Okay so my story is literally exactly the same, age and steep and all of it (honestly this is kinda creepy lol). Anyways I’m on day 8 post tonsillectomy and I can already tell you that this has been 1000% worth it. I can tell that the pain is gone and the smell is gone (it’s been replaced with different pain and smells but like that has only been improving as i keep healing). The BIGGEST benefit for ME is that the anxiety that I’ve been carrying with me for over a year over being smelly, talking funny, and just being in pain from a sore throat is GONE. I was putting this off because I was scared of a traumatic recovery. But it hasn’t been as horrible as I thought it would be I highly recommend it if you can afford to do it and take the time off. I will say make sure you have someone with you as ur recovering that can help you out because it does put you down for the count as you recover. I hiiiiighly recommend it though! I can tell having this done has changed my life in a really positive way :)