Hi Lil' Ghostman, sorry to hear about the tonsil problem. At 62 I still have mine but my sister had her's removed when she was about your age. I remember how time and time again she would develop repeated occurrences of acute tonsillitis until they were finally removed. The nice part is when we were kids after having a tonsillectomy they would feed you ice cream.
Too bad you are way over in the UK as for the sum of ten dollars (USD) and a bottle of wine I would do the surgery.
Seriously, I hope all goes well with your project and if they remove the tonsils you are back in school quickly.
Ron