My doctor, looking in my mouth, excitedly waving the trainee over: "Look at those tonsil stones! They're so big and visible, they could be in a textbook!"

me, with that little stick in my mouth with which the doctor pushes down the throat to see better: "aaah?"

I'm glad I made someone's day at least.

*pushes down the tongue, rather

I've had a feeling of tightness in the back of my throat for a few weeks now, (which, for all my mental health issues, has never been an issue for me,) so I wanted to make sure there wasn't anything physical causing it and it seems like these "very big and nicely visible" things are the culprits.

(at least I got confirmation that my thyroid gland is doing okay and these things are harmless, but can I please stop developing new health issues once per month now? is there somewhere I can cancel that subscription service, please and thank you.)

Oh goodness