Tonsillectomy Day Five

Tonsillectomy Recovery Day by Day

 Day 5

A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their fifth 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 5. 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.

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Tonsillectomy Day 5
Tonsillectomy Day 5
  • Tonsillectomy Day 5 :  Can I take the pain killers every two hours?
  •  Oh God. PAIN. …And why am I constipated??
  •  So, the pain is a little better today. I took Tylenol at 2:00am and didn’t need it again until 12:00pm – I’d consider that progress! The coughing is still present. I’m trying to avoid it, but it’s harder than you think. There isn’t much to say about today. I’m talking a little more, but don’t want to strain my voice even more, so I’m still writing a lot down. I had soup again today and canned peaches are awesome – even though I had to puree them. All in all, the throat is feeling okay; the ears – still painful.
  •  Day 5 and so far it has been pretty tolerable
  • Day 5: so today i woke up feeling pretty good, my throat was a little tender but once i took the meds the pain was almost gone and i didn’t need to have any ice or Popsicles. i ate some noodles and pesto sauce. drank water and coca-cola and had some ice cream. I ate potato smileys for dinner. they went down pretty well although thier was a little pain but once i drank some pop it went away. The scabs fell off today as well and i didn’t feel it at all just the occasional tickle and i could feel them hanging down but then i looked in the mirror and they were just gone, so i’m assuming that i just swallowed them :s ( kinda gross)
  • Day 5 and still not getting better. When does it start getting better?! Im nauseous all the time because I have no food in my stomach but i have to take my pain meds because the pain is incredible! I started out weighing apprx 108lbs and weighed myself today and I weigh 101lbs. I hope I dont lose much more. This is depressing
  • Day 5 for me and definitely the worst day yet…woke up so nauseated and was so nervous about throwing up and ripping a scab off..got a hold of my doctor who ordered me some anti Nausea med’s
  • Day 5. I’m very thankful that I’ve had a great recovery so far. No major pain other than a sore throat. Today I substituted a dose of the Hydrocodone for a dose of ibuprofen and am doing well. I’ve been eating since the very first day (applesauce, grits, milkshake)
  • Day 5 and I had my best night sleep yet last night. Had to stop by Drs office yesterday. My tongue felt swollen and getting a lot of itching with the Roxicet. He said I was doing fine. Still taking Benadryl at night though. I find if I talk I pay for it later on so trying to talk as little as possible. Went to my office for an hour to do payroll but had to leave as I wanted to talk. Still eating good and no stomach issues at all. Hoping to get out of the house tomorrow even just to take a short walk.
  • Throat is a little more tender today, and ears hurt when i swallow now. From what i have read/heard it is just the progression of the healing.
  • Day 5-7–nothing exciting to tell, tried to eat a few more interesting things, but throat hurt too much since I wasn’t taking pain meds. Soft boiled eggs were my friend. Getting bored being home by myself all day so I went shopping for an hour and had to come home and take a nap!
  • day 5 and so far it has been pretty tolerable. First day I had only soft food and lots of coke and water but from day 2 I ate normally. Doctor prescribed Voltaren 100mg suppositories which works like a charm for 8 hours, the 4 hours before the next dose however is excrutiating to say the least.
  •  Day 5- horrible morning, good during day.
  •  Recovery Day 5 (post-op day 6):This day was pretty much a blur. More pain and not a lot of food or water. Was in too much agony to do much of anything. Taking the liquid Tylenol and chasing it with a teaspoon of lortab each dose time.
  • Tonsillectomy Day 5 : Day 5: I am still trying to just get through the day. I sleep much better at night and have noticed a major difference in how I feel; I have more energy and I feel rested after sleeping. I cried today over mashed potatoes and small curd cottage cheese. I am not a happy camper.

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356 comments

  1. I commence Day 5 tomorrow and decided to read ahead to see what I’m in for. Perhaps I was hoping for someone to tell me that Day 5 is the day that everything returns to normal and the pain disappears. When I swallow the ear pain is out of control, I just want it to stop. I am going to continue to read a few more days ahead, just so I have something to look forward to. Surely this will all come to an end soon!!! I am very glad I have no more tonsils left to remove, I could never go through this a second time. On a positive note, I no longer snore.

  2. Day 5
    23 year old female
    Yesterday I went to the ER because I could not swallow anything. I can’t even think about eating and when I drink water I get this awful sharp pain that runs from behind my left ear down to my jaw. They ended up giving me a stronger painkiller I was originally taking T3 but they put me on Percocets
    ( Percocets, Molly, Percocets. First thing I thought of when they told me. It’s a song if you don’t know)
    Today I woke up, and I was just sick to my stomach.. being horrified of throwing up I took some gravol and sat in bed praying that it would kick in and relieve me of this nausea. It didnt, I ended up going to the bathroom and throwing up. I threw up once called my mom in hysterics and then I suddenly found myself throwing up again. On the bright side I did poo today!!
    My mom ended up taking me to the hospital because we feared dehydration but somehow the doctors said my vitals were okay and it looks like I’m healing nicely (HOW?! I’ve barely been drinking) I ended up making a joke to my mom that it must be all the water I usually drink, I’m a water fiend and drink at least 2 litres a day. It’s a joke with my friends that they never see me without my cup of water. The doctor ended up taking some blood just in case and administered me 2 vaccinations one of them was Gravol and the other I can’t remember the nurse said it was really strong and from the same drug family and Tylenol but my lord I wish I could be prescribed that vaccine. It was a gift from the heavens, within 20 minutes it was easier for me to drink and I even finished a popsicle!! That felt so good the cold numbing from the popsicle was beautiful. I ended up sleeping at the hospital while waiting for my results of my blood work, when I woke up the doctor told me everything looks good and wrote me a prescription for liquid codeine. When I got back home I ended up napping for a while but when I woke up I was suddenly really nauseous again so I took some pepto bismal liquid and mixed it with a little water and slowly sipped on it. I found that when I’m feeling nauseous being outside seems to calm me down so I grabbed my tent, some pillows, blankets and some couch cushions and I just layed outside on the porch in the back yard. It was such a peaceful feeling, the cool breeze and the sound of tiny water droplets. I stayed there until I felt like I could go back inside.
    When I went back in I took my liquid codeine and I’m currently sitting in the kitchen with EXCRUCIATING ear pain like on a scale of 1-10 this is 100. I’m trying to stay positive but it’s been really difficult I’m also surprised none of you are addressing the emotional impact this takes on you.. I suffer from depression and throughout this recovery I’ve been really bad, crying constantly and telling my mom I want to die and that I genuinely want to kill my self. If you are having these type of feelings don’t keep it to yourself tell someone. It’s actually normal to feel that way, the feeling does go away. You just need to remind yourself that this is not forever and you’ll be okay.
    Take it one day at a time, find little things to distract yourself, if you wanna cry, cry! Let it all out. This is one of the most difficult recoveries but you will recover and you’ll be okay. I’m going to attempt to sleep, wish me luck. I wish all of you a speedy recovery! You got this
    Just keep swimming ?

  3. Day 5:
    18 year old female

    Today my friends got me out of the house and took me shopping. I was gone from 11:30-5:00 and honestly it wasn’t awful. I took my tramadol as per usual before I left and didn’t feel as drowsy as I have before. I managed to eat a few pan fried noodles, an iced coffee, and even a Costco ice cream (which I am currently regretting because I am both constipated and lactose-intolerant). The ice cream didn’t make my throats too mucas-y which was a nice surprise. My left scab is currently hurting more than the right one. It’s stinging, I feel like the scab is lifting which makes me a bit nervous because I know a lot of people bleed on day 6. So overall a pretty good day, pain remains around a 5/10 as it has been for the last few days

  4. Does anyone have a sore formin on onside of their month that wont go away.. wasnt there before surgrey but now there.. definitly not for the faint at heart or people pass there childhood.. im a wuzz when it comes to pain im just wishin aomeone put me ot of my misery

  5. I woke up with such a bad right ear pain in the morning, took Tylenol and was able to drink mirolax, because I am constipated. Ate a yogurt. Went to sleep again, i can’t talk pain is grade 7

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