I feel your pain, I too am suffering from tonsil stones im 21 they just started when i turned 20 or rather got bothersome to where they hurt. My throat will start out sore then it becomes worse then my ears unless i remove them, which seems impossible every time, i swear the recede back into the tonsil canal or what not. I read about a girl getting it done when she was 28 because she would have to get them out every day or week.
Im sorry if this doesnt help much i know how much of a pain they are, maybe you should just ask around i have found that garlic mixed with lemon juice and a little soda put it on a qtip and touch the tonsil area and the swelling seems to go down as well as the tonsil stone, i have yet to remove this most recent one though as of yet but at least its not as big as it was.