This is going to be disgusting
A friend of mine had pneumonia for a long time, and was in hospital for months. When she finally recovered, she was looking forward to go out and have fun, but first weekend, she got tonsilites, with all those white scabs that form in your throat and hurt like hell everytime you breath.

She wasn't going to be taken down, so she picked a fork and stabbed the scabs and tear and pluck them out. She did a lot of bleeding, but after a few alcoholic drinks, she was very well, and hasn't had tonsilites again.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:31, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I have pulled out tonsil stones from their holes before now
but they're small and soft and don't really hurt
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:33, Reply)

I think I had one of them.
My doctor, knocked it off with a lolly stick, I choked and produced it on the tip of my tounge. It was grey if I remember correctly.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:38, Reply)

Full of pus, yes
Buaj
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:39, Reply)

yeah that's them
When I had them as a kid i assumed that my throat was sprouting teeth.
You can buy water jets to clear them out without poking at yourself.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:42, Reply)

Whooooaaa there nelly.
Are you saying that we have 'tonsil holes' where stones accumulate - and these can be hosed out?
This is all new to me.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:44, Reply)

Yup
Some people don't but if you're prone to tonsil problems then aye.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:58, Reply)

You're disgusting too
Really, it doesn't hurt? But if just openning your mouth hurts when you have them.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:39, Reply)

I don't think I have a lot of feeling in my throat

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:41, Reply)

That's handy ; )

( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:42, Reply)

it is indeed!
I have almost totally eliminated my gag reflex this year
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:44, Reply)

Go Roota!!
Any tips?
( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:47, Reply)

Only DJTP's

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:49, Reply)

Haha

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:50, Reply)

*no comment*

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:53, Reply)

yeah
When you're brushing your teeth, push the brush slightly further back on your tongue than you're confortable with, and hold it there until you feel a retch coming on. Do a tiny retch then stop. Just keep increasing it until you can do that without retching (about a week). Just keep up that process until you can poke the toothbrush about there without gagging. Could take weeks.
If taken by surprise your gag reflex will probably always be there, but with a couple of deep breaths and a mental prep, you'll be able to swallow lamp-posts before you know it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:51, Reply)

Hahahaha!
I am so doing this.
( girlinthehole, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:53, Reply)

bear in mind I am a former bulimic
so the toothbrush used to be able to make me heave at the merest tickle.
If I can reverse this process then anyone can do this!
I'm not a mental. I was young and foolish and I caught it off my mother. I am a food-lover again now and it always stays down.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:55, Reply)

Boner alert!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:56, Reply)

I said toothbrush

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:57, Reply)

Did you used to date Ron Jeremy?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:42, Reply)

*no comment*

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:45, Reply)

"People are strange"
Doors/
(Cave Duck, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:33, Reply)