I once had a tonsil swell up so big it almost sealed off my throat. I was spitting in a cup because swallowing just wasn't happening. The Urgent Care Doc-in-a-Box put me on antibiotics but it just got worse. So I ended up in the ER late one night. The ear/nose/throat guy on call showed up He was this big m-f'er with huge hands, and he proceeded to hold my mouth open wilst he lanced the cyst without giving so much as an aspirin and only a little novacane. Nothing like the feel of a cold scalpel to the back of the throat, huh? And the taste - OMFG. I kicked and screamed so bad they heard me in the waiting room. You should have seen the look on the nurse's face. She talkied him into giving me a shot of Demerol afterwards. I wish I could remember his name, because you DO NOT WANT HIM to go near you. I considered a restraining order myself. He told me I needed my tonsils out, and told him maybe but there would be "no f***ing way you will be doing it".
Anyway... I still have what's left of mine 7 years later.
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