Have you had your tonsils removed?

coloCan

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

Sundanceh

Nope...
...still have the original equipment.

LAF53

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

Lovekitties

Interesting
I had mine out at 18.

coloCan

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

smokeyjoe

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.

lauragb

I had mine out at age 5.
I had mine out at age 5. I'll have to read this article. Hmmm

SisterSledge

still there
I've never had problems that might have required removing anything, until cancer came along...still have my tonsils and suchnz.

ron50

Too late
Lost mine at five,one of the worst experiences of my young life. Ron.