Having Your Tonsils Removed.

You'd think that over the past couple of weeks i would have found the time, as i said i would, to put up "a few half decent postings up". This has not happened and i'll tell you why; Having your tonsils removed is more draining then i ever thought i would be. (Yeah i know, what a wuss!) It has been nearly 4 weeks to the day since the operation and despite still feeling pretty awful a lot of the time, i am going back to work tomorrow. To be honest it'll be quite nice to get out of the house and be doing something, however with even writing this post is still mentally taxing enough to make me stop for a break every so often, i'm not sure exactly how efficient i'll actually be. Anyway, we'll find out tomorrow i guess. Right, enough of this self-pity! Lets talk post-op!

Daventry hospital is fantastic. Most of it looks brand new, it is spotless and the staff are all brilliant! If i ever have the option i'll take it over any other hospital hands down. It really is that good. My operation went swimmingly, so i was told by the surgeons any way and my first experience of general anesthetic was a positive one. Two breaths in and i was out like a light. I woke up, an unknown amount of time later gasping for water, which i wasn't allowed for what seemed like hours. I ended up, instead of sleeping as most people around me seemed to be doing, sitting up and reading the current Sharpe novel i have pilfered from Clare's house. I was also confronted with a small samples container in which were my tonsils! I had asked if i could keep them before the operation and although this is no-longer allowed, they had saved them for me to have a look at before they took them away. Nice touch i thought. Apparently i was recovering very quickly from the anesthesia and so i was put in a patient lounge after a little while. I was also given a egg-mayo sandwich and told that until i ate it up i wouldn't be allowed to leave. It was a bit of a challenge, however the affects of a local anesthetic they gave me during the operation hadn't faded yet so for an on-cour i asked if they had any other sandwiches on offer as i was a glutton for suffering and surprisingly hungry. Clare came along to pick me up however we ended up hanging around for another 2 hours or so because i had the heart rate of a small mouse which the nursing staff were a bit concerned about and couldn't find the cause of. Personally i think it was probably the excitement of watching Neighbours while connected to a heart monitor. The next week was spent with the most delightful affects of codeine based pain killers (thats an opiate based drug don't you know). Small walks out into the garden were the highlight of my day as the world became a warm and incredibly vibrant place, some flowers quite literally glowing before my eyes. Apparently i was quite entertaining to all who were around to witness. Coming off those is when the real pain started as while on the codeine things do hurt, but you just don't care a whole lot about it. It was like a bad bout of tonsillitis but thankfully without the fever. It is during this time that you learn the following:

Ten things you should know about having your Tonsils removed.

1) Pasta shapes, or rather the sauce they come in is like pouring liquid fire down your throat. Stick to things that have zero spice and very little tomato in.

2) Co-Coldamole = Opium Highs :-)

3) Chewing gum becomes reclassified as medicinal and you end up getting through more of it than Alex Fergison during an entire football season.

4) They deliberately give you MASSIVE tablets to take because all doctors are in fact masochists.

5) Scrambled eggs and ice cream are your best friends.

6) Water can and will hurt you. However it will take on entirely new depths of flavour.

7) Playing scrabble while on Co-Coldamole is incredibly hard!

8) You end up watching the equivalent of an entire Blockbusters worth of DvDs and television.

9) You are supposed to eat as much hard or rough foods as possible so as to scrape your throat out. So much for weeks on ice cream!

10) Going to sleep is great. However karma will balance itself out and make waking up a truly horrifying experience.


Right. That is about it really. I don't think i am actually ready to go back to work tomorrow, but then as i've already stated i am a sucker for punishment so off i go!
I cant wait for my next operation!

Next Week: Battlefield 2.