signs you need to get your tonsils taken out, apropos of watching someone experience every single severe "i need to get my tonsils out right the fuck NOW" symptom while also insisting they don't need to get their tonsils out:
you are known as a "bad swallower;" you frequently choke on pills
you get an uncommonly high number of respiratory illness (once a month or more)
when you get a minor respiratory illness like a cold, it consistently lasts for longer than a couple of days, and/or it frequently turns into ear or sinus infections
when you get a respiratory illness, you have difficulty breathing, especially or exclusively while lying down
every single respiratory illness you get feels like strep throat
kissing or making out with anyone causes you to come down with a mystery infection immediately after
you can see your tonsils when you look down your throat in the mirror
you are regularly hacking up tonsil stones (on a daily or weekly basis)
you snore loudly and it is not due to sleep apnea
none of these on their own are a guarantee you need to get your tonsils removed, but two or more in conjunction are a sign you need to be considering this possibility and contacting an ENT for assessment at your earliest convenience.
oh, and if your PCP says we "don't take tonsils out anymore," they're an idiot don't listen to them
peace and love from a bitch whose immunocompromisation was from my tonsils the whole damn time and who now post-tonsilectomy can kiss someone without coming down with a week-long infection immediately
