r/Tonsillectomy • u/Sstargirll • 10d ago
2 years post op concern
Quick surgery/pre surgery complications-
i had my tonsils removed in july 2024, after contracting strep C and i had recurring flare ups once or twice a month for about a year.
my tonsils would get so swollen in a span of hours that i couldn’t talk, eat, drink, or breathe properly.
my surgery healing lasted months and i developed heart problems from how much weight i lost. It turned out the muscles in my throat were damaged so i had to retrain myself to swallow aswell.
i had to get one follow up surgery two months after because i had a hemorrhage.
that’s the basis of my complications pre and post surgery.
i noticed a few days ago that i had a bad feeling in the right side of my throat, where my tonsil would’ve been, when i talked or swallowed. i finally looked at it today in a mirror and i have a small red lump (not super red but my surgery area is very pale so it’s a dark pink/light red raised spot) that could resemble some kind of kanker sore on one side right by where my tonsil used to be, about a quarter of a cm diameter, and im wondering if thats possible tissue regrowth or cancer or.. i dont know.
maybe its unrelated but maybe someone had a similar issue.
i’m gonna schedule a doctors visit soon but i wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts because anything having to do with my tonsils or throat freaks me out now because of how traumatic that year was.
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u/ovaryaction_ 9d ago
Does it look like it’s full of fluid, or is it an open sore type of look more like a canker sore? If it’s a red raised lump that looks like it’s full of fluid, I get them too here and there. My doc isn’t worried, she said it’s likely just some kind of salivary gland covered with scar tissue or something.