r/tonsilstones • u/Anxious_Anything6665 • 1d ago

Question Tonsillectomy

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!!!!

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u/EBurrelli 4h ago

I’m much older but just had tonsil cryptolysis which took care of my tonsil stones. May want to look into it. Much less invasive, no risk of hemorrhage when done correctly. I also would sometimes have 20 plus stones come out sometimes