i am gutted, i was feeling not so bad when i wrote this message to you guys and this morning when i woke up my throat was so swollen that i could hardly talk. and now it really does hurt a lot 
well, i try to bring cheer myself up thinking that i will feel lighter now that i am tonsilless… 
anyway, thanks a lot for all the nice replies !
smootches to you all, beloved freakscene people 