Tonsillectomy Day 4
A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their fourth day of recovery
From thousands of post comments to the tonsillectomy recovery forum, I have assembled a sampling of various accounts and impressions of tonsillectomy recovery for each day. Below I share comments about tonsillectomy day 4. These comments are taken from tonsillectomy patients who were kind enough to share their experiences to help others as they navigate the bumpy road of tonsillectomy recovery.
Please feel free to add your own experience with tonsillectomy day 4.
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Tonsillectomy Day 4
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : OMG! I am dying!
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : Oh, so THIS is the pain everyone’s talking about.
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : Well, last night was the best night so far – which is nothing to brag about. The ear pain last night was even worse; so far, that is the nastiest part of this recovery. I did however wake up coughing due to a tickle in my throat. As most of you know, coughing and clearing your throat is a no-no…but to me, it was a yes-yes. There was absolutely nothing I could do, but cough! I was drinking water, but it wouldn’t stop. Thankfully, that didn’t trigger any bleeding! The morning was alright minus the _ _ _ _ _ _ _. That’s right; you got it, the EAR PAIN! And I ended up thinking that I made the wrong decision about just sticking to children’s Tylenol. I decided to nix the child Tylenol idea, as it was doing almost nothing for me and moved to taking extra strength Tylenol – obviously I had to crush it up and mix with it with ice cream. I got my mom to call the doctors office to see if there was anything else I could be prescribed. The doctor faxed a prescription for Percocet’s to my pharmacy and I was extremely happy. At this point I could talk a little bit, but very low and even then it hurt, so I had a pad of paper and a pen with me at all times (I guess I’m lucky I got 100% on all of the spelling bees in elementary school)! My mom came home with the Percocet’s and I could have kissed her! It said I could take 1 to 2 pills every 4 hours, but decided to start with one because I heard that they were super strong. I couldn’t swallow it so I crushed it up into applesauce and consumed it that way. Not even 10 minutes later I started getting a stomach ache and got incredibly dizzy. So dizzy that I couldn’t see straight and my eyes felt like they were crossing. My mom called the doctor’s office up and explained the symptoms. He confirmed that it was normal. NORMAL? Is that what you call normal? I felt like I was seeing double (I have glasses, so would that be considered quadruple?) Nevertheless, if I knew of the severity of the symptoms I would have battled with the codeine! I decided to lie down for about 2 hours and woke up with pain still in my stomach; I guess the only good news is the dizziness was gone. Once the Percocet wore off, I dumped the rest of the prescription in the toilet (or the majestic bowl – however you want to refer to it). I ate some chicken broth today, with a cracker that I broke up into a million pieces and softened it in the soup. I got most of it down, so it was pretty good. The ear pain was getting a little hard to manage so I decided to use ear plugs and a heating pad. Both of them together helped to muffle and alleviate the pain. As of right now, I need 2 Tylenol every 4 hours, but it does work better than the children’s Tylenol!
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : 4th morning..and I was miserable…
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : 4 days post-op and overall it’s not as bad as it could be. As long as I take the Roxicet every 4 hours (even in the middle of the night) and the steroids every morning, the pain is bearable.
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : 4 days post op and today was the worst as far as just pain. I’m attempting Mac n cheese here in 5 min. But overall the pain isn’t too bad.
but then again I’m only 4 days out.
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : To date the hardest part of the recovery are the panic attacks i get. I believe they come from my inability to clear my nasal airway. My nose has splints in it to keep the septum straight, so along with the swelling my nose is constantly congested. The pain has not been an issue yet, but i did a little research and heard from the doctors office that the pain comes typically around days 5-10
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : Day four–out of anti-nausea meds, felt like sick again after taking pain meds. Decided to forgo the pain meds and take advil and tylenol alternating, like my doctor recommended. Throat hurt A LOT but I felt like a human being. Still not eating much, popsicles and smoothies too cold, soft boiled eggs were the BOMB!
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : Day 4- woke up in pain, felt better during day- night was painful.
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : Days 4-6: Very small, almost imperceptible, improvements each day. I was able to drop my Lortab doses from 15ml down to 10ml and even stop taking it during the days and just took Tylenol. The evenings were rough for me though, and I still needed the Lortab (hydrocodone and acetaminophen). Sleep was intermittant, and required me to get up and re-hydrate and take more Lortab. Food intake during these days was very very little. I did OK with oatmeal and instant pudding, but that’s about it. Make no mistake – these were difficult days.
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : I was able to sleep a little bit during the night. Taking the liquid benadryl helps. Pain was bad. Started to be able to feel the scabs in the back of my throat very well today. Ear pain increased a bit and chewing Dentyne Ice gum helps a bit for that. Had horrible diarrhea during the afternoon but was also relieved at the same time because it was the first time I was able to go number two since the morning of surgery. I was able to actually eat a bowl of cream of wheat today and ate some chicken broth with soggy oyster crackers in it. I get bad hiccups at times which hurt really bad. Swallowing is still very tough to do.
Tonsillectomy Day 4 : Day 4: I am out of pain meds and I want to cry. I have been taking 2 vicoden pills every four hours and it is barely helping with the pain. The pain meds are making me very tired and itchy all over so my husband has went to the doctor’s office to get me something different. The nurse at the doctor’s office told my husband that I was not going to feel better for at least a week. Wow, I feel hopeless right now. I was relieved when the hubster came home with Percocet. Percocet has worked a little better and now the pain is bearable.
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Today has been the worst by far. But it really isn’t my throat that is the big problem. It’s my stomach! Everything I eat upsets my stomach and makes it hurt really bad! I’ve had horrible diarrhea today. If it weren’t for that, I would still be doing pretty well! My left ear has started popping off and on also, but not too bad yet! I pray this stomach thing passes quickly!
Did your doctor give you anti-nausea meds? Maybe that could help.
This morning has been the worst so far. I woke up at 5am and started heaving my guts out – puked up everything I managed to keep down yesterday (including the anti-nausea pills I thought were working). Tried to take more pain meds and anti-nausea meds but all of it came right back up within minutes. In total I puked 4 times in 2 hours this morning – my throat held up though, no bleeding thank god. Went back to bed without pain meds and slept until about noon. Woke up a sweaty mess and was able to keep down some water and then some soup finally. The evening has been better, had some more soup for dinner and no additional nausea. I think I can feel my scabs starting to come off, fingers crossed it happens soon and healing can continue progressing quickly. My tongue still hurts worse than my throat, but swelling has started to go down so maybe by tomorrow it will be back to normal.
I am 46 years old. I’ve had trouble with my tonsils all my life so I am glad I finally had them out.The worst part of this experience so far has been the nausea and migraines, not the throat pain. I have thrown up numerous times, even though this has thankfully not led to any bleeding. This morning my head hurt so bad, i couldn’t even think about my throat! And I am having so much trouble eating and keeping it down.I have figured out that the medicines are the culprits, so today I have switched to just Tylonol for throat pain. I don’t know if that will be enough, but I would rather deal with the throat pain.
All of us poor souls need to keep our eyes on the horizon. Hopefully, we will all feel better after a couple of weeks. Then NO MORE TONSIL PAINS, NO MORE STONES, NO MORE UGLY SWOLLEN TONSILS, and hopefully, NO MORE STREP!
Well it’s me again the old timer day 4 went pretty well no ear pain and my throat just fealt like a sore throat . Hope to get my biopsy report on Monday I have been getting abscesses for the sat 2 mos the left side hurts more than the right for some reason .till no ear pain or bad breath .my wife and even went outside and did a Lillie yard work .my ice bag never comes off my neck or my glass of apple cider never leaves my side still taking all my pains .i did see just a little pink on the left side but no ad pain to speak of .i only wish every body a speedy recovery as I’ve said I’m 62 years old and I am not or will not let this slow me down till tomorrow I pray for all how is going Thru this terrible ordeal
I want to cry today – yesterday I felt ok. There was alot of pain but I felt that I was moving in the right direction – I had managed to eat and was drinking lots. Today on the other hand, I feel im more pain now than ever!
Its really painful to swallow, i have a sore neck and im feeling a little bit nauseous – im hoping this is normal too.
The main difficulty is waking up, cos ive had a septoplasty too I cant breath through my nose so Im waking up with a mouth as dry as the Sahara Desert, which in turn means i have to swallow and drink lots, and that really REALLY hurts.
Oh well, another day and nearly been done and day 5 is close at hand!
M
So, are we counting day 1 as surgery day? I’m confused. I’ve been starting post op day 1 as the day AFTER surgery day. Anyways, to me, today is Day 4.
Day 1, my girlfriend drove me 5 hours to meet my Mother so I could spend recovery at her house (with my 4 yr old). I was good. Even ate at Cracker Barrel.
Day 2 and 3 were rough. Still not as painful as the horror stories I’ve read on here, but serious throat pain…and I threw up a couple times which was no bueno. My dr have me Percocet and told me 2 every 4 hours. I set an alarm and have been on top of the pain. But yesterday, I ran out of meds. My dr couldn’t call any in here in a different state so I had to go to the ER. The ER PA pretty much told me that even though she’s not familiar with this surgery, I am taking way too much meds. She wasn’t going to give me a refill. Finally she called my dr and he gave her the ok. However, she only gave me half the amount.
Needless to say, I’m trying to be ok without meds. Last night I didn’t wake up to take meds and I slept really well. But this morning was super painful. Although, after I did take my meds and ate some cereal, I feel better.
Hopefully this is a sign of healing and it’s not going to get as bad as I’ve heard.
day 4 – i’m 38 years old. During the night was the first time I started crying from the pain. I thought the pain was bad before, I stopped taking the prescriptions and am only doing extra strength Tylenol. I threw up all day on day 2, and anti nausea meds gave me terrible headache-migraine quality. I had to get a stool softner because I havent gone to the bathroom since surgery. So that kicked in this morning. My hears and teeth are throbbing. Am doing pretty good on drinking water, its the only thing that doesnt burn. so have been getting 60-90 ounces down a day but dont know about today. the pain has hit a new level.
…and crying makes it worse. I know. Sounds like you’re doing things right. Hang in there!
My surgery was this past Monday 4/1/13. Im now on day 4 and its the worst by far. I was given hydrocodone but that didnt work to well, so my doc gave me Roxicet Sol. This seems to work much better its suppose to last 4 hrs but a good 2 hrs of comfort is worth it. My first night was pure agony it felt like I was going to swallow my uvula. It looked like a big water balloon and it kept getting stuck in my throat when i would try to go to sleep. So for the first few nights I slept with my head straight up and to the side. The 4th day is here and i can now lay on my back because my uvula is not as swollen as it was. My throat still has all this white and grayish green stuff on it which im assuming is a scab. I still having problems swallowing anything even my spit. I keep a spit cup nearby so i can save myself the pain of swallowing most of the time. I know they say stay hydrated but its hard when your throat is extremely sore. Not to mention my ear pain started on the 3rd day after surgery. At this point Im suffering from all the symptoms of a tonsillectomy….. lololol I asked for it. But I just sit here and dear not complain because I know I wont suffer with repeated sore throats, peritonsillar abcess, tonsilliths and all the other weird crap that came with bad tonsils. I thank God. Will keep you all posted on post op in a few days.
Thank you Earline. Hang in there!
I am writing this all at my two week recovery point. I am close to 100%.
Day four began a rough patch for me. Per the doctor’s orders, I have progressed to soft food. I eat Mac and cheeses, mashed potatoes, or pudding with my meds (out of sheer necessity, not due to any desire to eat). Swallowing is still painful. Have regressed to small sips.
I began ear pain on this day, and the overall mouth, jaw, and throat pain have accelerated.
I am making sure I am drinking water at least hourly. Pain meds reduce the pain and help me to rest. Nausea pains were no help. I got sick again on this day. Vomiting can be dangerous, but the large amount if liquids helped there to not be any stress in expelling anything.
Pain throughout the day is a level 8. I cannot talk at this point, and make whispered phone calls to family to let them know my progress. Still suffering from sleep apnea. I went back to needing ice packs on my throat to fall asleep.
When I went for my consultation prior to sugery, they told me there would be a day where the pain would reach a high level (usually after days 1-3) and remain for several days. This has held very true for me.
However, I have also heard stories from others who swallowed nothing besides medicine (not even spit at times), and just had high pain throughout. I have a high pain thresh hold, and am hoping this is beginning the healing and scabbing.
Tomorrow is another day!
Im 33 and i also had nasal surgery at the same time as my tonsillectomy, big mistake!
4th day, Best day. I actually went shopping, twice. Short trips of course but I’m moving around and doing things. Trying to take it easy but I’m feeling so good Im active. Eat some more food processor Mac and cheese and some rice for dinner. Up till 11:30 and I sleep good. Pain meds spread out a little more, every 5ish hours, going long spans at night.
Ps: writing this all on my 9th day