OT: Do You Still Have Your Tonsils??

mykneesareback · 11-06-2009, 09:39 PM

Getting personal here friends

Let's see how many of us still have our tonsils. I still have mine.

What about YOU??

Doris

SuSUN · 11-06-2009, 11:51 PM

Yes, I still have mine, ovaries too. LOL!

Wifey · 11-06-2009, 11:52 PM

The doctor said mine faded away on their own.

alassea · 11-07-2009, 03:47 AM

still have mine

SweetPoison2 · 11-07-2009, 05:20 AM

Nope.

jezzie · 11-07-2009, 06:17 AM

Nope (gone at age four).

Removing them at the first tonsillitis appearance stopped before my children came.
Laureen had tonsillitis three times and they left hers in.

Susan.

birdlady · 11-07-2009, 06:40 AM

Lost that and something else (cann't remember what

) at sixteen.

Doug_H · 11-07-2009, 08:17 AM

Nope, taken out when I was just a little guy.

Doug

FebDeb · 11-07-2009, 08:33 AM

Nope, gone before age seven. I told my doc that they can't remove anything else from me as I need the little that is left.

mykneesareback · 11-07-2009, 12:47 PM

lol Gladys !!!!!!

Yeah, I remember that they used to remove them almost at the drop of a hat!! Now they don't do that anymore, I don't think. My sons still have theirs. Of course, now the surgeons can make a bundle just cutting the fat off of alot of folks..............so they still get their fees in somehow.

Doris

Minerva · 11-07-2009, 01:06 PM

Unfortunately, yes. Currently suffering from the most dreadful throat infection (or Swine Flu?)

jezzie · 11-07-2009, 01:12 PM

Gladys. Glad I didn't have coffee in my mouth.

mykneesareback · 11-07-2009, 02:40 PM

Minerva, the lists of symptom's for the swine flu says sore throat is not one of them, high fever and coughing, lungs congestion is the main thing the powers that be warn against. But it's a pain to be sick, no matter what. Do they have lines of people in England trying to get the H1N1 vaccine, as they do over here? I'm curious.

Gladys is so sneaky funny, lol. Gladys, do you have an accent, or do you just think everyone else does??

Raini · 11-07-2009, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuSUN

Yes, I still have mine, ovaries too. LOL!

LOL! This one really hit home so I have to share!

I once had a license plate that read: 8NO4RE I had problems with people tail-gating me while they were trying to see what it said. One day I was at a school, standing at the counter in the office when a young man came in, looked at me and said, "Ain't no Ferrari, right?" I replied, "Right!" while the secretaries just stared at both of us, not having a clue as to what we were talking about.

A few minutes later I walked back out to my car, and the young man was staring at my license plate. He looked at me and said, "It took my friend and I half an hour to figure out what that says." He paused for a moment and then continued: "At first I thought you were trying to say you had no ovaries!" I replied, "That's not it!" I'm sure my face turned redder than a beet as I got into my car.

Yep... still have tonsils and ovaries!

mykneesareback · 11-07-2009, 03:46 PM

lol lol, Raini, that's is an amusing story, my goodness!!

D

Minerva · 11-07-2009, 05:41 PM

mykneesareback: Yes, I checked out the signs and symptoms for Swine Flu and nothing seemed to fit. I've had a badly infected throat, with serious swelling, a chest infection and cough (but nothing like I would have got if I were still smoking!), and now conjunctivitis - must be a pretty virulent strep/staph. I've managed with over-the-counter meds because I did not think it fair to take such powerful germs to the GP's surgery, with SF around. (I don't know anyone personally who has/had SF.)

As for SF vaccine in the UK... We are told that there are enough doses for half the population (about 30million) and moreon the way. Vaccinations only started about 10 days ago. There are no queues, because it is only being given to the most at risk - health workers, babies and young children, pregnant women, people over 65 or younger who have conditions that put them at higher risk. Anyway most of us don't think it's a big deal - just a bad dose of flu, unless we're in a higher risk group.

mykneesareback · 11-07-2009, 06:03 PM

Well, I wish you to feel better soon Minerva, this time of year has it's qualms allright though. We were watching English soccer this morning, and it poured rain off and on throughout the whole game, that weather doesn't help either I expect. Here also they warn people to stay at home instead of going to the doctor because a person can catch more by going there. They have a huge display when you walk in our clinic with those wipes and tell you to clean yourself up, then to go in, and if you have a cough or are transmitting something, to tell them right away, and they make you sit somewhere else besides the regular waiting room in fact.

D

puffysmom · 11-07-2009, 07:18 PM

still have everything i was born with. Sad thing is I have way more than i was born with. figure i will be keeping it all except the added surplus fat and I sure keep trying to lose that.

License plate story was a funny one. It is all in how one reads things.

mamagiff · 11-08-2009, 02:33 PM

The only thing I don't have anymore is my gallbladder.....and I'll be getting a new knee in a few months....I've still got everything else!

way2fluffy · 11-09-2009, 09:59 AM

Nope.
Got them out when I was 5...along with my little brother getting his out at the same time, so he was about 3. One of the nurses and doctors took us to a room and were playing with us by putting us on a chair and spinning us around. I remember throwing up blood as I spun around....more funny than scary I thought then....
Ended up with some sort of infection too, remember getting IV's and stuff.
Weird what you remember.

StephStu · 11-09-2009, 02:34 PM

Yep. Was going to have them removed when I was 14, but cancelled it to go to the beach. 10 years later, having them saved my life when I got a serious sinus infection, and my tonsils caught the infection instead of it going into my system. My older son had his out when he was 21, and had a very hard time of it.

Since the days when they removed them routinely, they've found that they are very valuable indeed, as I found out first hand. My son had to have his removed because of serious tonsilitis every year that was totally debilitating.

StephStu · 11-09-2009, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mykneesareback

Minerva, the lists of symptom's for the swine flu says sore throat is not one of them, high fever and coughing, lungs congestion is the main thing the powers that be warn against.

Not true. Sore throat is indeed a symptom.

Swine flu - Symptoms

mykneesareback · 11-09-2009, 04:25 PM

It depends upon who writes the symptoms....................lol

StephStu · 11-09-2009, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mykneesareback

It depends upon who writes the symptoms....................lol

I trust the English NHS more than I trust ours in the U.S., which is sad.

mykneesareback · 11-09-2009, 05:02 PM

I trust the people I know that have had the swine flu already. Transplant doctors and nurses at UC Davis Transplant center clinic.

jezzie · 11-10-2009, 06:49 AM

It seems like that take more gall bladders out these days than tonsils or appendix.

.

mykneesareback · 11-10-2009, 09:58 AM

Come to think of it, I've have heard of alot more folks having that procedure done lately too. And the way they do it is different than the "old" days.

Have you guys had those "shingles" shots?? I'm as worried about the "shingles" as I am about the H1N1 actually. One of our acquaintances had shingles last spring and still has pain nowadays from it, the meds don't really help either.

D

12yrslater · 11-10-2009, 10:41 AM

I have everything I was born with AND THEN SOME!

FebDeb · 11-10-2009, 10:56 AM

I'm not overly concerned with shingles, but do plan to get the vaccine after my next visit with the MD. No sense taking needless chances.

jezzie · 11-12-2009, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Have you guys had those "shingles" shots??

Never gave shingles a thought. Only knew one gal who had it. Need to read up I guess.

.

11-06-2009, 09:39 PM	#1
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,059 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	OT: Do You Still Have Your Tonsils?? Getting personal here friends Let's see how many of us still have our tonsils. I still have mine. What about YOU?? Doris

11-07-2009, 06:40 AM	#7
birdlady Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: south louisiana Posts: 3,231 Gallery: birdlady Start Date: june03	Lost that and something else (cann't remember what) at sixteen.

11-07-2009, 02:40 PM	#13
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,059 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	Minerva, the lists of symptom's for the swine flu says sore throat is not one of them, high fever and coughing, lungs congestion is the main thing the powers that be warn against. But it's a pain to be sick, no matter what. Do they have lines of people in England trying to get the H1N1 vaccine, as they do over here? I'm curious. Gladys is so sneaky funny, lol. Gladys, do you have an accent, or do you just think everyone else does?? Last edited by mykneesareback; 11-07-2009 at 02:41 PM..

11-07-2009, 05:41 PM	#16
Minerva Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 185 Gallery: Minerva Stats: (266H) 264/250/154 Waist: 46.5/43/30? WOE: Atkins OWL Start Date: 28 Sep 2009	mykneesareback: Yes, I checked out the signs and symptoms for Swine Flu and nothing seemed to fit. I've had a badly infected throat, with serious swelling, a chest infection and cough (but nothing like I would have got if I were still smoking!), and now conjunctivitis - must be a pretty virulent strep/staph. I've managed with over-the-counter meds because I did not think it fair to take such powerful germs to the GP's surgery, with SF around. (I don't know anyone personally who has/had SF.) As for SF vaccine in the UK... We are told that there are enough doses for half the population (about 30million) and moreon the way. Vaccinations only started about 10 days ago. There are no queues, because it is only being given to the most at risk - health workers, babies and young children, pregnant women, people over 65 or younger who have conditions that put them at higher risk. Anyway most of us don't think it's a big deal - just a bad dose of flu, unless we're in a higher risk group. __________________ Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any. -- Danielle Fotopoulis

11-07-2009, 07:18 PM	#18
puffysmom Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Shawano, Wi Posts: 18 Gallery: puffysmom Stats: 249.3/150 Start Date: October, 26, 2009	me to still have everything i was born with. Sad thing is I have way more than i was born with. figure i will be keeping it all except the added surplus fat and I sure keep trying to lose that. License plate story was a funny one. It is all in how one reads things. Last edited by puffysmom; 11-07-2009 at 07:19 PM..

11-06-2009, 11:51 PM	#2
SuSUN Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 8,811 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: SuSUN Stats: 152/134.4/125 WOE: LC-Moderate - Atkins Start Date: LC since 02/2002	Yes, I still have mine, ovaries too. LOL!

11-06-2009, 11:52 PM	#3
Wifey Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 8,365 Gallery: Wifey WOE: Medifast 800-1000 calories a day	The doctor said mine faded away on their own.

11-07-2009, 03:47 AM	#4
alassea Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 737 Gallery: alassea WOE: kiss	still have mine

11-07-2009, 05:20 AM	#5
SweetPoison2 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 7,824 Gallery: SweetPoison2 Stats: 246/228/150 WOE: Anything I Want Plan Start Date: June 09	Nope.

11-07-2009, 06:17 AM	#6
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 39,873 Blog Entries: 78 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 05/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU at 209.	Nope (gone at age four). Removing them at the first tonsillitis appearance stopped before my children came. Laureen had tonsillitis three times and they left hers in. Susan.

11-07-2009, 08:17 AM	#8
Doug_H Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Needles California for now Posts: 5,829 Gallery: Doug_H Stats: 265/211/under 200 WOE: Keepin' it simple Start Date: Oct 99	Nope, taken out when I was just a little guy. Doug

11-07-2009, 08:33 AM	#9
FebDeb MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Central Wisconsin Posts: 1,108 Gallery: FebDeb Stats: 236 in 2001; 205/205/160 WOE: Physician Prescribed Start Date: Restart October 2009	Nope, gone before age seven. I told my doc that they can't remove anything else from me as I need the little that is left.

11-07-2009, 12:47 PM	#10
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,059 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	lol Gladys !!!!!! Yeah, I remember that they used to remove them almost at the drop of a hat!! Now they don't do that anymore, I don't think. My sons still have theirs. Of course, now the surgeons can make a bundle just cutting the fat off of alot of folks..............so they still get their fees in somehow. Doris

11-07-2009, 01:06 PM	#11
Minerva Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 185 Gallery: Minerva Stats: (266H) 264/250/154 Waist: 46.5/43/30? WOE: Atkins OWL Start Date: 28 Sep 2009	Unfortunately, yes. Currently suffering from the most dreadful throat infection (or Swine Flu?)

11-07-2009, 01:12 PM	#12
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 39,873 Blog Entries: 78 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 05/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU at 209.	Gladys. Glad I didn't have coffee in my mouth.

11-07-2009, 03:46 PM	#15
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,059 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	lol lol, Raini, that's is an amusing story, my goodness!! D

11-07-2009, 06:03 PM	#17
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,059 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	Well, I wish you to feel better soon Minerva, this time of year has it's qualms allright though. We were watching English soccer this morning, and it poured rain off and on throughout the whole game, that weather doesn't help either I expect. Here also they warn people to stay at home instead of going to the doctor because a person can catch more by going there. They have a huge display when you walk in our clinic with those wipes and tell you to clean yourself up, then to go in, and if you have a cough or are transmitting something, to tell them right away, and they make you sit somewhere else besides the regular waiting room in fact. D

11-08-2009, 02:33 PM	#19
mamagiff Bike Tart Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: right down the road from Bong Recreation Area! Posts: 38,791 Gallery: mamagiff WOE: Switched to Atkins Start Date: 3/24/08	The only thing I don't have anymore is my gallbladder.....and I'll be getting a new knee in a few months....I've still got everything else!

11-09-2009, 09:59 AM	#20
way2fluffy Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 865 Gallery: way2fluffy Stats: 215/192/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 2009	Nope. Got them out when I was 5...along with my little brother getting his out at the same time, so he was about 3. One of the nurses and doctors took us to a room and were playing with us by putting us on a chair and spinning us around. I remember throwing up blood as I spun around....more funny than scary I thought then.... Ended up with some sort of infection too, remember getting IV's and stuff. Weird what you remember.

11-09-2009, 02:34 PM	#21
StephStu Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 143 Gallery: StephStu	Yep. Was going to have them removed when I was 14, but cancelled it to go to the beach. 10 years later, having them saved my life when I got a serious sinus infection, and my tonsils caught the infection instead of it going into my system. My older son had his out when he was 21, and had a very hard time of it. Since the days when they removed them routinely, they've found that they are very valuable indeed, as I found out first hand. My son had to have his removed because of serious tonsilitis every year that was totally debilitating.

11-09-2009, 04:25 PM	#23
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,059 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	It depends upon who writes the symptoms....................lol

11-09-2009, 05:02 PM	#25
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,059 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	I trust the people I know that have had the swine flu already. Transplant doctors and nurses at UC Davis Transplant center clinic.

11-10-2009, 06:49 AM	#26
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 39,873 Blog Entries: 78 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 05/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU at 209.	It seems like that take more gall bladders out these days than tonsils or appendix. .

11-10-2009, 09:58 AM	#27
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,059 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	Come to think of it, I've have heard of alot more folks having that procedure done lately too. And the way they do it is different than the "old" days. Have you guys had those "shingles" shots?? I'm as worried about the "shingles" as I am about the H1N1 actually. One of our acquaintances had shingles last spring and still has pain nowadays from it, the meds don't really help either. D

11-10-2009, 10:41 AM	#28
12yrslater MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,778 Gallery: 12yrslater Stats: UGH WOE: Atkins Start Date: Induction: 10/20/08	I have everything I was born with AND THEN SOME!

11-10-2009, 10:56 AM	#29
FebDeb MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Central Wisconsin Posts: 1,108 Gallery: FebDeb Stats: 236 in 2001; 205/205/160 WOE: Physician Prescribed Start Date: Restart October 2009	I'm not overly concerned with shingles, but do plan to get the vaccine after my next visit with the MD. No sense taking needless chances.

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