because of the location of it i wonder if it’s where the blood vessel he cauterized was located. i wonder if maybe that scab is coming off and thats why its no suddenly so painful?

As for the scabbing – can anyone comment here? I never had anything but the two white patches in the back which gradually faded until all pink new skin was present. They never felt like scabs and I never really noticed them in swallowing. I checked my throat everyday as well just to see what was going on.

It does sound like it could be an area where a scab sloughed. Did you eat anything that would have scraped off some scabbing? It may have just come off in the course of normal swallowing. I would watch it for bleeding, but I wouldn’t worry too much. Hopefully it’s just another step forward in your healing.

Kristen, I was so glad to hear you can take your time getting back to work and that you work with such supportive people. . You’ll be back there soon enough and you’ll know when you feel ready.

Hope you have a good night!

i’m pretty sure my scabs are coming off but i just looked in my throat and saw something a little concerning. ive gotten into the habit of checking my throat a few times a day (just a flashlight and general glance, nothing invasive) and when i feel like there’s something stuck in it or when a certain area is particularly painful. anyway, i just looked at my throat and in the area where the right tonsil was i have a bloody blotch (i guess whats a good word) that i know wasn’t there last night. my problem is i dont remember if there was a scab there. is it possible that there was and the bloddy spot is there because the scab came off? if so, is it normal to have these as the scabs are coming off?

thanks

Last night/this morning has been the absolutely weirdest.

To start off with that percocet I took with the hot tea allowed me to sleep 7 hours uninterrupted which was wonderful and a first for me since the surgery. One of the problems with that is I also went that long without having anything to drink so when I woke up my throat was hurting pretty badly. To the point that even water burned. Knowing that a lot of the pain was dry throat I decided to try ice chips and lo and behold they felt wonderful on my throat!

Now for the weird weird. I took the lortab (it doesn’t zonk me out as much as the percocet so I take it during the day) and it didn’t burn at all. I mean I took it STRAIGHT and it DIDNT burn at all! I have no idea why it didn’t and to be honest right now I’m chalking it up to a fluke. Hopefully it’s not a fluke though and maybe my throat is finally really healing and I’ll have less pain overall!

As far as work goes there was never a question about me being able to get the time off. I’m a college student and I do part time office work for a botanical garden and the people I work with love me dearly and I love them dearly. They told me to take as much time as I needed to get well. I just really like working there and I actually miss working. That’s why I’ve been antsy to go back. With the pain that I’ve had overall this weekend I do know that it would not be a good idea for me to go in tomorrow so I’m not going to. And to be honest, it would probably be best if I wait until I’m not taking the pain medicine every 4 hours before I think about going back. The work I do isn’t difficult but if I’m in enough pain to be taking medicine every 4 hours then I have no business being at work.

I forgot and you’re right about the liquid ibuprofen. My liquid Tylenol was the sane way – like a super thick gel almost. I have no idea why they make them like that!

I hope you find today is better for you. Will you be able to delay going back to work? I’m
sure your doctor would write an explanation or provide something for you to give your work if you felt they needed to see something ‘official’. The most important thing you need to do us get your rest and heal. How has sleep been for you lately?

i just got up to take another dose of pain medicine and i was just going to go back to bed but i had to log in and tell you. i decided i was going to heat up some tea (using the cheater method, iced tea in the microwave) and crush the percocet and put it in that to see if that worked and holy crap does it ever. the nice thing is that when i mixed it with the pudding it made the pudding taste absolutely awful and when it’s mixed with the tea it just tastes like the tea isn’t sweet enough. it hurt my throat a little tiny bit but it was more than bearable! i think im going to try mixing the liquid lortab with the hot tea next to see if that works too. obviously, i will be waiting until time for me to take another dose of pain medicine, lol.

anyway, i just had to let you know!

thanks so much!