I Just Learned Something New
Bizarre, Health & Body, Idaho, Medical Office, Nurses, Patients, USA | Healthy | February 10, 2022
My cat passes away, and in the stress of dealing with his illness, I do forget to wear a mask outside a couple of times. The following days after his death, I suddenly get very sick, and naturally, all I can think of is that I caught something when I forgot to wear a mask. I have almost entirely lost my voice. So, I decide to get tested.
The nurse looks down my throat.
Nurse: “Yeah, you look a bit torn up in there from coughing. Let’s get the tests started.”
She swabs for a couple of different things, and while we are waiting for the results, she says:
Nurse: “Also, your tonsils looked kind of inflamed and oddly shaped…”
Me: *Croaking* “My what?!”
Nurse: “Tonsils, in the back of your throat?”
Me: *Coughing* “I had a tonsillectomy seven years ago!”
Nurse: *Pauses* “That would explain the odd shape they’re in. Well, you’re negative for [contagious illness], strep, and flu, so it’s probably tonsillitis.”
It turns out that, much like if you have part of your liver cut off, your tonsils can grow back, too. I’m the first person I know to have tonsillitis after getting tonsils removed. Good grief!
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