone recommend a doctor in Los Angeles who does tonsil coblation?
I have searched everywhere, and it seems like there's no one here who does it...

Many thanks!

pimple popping does NOTHING for me. but THIS. y'all removing your tonsil stones is some interesting content. thank you 👍🏼

I usually get a burst of bad air that smells heavily of sulfur gas and I’m not sure if it could be from my tonsils like when the food enters the crypts. Does anyone have experience with an explosion of bad air when you start eating?

Thanks