Tips on tonsils getting removed!!!!!!-Im scared!?!
Question: Tips on tonsils getting removed!!!!!!-Im scared!?
Okay, I just found out I'm getting my tonsils removed!!!!! I have never had surgery in my life and im 11 yrs old! I'm scared! I dont know what its like to be put to sleep, how they do it and what happens! Any tips on getting surgery, recovery, being put to sleep, how to handle the stomach butterflys of nervousness and how they put you to sleep would be helpful!!!!! IM SOO SCARED!
Answers:
In my day they were routinely removed as a young child. It's nothing worse than a severe sore throat at first, but the symptoms go away fairly quickly. You'll be fine! You have your parents as well as a medical team looking out for you, so relax. Better to just not worry, get it done, and go on.