On: Turns out lowly thymus may be saving your life

[xeromal]

Makes sense. I was very jealous of my friends at the time but I never took mine out.

I just get mad tonsil stones now. lol

[sam36 → xeromal]

My grandmother had hers taken out in the 1940's. Now she has a small pocket/hole that food gets stuck in which can cause her to gag and/or sometimes throw up.

[xeromal → sam36]

I have those even with tonsils. The gunk produced by it can STINK