Well, I recently had a tonsillectomy (about 10 days ago) and the healing process hasnt been too bad. For the past few days ive noticed a small black spot appearing in one of my white scabs. As this grew larger I thought I could feel air through it. My parents (I'm 18) reassured me the black was probably space i was seeing between the two tonsillar arches. Now that more scab has fallen off i've begun to see that my palatopharyngeal arch is really a palatopharyngeal pillar and there is a large hole in the arch! I have photos, but haven't found anything online about this. My scabs aren't completely gone, but I don't like the idea of having a small pillar, which food and water can pass through instead of an entire webbed area. Thanks for any replies!