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A Done Deal

January 25, 2010 on 12:52 pm | In Awesome, Stuff | 3 Comments

It’s a done deal; I’m getting a tonsillectomy on February 24th.

So, me and mom went to this clinic in the middle of Oneonta’s nowhere to see Dr. Sweet, an ENT. We waited a little while, mom did some paperwork and then this nice lady in a green shirt and black palazzio capris called us in. Also, I wasn’t allowed to go into the room by myself because I’m under 18. That’s retarded, isn’t it?

Anyway, she got some info off of me.

-(Have you ever been hospitalized?
Yes.
For what?
I ingested some “Non-Food Material.”)-

Me and mom also stared at the fun posters of ear, nose, and throat infections, decided where acute otosis (or something like that) occurs, and figuring out that polyps can get removed, which sounds like HORROR.

Finally, Dr. Sweet(who is sweet, but not hot. ), came in and gave me a routine check up. Ear, nose(ewww) and throat were checked. He told me that my lymph nodes were quite palpable, which, I guess, means that they were relatively swollen. He told me that my tonsils looked a bit large, and then informed me that a general procedure for such a throat would be to remove the tonsils.

So, I get to skip school for the week after my tonsillectomy. Healing will take a total of three weeks.

And Gina should understand this; do you remember that chapter of “Dr. Grantz is in” when Ulquiorra got his tonsils taken out?

That’s the exact same procedure that they’re gonna do on me.

For those of us who haven’t read “Dr. Grantz is in”, the procedure that they are going to do is different from how they did it ten-twenty years ago. No scalpel!

They take this wand-like thing, and use this plasma-like stuff(very close to a “laser” apparently) and basically melt the tissue and flesh that connects my tonsils to my throat off. It’s apparently less painful that how they used to do it, and I guess it takes less time to heal or something.

But of course, the drawback is that I’m not a kid, so it’s going to hurt like a bitch anyway. Apparently, getting your tonsils removed hurts less when you are a young child (8 and under?), but its like hell once you become an adult. I don’t know how that works, but whatever.

So, anyway, it’s a done deal. I’m getting a pre-op checkup on the 16th so that they can do some tests, and then I’m going to go under the Plasma Wand on the 24th. All of this is taking place in February.

I’m really excited; I don’t know why.