I have been a big and very brave Diva and am going to see my doc on Friday!! However, I do appreciate the hints tips and advice on this thread. Anyone who knows me in the real world knows I would do ANYTHING rather than go to the docs.

As a child I had recurring bouts of tonsilitis and my mother dragged me to the docs with alarming regularity but was lucky enough, I think, to have the one doctor in the whole of Ayrshire who didn't believe in whipping out the offending tonsils. I eventually grew out of it (in my twenties)

Last time I asked about whipping the offending and "battle scarred" tonsils out my doc said I was too old......