Omg! Can't imagine how bad that one smells!!

Why does this feel like a challenge?

TIL there are tonsil stones lol

How did the person swallow?!

Yeah…I would think it would have been really painful/noticeable even at 1 in. 😏

Dude, you should notice them by like 1/4-1/2" for sure

Huh? I've heard of them but never had one or known anyone with them. We had this friend called Akin with really bad breath though, maybe he had them.

I tell my wife the same thing

I wonder if they just think it’s a sore throat or a cold without actually looking back there. I get tonsil stones fairly often, so I’m used to checking. Bleh.

I can reach back with my tongue and scoop them out. Never knew they smelled until one day I kept one and squished it in my fingers. I nearly died after smelling it. It's like bad breath times 4 million.

Sometimes when they're really big you can reach back with your finger and press the perfect spot to eject it.

Recently my doctor looked in my throat and asked when I had my tonsils removed. Said they were never removed, but I did pick that crap out of them all the time. He was fascinated. You never like hearing a doctor say "wow". I'd prefer if my doctor yawned from boredom the whole time.

i wanna crush it up and snort a line of it

Where does she put it?

I say that allll the time...

I'm using this image to prove what 6 inches looks like to my gf

I suppose its possible...cant fathom feeling a large lumpy mass in my mouth and not looking to see wtf is going on.

that's not fascinating, or at least that isn't the word I would use

A self administered tonsillectomy over time, picking them down to nubs seems more than interesting

That's a goddamned tonsil boulder.

*with the smaller stones regarding my previous comment.

I do not see a 6 inch tonsil stone so not buying it. When I first learned I had them I plucked one out the size of a garbanzo bean and the stench was enough to gag a maggot. Eventually I had my tonsils removed because of those pesky funky goobers. I was 59 and the experience wasn’t as bad as my doc said it would be. So glad to not be dealing with them.

I don't think that's what happened and that wasn't implied by the comment at all?

Did your doc recommend getting your tonsils removed to get rid of them? I am getting them a lot more and I pick them out once a week. I've asked 3 different doctors about it and they all say not to worry about them and just use mouth wash.

Am I the only one who doesn’t see a 6-inch tonsil stone in the thumbnail OR after clicking through to the trustcarehealth site? Morbid curiosity here, and I don’t see a dang thing

I had mine out a few years ago at 38 and it was brutal lol. I've had a breast reduction with 250+ stitches and it was way less painful l

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My kid had them. Started getting worse as they got older, ended up getting a tonsillectomy to stop it.

I didn’t consult a GP about it. I sought out an otolaryngologist (ear, nose, throat doc) and told him in no uncertain terms that I could not fancy myself poking in my throat and hacking up tonsil shits when I was an old woman and I needed to get these buggers out NOW! He was a young guy and totally sympathetic with my predicament and fixed me up. I tried mouthwash and whatnot. There’s really only one permanent fix, my friends: tonsillectomy.

I had my boobs done too. Walk in the park. Tonsils were worse I’ll grant you that, but worth it.

If his breath smelled like dog shit, likely it was caused by tonsil stones.

100% agree, not having to scoop out my tonsils 5 times a day with a big bobby pin was worth the pain lol

The commenter said they picked at them constantly so much that the doctor thought they had already been removed

° ,,o

I can smell it through my phone screen!🤢🤮

Came here for this

Alrighty then

Damn. I'm glad tonsillectomies were pretty much standard when I was a kid. I got mine out at 7yo.

Immediate block

My crypts have enlarged over time due to stones growing and shifting and shedding. Manual removal can definitely contribute to that, and the shape of the tissues might therefore lend to slimmer appearance of the organs

Thank you kindly for your response, I will look into an otolaryngologist about getting my tonsils removed because the bad breathe caused from these as well as the uncomfortability is not something I want to continue to deal with for life.