An Update on my new Tonsillectomy book

[@sophiedivliaev8968]

Thank you so much for writing the book. My husband and I read it in the lead up to my tonsillectomy and it's been very helpful.

[@nardjissmaroua1480]

Congratulations for having finished this writing project, can't wait to read this book🎉🎉🎉

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

just learning how to format it now. trying to make it look nice etc.

[@лількаТВ]

I am your colleague from Ukraine. Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

[@Abdul12_34]

I can’t remember the last time I read a book cover to cover. I’ll defo be buying this one 😂💪👍👍👍👍

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Thank you! very kind. I'm thinking of audiobook as well, as i never read cover to cover either!

[@mrichards913]

This will be interesting. My wife had this many years ago. She still had sore throats quite regularly. Best

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

really! I wonder if she had an intracapsular approach?

[@mrichards913]

@@VikVeerENTSurgeon Hi Vik, I’m not sure, she unfortunately passed during Covid so l can’t verify, I recall her telling me she had the procedure before we met, I believe she was 16 when they removed her tonsils. Best

[@kaxiku]

I am a long-distance runner, and I ran a marathon this March. Every time I run, even just about 100 meters, I feel extremely weak and need to breathe heavily for a long time. I can't walk or stand up because I'm too weak, and I continue to breathe heavily for another 30 minutes. My hands also become numb. I still cough up thick, white, saliva-like mucus (I have pictures of this), and my nose continues to run. One time, there were a few people smoking weed, and I smelled it briefly. I immediately left the restroom, but after walking a short distance, I fell down and couldn't walk anymore. I had to lie on the ground for an hour. Usually, I can't sleep more than 5 hours. I record my snoring when I sleep, and it sounds like a cow and is very, very loud. Even my parents can hear it from another room (maybe because of my tonsils after puberty). I always wake up with headaches and have to stay awake for a couple of hours. After that, my head starts hurting, and then I can go back to sleep for 2 or 3 hours. I always wake up feeling tired and never energetic. When I don't get good sleep, I get crazy headaches, mainly in the top left area, and I'm too weak to move. This happens most of the time during the day. I have always had headaches for the past few months, and on a scale of 1 to 10, it's a 4 or 5 and keeps increasing. I always feel tired, and it keeps increasing. When my head hurts badly, my emotions fluctuate a lot, and I get angry easily. When my head hurts, it really hurts badly-on a scale of 1 to 10, it's a 10. People around me send me to the nurse. This has happened a couple of times when it's more serious: I start breathing heavily, and my hands feel numb. I feel dizzy, and my whole body shakes. The nurse tested my blood pressure, which was around 170/100, and my pulse was 114. Keep in mind, I am a long-distance runner, and I run a marathon this March, so everything is supposed to be below average for a person. I even cry sometimes and lie on the ground for 2 hours.

[@Abdul12_34]

Hi dr veer! Commenting first again hopefully!

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

you never disappoint!

[@Abdul12_34]

An audio book would be amazing If anything Dr Veer, have you ever considered a second career as an audio book narrator? A very soothing voice that I could fall asleep too 😊😊😊

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

Thinking about it, but that sounds like this is more of an insomnia treatment.. hope you are well.

[@SC-pv5ns]

Is there anything in the book about having tonsils removed for recurring quinsy? Ive only had tonsilitus about 4 times in my life (47 years old) but somehow got a peritonsilar absess that keeps coming back

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

yes, but to save you some money it says that the guidelines state that 2 quinsy infections are reason enough to have a tonsillectomy.

[@laurentiuvladu2258]

Did you get your sense of smell back 100% ? Apologies, as it is unrelated ti what you posted but saw your video released 2 years ago and replying here since I`ve missed finding your follow up on that in case you happened to release one in the mean time. I just got hit by covid now for the 1st time and dealing with complete loss of smell.

[@yahyaelmi8435]

Hello Dr I appreciate your work , could you please do some lecture on how you deal with Epiglottis collapse

[@weldie108]

Where can I find this book to purchase? I live in the US.

[@Abdul12_34]

In terms of cost, how’s about making an ebook version at your cheaper price point but then maybe charge extra for a hardback paper version to help recoup some of the time and effort you spent writing it? I’d happily pay a premium for a first edition signed version lol😂😂😂

[@VikVeerENTSurgeon]

My plan is to do ebook first. if anyone reads it and there is a market for a physical book, then I will probably just ask Amazon. I believe they will force me to charge more, but i guess i will still have the cheap ebook version.