Hey Brandi, just wanted to add my $0.02 also..I had my T&A at age 21 or so, some 18 years ago. The recovery was brutal. First, please go to an ENT to have the procedure done. I went to a surgeon, who as they put it "sometimes have to cut some nerves when they remove tonsils on an adult" (They told me this after I had the surgery) I had excructiating pain that radiated to my right ear when I swallowed for months after the surgery. The surgery cured my chronic sore throats, I did though develop ever since the surgery chronic right ear aches. I have to be careful, to this day, if its windy out to make sure my right ear is covered. I do think my ear issue is getting less and less as time goes on or else I"m just so used to having something stuck in my right ear all the time that I don't notice the problems as much. So, after all that, please go to an ENT if you decide to have surgery. Good luck..shelly