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It's Day 12 after having my tonsils removed. The only good thing about not being able to eat solid foods for a week is that I've lost close to 10 pounds. I was promised "loss of appetite and weight loss" when I got ulcerative colitis, but the darned thing didn't deliver. The tonsillectomy, however, came through like a champ.

All in all, as long as I took my regular doses of Tylenol with Codeine, I was basically fine. Last Wednesday I decided, for some strange reason, that I no longer needed pain medication, and spent the day in agonizing pain. Since then, I haven't missed a dosage. I watched many, many movies (thanks Kalil!) while convalescing, and even got a bit of work done. And hopefully, I won't get strep no more (I was on antibiotics straight from the end of November right up until my surgery on Jan 19th).

If you ever need anything in the Ear, Nose and Throat area, I highly, highly, highly recommend Dr. Andrew Goldstone. He is a real mensch, and a fine doctor to boot.