Howdy, all. Without going into too much detail, I have sound that productive burping causes stuff to collect in the pits of my tonsils. Have any of you experienced this tonsil stone problem? Anyway, I went after a nasty set of tonsil stones with my toothbrush (yeah, I know - ewww!) and now my poor tonsils are irritated and swollen. This happened once last week as well. I got tightened a few weeks ago and am still finding out which foods I can no longer tolerate. Does anyone else have experience with this nastiness?

I have had that problem even before the band and pbing! I had an ENT that said he would take my tonsils out for me but I have heard of the horrible pain of getting your tonsils out as an adult and just can't convince myself that it is something I absolutely have to do. It actually is important to get the yuck out but you must be really careful because it is an area that will get irritated easily. I did hear that you can gargle to get some of it cleaned out if you do it right away after pbing...you may try that. Other than that I do not have any other advice for you! Hang in there!

It sounds like you really do need to get your tonsils taken out. Go see an ENT doc. (ENT=ear nose throat)

I had a patient (not banded) who was having this issue and I told her to go see the ENT Dr. When I saw her the next time she told me the Dr. said it was the worst case he had seen. She is so much happier with the tonsils gone.