12-01-2009, 03:33 AM
Do it!!!! Take your child to a designated Ear Nose and Throat Dr. for an evaluation- don't rely on your pediatrician. My pediatrician was one of those in the 70's who "bucked the trend" of tonsillectomys and told my parents it was a needless procedure.
I suffered with endless bouts of strep throat, really bad colds (when everyone else had mild cases) and long recovery times until I was 19 and finally saw an ENT. He was shocked I still had my tonsils, and they came out in the summer of '88 (between my freshman and soph year in college.) They were so bad, he KEPT them and used them in a class he was teaching at Northwestern.
Recovery was MISERABLE and took most of the summer. I have to believe it would have been easier and quicker when I was a kid.
I haven't had strep since then and overall recovery time when I am sick is much better.
DM
I suffered with endless bouts of strep throat, really bad colds (when everyone else had mild cases) and long recovery times until I was 19 and finally saw an ENT. He was shocked I still had my tonsils, and they came out in the summer of '88 (between my freshman and soph year in college.) They were so bad, he KEPT them and used them in a class he was teaching at Northwestern.
Recovery was MISERABLE and took most of the summer. I have to believe it would have been easier and quicker when I was a kid.
I haven't had strep since then and overall recovery time when I am sick is much better.
DM