It was getting very painful to breathe, swallow and talk.. to the point where I would just cry:(
It was so swollen that I could barely open my mouth to eat anything even when taking 600mg of ibuprofen every 4 hours. The last 3 days that I had it, I was basically starving myself because I just couldn't fit anything in my mouth.
Well I went to my doctor and he checked it out and prescribed me some antibiotics and Lortab then referred me to an ear, nose, and throat doctor.
That doctor told me that I had an abscess in my tonsil which is a complication of tonsillitis. its basically a pocket of pus and bacteria inside or to the side of the tonsil.
It looks like the mouth on the right..
He decided that the best plan of action would be to drain the tonsil.So he numbed it with a needle.. which stung:(
then poked around to find the pocket.. which hurt because it wasn't fully numbed.
he drained it by collecting the pus in a large syringe.. my mom said it filled about half of the syringe..
finally, he made an "incision" (which is basically code for a huge cut) in order to let the pus drain fully for the next couple days.
After that he let me spit into a dish to get rid of what was in my mouth.. I was lucky enough to snap a picture of it on my phone to show everyone:) its a collection of pus, blood and spit.
so after all of that, I'm just very happy that I got lortab to help me breathe and swallow.
Ibuprofen was just NOT cutting it.
The drainage did help the swelling of my glands on my neck which is nice.
The taste of the pus today is so nauseating and unpleasant. He should have clarified that the pus would be draining into my mouth :/
ITS DISGUSTING.
I go back tomorrow to get it checked out. hopefully it doesn't need to be drained again.
OMG! That is so nasty! lol Wow.. Glad that you got that taken care of before it got any worse. I know how hard it is to have a sore throat. I get strep every single month the week before my period. Feel better poor thing.
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