need tonsillectomy but keep putting it off :(
Hi! I guess this is mostly a vent and asking for advice. I've always been a sore throat girlie. I almost got held back in both kindergarten and fourth grade despite having some of the best grades in the class because I missed so much school from being sick! When I was in fourth grade, I had strep 9+ times, and finally they gave me a long-term antibiotic for a few months and said if I got it again that year after that, they'd take my tonsils out. Well, unfortunately for me, that antibiotic actually did help, and I didn't get my tonsils out as a kid... but it didn't fix the problem which is that my tonsils suck!!!! As an adult I still get sick all the fricking time, and even if I'm not sick, my tonsils just swell up at the slightest thing. Allergies, weather changes, didn't get enough sleep, stressed? Swollen tonsils baby. This year so far I've been sick 4 times, twice in August, and am now sitting here with swollen tonsils once again :) I was actually supposed to get them out in May 2025, however unfortunately my dad passed away at that time and I had to postpone. I KNOW I need to get them out, but I do have OCD/healthy anxiety and I am freaked outttt about the surgery :( I keep convincing myself that my tonsils aren't really that bad and that I am being dramatic thinking that I need to take them out, even though a doctor literally confirmed that I am a good candidate for surgery and it would improve my quality of life. And honestly, the worst part is never the physical pain. It's all the stuff I have to miss because I'm sick. All the time with loved ones, parties, events, etc. That's what I hate the most and that's my motivation for getting the surgery.
Anyways, I guess that's what I want to ask the sub - 1) Is getting sick like 6+ times a year as an adult + just generally having slightly swollen tonsils at any given time a good enough reason to get them out? I don't snore nor do I have tonsil stones. I'm just so tired of being sick every other month. It feels like my body rarely has time to fully recover, and getting so sick so often makes it hard to manage my general mental and physical health. But still, is it worth the risk??? 2) I know this sounds dumb but truly the thing that scares me the most about the surgery, and this would be my first surgery ever, is the idea that I might get scheduled for like a 3pm surgery and I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DRINK WATER THE WHOLE DAY UNTIL THEN????? I think I have somatic OCD and I kind of am addicted to drinking water tbh, like I actually recently had to cut myself back bc I was approaching drinking like 6 liters a day lol... how am I supposed to go a whole day not drinking water... like I actually don't know if I could take it. Did anyone experience this? How do you stand it??? Can I BEG them to let me go first for the day?
Thank you in advance :)