# Throat Tonsil Removal/Tonsillectomy

**URL:** <https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/throat-tonsil-removal-tonsillectomy/14304>\
**Category:** Surgery and Recovery\
**Created:** [January 24, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/throat-tonsil-removal-tonsillectomy/14304 "2022-01-24T07:03:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![SusanH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@SusanH](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/u/SusanH)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/throat-tonsil-removal-tonsillectomy/14304/1 "2022-01-24T07:03:59Z")

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Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has had their throat tonsils removed/ a tonsillectomy (not the brain tonsils but the inner throat ones).

I often get tonsil stones (food trapped in my tonsils) and my tonsils get swollen about once a month (usually according to my cycle) so I’m wondering if I had my tonsils removed if that could possibly relieve some pressure in that area, since the brain stem and brain tonsils are pretty close/adjacent (I think). I wonder if the fact that I have Chiari (the brain pushing down) if that effects the amount of room I have in my throat and it causes my tonsils to be pushed more forward. Has anyone dealt with this? Asked these questions? Dealt with this?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![SSTOFKO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@SSTOFKO](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/u/SSTOFKO)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/throat-tonsil-removal-tonsillectomy/14304/2 "2022-01-25T04:16:46Z")

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I have Chiari and I feel often like it’s hard to swallow at times. It comes and goes. Sometimes I feel like I have something stuck in my throat. Other times it feels like my food or liquids won’t go down. I never had a Tonsillectomy but I had the decompression surgery.