Remember when…

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1. I remember as a kid, I had strep throat a couple of times. The local doctor talked to my parents and told them that a surgeon was coming to town for a couple of months and they wanted to line up all the tonselectomies they could during that time, just to get them out of the way. Different times!

   1. I had my tonsils out in ’51. I had had a seemingly endless series of tonsillitis episodes prior to that. The tonsillectomy put an end to the constant illness; in my case it was the right decision.

2. I’m beginning to think Saskatchewan should simply “purge” all the health officers and the chief health officer. Do a clean sweep. Treat them like they treat the unvaccinated. “Can” them and “Ban” them from working in the healthcare field.

   I realize many may think that type of action is excessive, but would it be harmful to the people of Saskatchewan?

   I would expect those health officers could be canned and the Province wouldn’t skip a beat. They are administrators. Sure, they see themselves as the “A” team but are a bit long in the tooth. As we are quite well along in the bureaucratic COVID battles, I think we need to see what the “B” team can do for us. It would be viewed as shifting gears.

   1. Larry that is an excellent idea and one that will have to be taken to rid ourselves of the covid tyranny.

      1. Heck, I’m sure the head of that Dumb Doctors Organization from up north would take a few of them.

         What she would do with them is anyone’s guess.

3. I come from a rather large family and I’m pretty sure that none of us have ever had our tonsils removed. Perhaps tonsillitis is not quite the threat that appendicitis is.

   1. Same here, I still have mine, at 50, my mother still has hers, at 80, my uncle had his out 20 years ago, when he was in his 70’s. Only issues for me, sometimes small food particles can get stuck in them, annoying, at worst, no stones or infections, that seems to depend on structure of tonsils, oral hygiene, etc.
      Appendix, still there, my father had his out in his 30’s..
      Everyone is different..

4. UnMe’s tonsils have calluses.

   1. Fart

      So do his knees!

      1. ++++/\
         Now, those, are funny!
         (New keyboard required!)

5. Yes, I had tonsils removed at age four, and have always had difficult colds and flus in childhood, even before smoking.

   My son also had a T and A in Japan in 1978, as his rhino affections affected his hearing.

   We have no idea what these gain-of-function “fake vaccines” will do to us. In my dotage, it does matter less, but I am worried about my children and very young grandchildren.

6. I have my adnoids removed at six and my Tonsils taken out at 12, made no difference I still have inner ear issues and sinus issues.

7. 65 with my tonsils intact, fitter than a fiddle, can’t remember the last time I had a cold or the flu, though I did catch the statism virus.

8. I also still have my tonsils.
   In fact, in my entire life, I have never been hospitalized overnight and have only had one surgical procedure – approximately a year after my second daughter was born.

9. I recall being referred to a surgeon. I was told I needed it because I was constantly getting bronchitis. My little brother happened to be with me. He never got sick. I remember the doctor looking in my throat and saying yes I needed to have my tonsils out. It would be no big deal and would help my bronchitis. I would get ice cream afterward. All I wanted to eat. Then he looked at my brother and said, while he’s here, let’s check him too. From where I was I could see and this doctor didn’t even actually look down my brother’s throat. He just pretended to look. His little light wasn’t even on.

   We both had our surgery a few weeks later. My brother got over it in a matter of days. Something went wrong during my surgery. I inhaled blood, hemorrhaged, spent several days in a pediatric ICU after developing pneumonia and for some reason they also had a terrible time waking me up after the anesthetic. That part is all a blur. I remember eventually waking up in a regular hospital bed and pushing the button for the nurse to come. I was having trouble breathing and I couldn’t make a sound. She came on through the intercom over my bed asking me what I needed. I could only make a croaking sounds. Then she clicked off. I pushed the button again and she scolded me for being silly when I was supposed to be sleeping. I felt like I was going to die. I clicked the button twice more and she finally came into the room scolding furiously at me for being such a nuisance. She took one look at me from the doorway and suddenly people were shouting and there was great fussing around me. I don’t remember what happened after that.

   I was sent home after 14 days. I was told it was my fault because I had a bad reaction to the surgery and to the anesthetic. I never did get any ice cream.

   The most important lessons I learned from that was some doctors tell lies. Those lies can kill you. Sometimes you have to keep pushing the button. I never forgot those lessons.

   1. I had my tonsils and adenoids removed at age 7. I also hemorraged, was brought back to the hospital in the middle of the night. It did little to stop my frequent ear infections, colds, sinus problems. Looking back, it’s clear my immune system got messed up early on. I later developed asthma, which is still an issue — and a gastrointestinal disease (Crohn’s). Interesting that this study draws a possible link between these things. When I had my first of two Crohn’s surgeries (small bowel resection) the surgeon took out my appendix “because it was in the neighborhood.” (That was 1987, in Ontario.) Much later, info started coming out about a role that the “useless” appendix plays in both immune and digestive health. I’ve put up with that and much more BS from the medical establishment. And these idiots think I’m going to take an experimental “vaccine” that is maiming and killing people?