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Have you had your tonsils removed?

coloCan
coloCan CSN Member Posts: 1,944 Member
edited April 2012 in Colorectal Cancer #1
There's no one any longer around for me to ask how young i was when i had my tonsils removed, 7? 8?
The reason I ask this is I just read article that tonsils are another source of "T" cells, a type of immune cell......Till this, I was under impression removal of tonsils had no effect.....Now I wonder.......steve


healthnewsdigest.com/news/Health_Tips_620/Tonsils_May_Be_Important_After_All.shtml
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  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh CSN Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    #2
    Nope...
    ...still have the original equipment.
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  • LAF53
    LAF53 CSN Member Posts: 60
    #3
    Have'em
    I still have mine. Interesting. I'll have to find the article.
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  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties CSN Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #4
    Interesting
    I had mine out at 18.
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  • coloCan
    coloCan CSN Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #5
    LAF53 said:

    Have'em
    I still have mine. Interesting. I'll have to find the article.

    Just added where I'd read this at
    forget to do so when posted.....I guess some of us did and some didn't......Hmmmmm
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  • smokeyjoe
    smokeyjoe CSN Member Posts: 1,425 Member
    #6
    Lovekitties said:

    Interesting
    I had mine out at 18.

    Still have em....but when I
    Still have em....but when I was younger like 10 years old or so, they talked about removing adenoids or something, I had swollen nodes and would breath through my mouth and snore....so they were checking for something causing the swollen nodes....but it just resolved itself.
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  • lauragb
    lauragb CSN Member Posts: 370 Member
    #7
    I had mine out at age 5.
    I had mine out at age 5. I'll have to read this article. Hmmm
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  • SisterSledge
    SisterSledge CSN Member Posts: 332 Member
    #8
    still there
    I've never had problems that might have required removing anything, until cancer came along...still have my tonsils and suchnz.
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  • ron50
    ron50 CSN Member Posts: 1,723 Member
    #9
    Too late
    Lost mine at five,one of the worst experiences of my young life. Ron.
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