Did You Have Your Tonsils Removed, And Did Your Children Have Their Tonsils Removed Too?

[Sunrising]

At one time it was fashion to have your tonsils removed as a child, a bit like puberty and growing up.

Did you have your tonsils removed and was you given icecream afterwards?

Unfortunately I missed out on the icecream, but fortunately I kept my tonsils because they are there for a reason.

What is your opinion?

A. I had my tonsils removed when I was a child.

B. I had my tonsils removed when a child, and my children we both have had our tonsils removed.

C. I did not have my tonsils removed as a child.

D. I've never had my tonsils removed.

E. I had my tonsils removed when an adult.

F. Something else.

A total of 17 votes were cast: 5 girls and 12 guys. See detailed results

Updates

1 mo

My opinion is God created human beings, or human beings have had millions of years of evolution to bring us to the present day.

Either way who are we to say human parts are extra to requirements?

We should try to keep the parts we have intact and for as long as possible, because they are obviously there for a purpose.

Updates

1 mo

In 1934 a study found 61% of 1000 schoolchildren in New York had already had their tonsils removed. In the 50s and 60s the surgery reached its peak, and in the late 70s mass removal of tonsils was being believed unnecessary, though even now 500,000 procedures are performed annually in the US.

From 2005 to 2016 fewer than 1 in 8 met the recommended criteria for a tonsil operation.

[molonski2]

Everything in tact for both myself and my children , and that's absolutely as it should be , this practice was not only stupid but utterly barbaric and unnecessary.

In the same catogery as foreskin removal.

A body part has always evolved for a reason.

[molonski2]

UPDATE = Agree 100 % with that on evolution, but I'm not religious, but yes playing god is very dangerous.

[exitseven]

I was born with no tonsils. When I had my physical for the Air Force the doc asked me whan I had my tonsils removed. I told him I didn't. It was determined tht I was born with no tonsils. Maybe I am the next step in human evolution.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[EmmaMary]

Purley for medical reasons I had to have mine removed when I was five years old, and I seem to remember being given toast not ice cream.

My husband and children still have theirs fully intact.

[EmmaMary]

* Purely *

[EmmaMary]

Thank you for the MHO.

[sage2021]

I never had my tonsils removed but my son did when he was 5 years old.

[sage2021]

I was told by the best ENT doctor in Los Angeles that tonsils don't serve a purpose anymore after age 6.

[Anonymous]

They haven't done that since the 1960s because it messes very badly with your immune system. If it were a common thing it would in every movie and on every TV sitcom and they'd have 50,000 products for it.

[AngryCarl3]

UK here. I haven't and indeed it's quite unusual. It's not like circumcision, there has to be a medical reason. Currently you've a 10% chance of having your tonsils removed during childhood.

[OlderAndWiser]

I've never been de-tonsiled and I never had children.

[thegreenyogi]

I personally didn't because I was told it wasn't needed.

[Iron_Man]

Yes, but I don’t have children. I never got stitches

[Nikki1989]

Nope. I still have them.

[NathanDavis]

as far as I know... I have not

[queenofcardio]

No, I still have mine

[Agape93]

Yeap, had em removed a few years ago