He may not be able to answer yet because he’s still healing. My tonsillectomy was also hell. I think I was 28. It was gross, painful, and tiring. Still, I would do it again considering how often I had strep and how often I was at a medical office instead of work, school, or having fun. I get an occasional sore throat, but nowhere near the pain, fever, and contagion that strep brought. I always made my boyfriend sick when I had it!