A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their sixth day of recovery
From thousands of post comments to the forum I have assembled a sampling of various accounts and impressions of tonsillectomy recovery for each day. Below I share comments about tonsillectomy day 6. 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.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 Scabs bleeding! : I can only eat popsicles. That is all.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : At 5:30am, I started to panic because I coughed a lot and when I spit up some saliva in a tissue (which I have a habit of doing to see if there is any blood); I saw a slight hue of red. RED=BLOOD! So, of course I got nervous. After drinking some water, I tasted some blood but I didn’t see anymore and I was able to swallow with a bit more ease. It wasn’t the full scab that came off, but a piece of the scab on the right side. When I woke up, I drank water and felt a burst of pain in my ear and stinging in my throat for a couple minutes. When I brushed my teeth this morning, there was a little more blood when I spit into the sink, so I’m assuming I lost a little more of the scab. I’ve been sucking on ice chips the past few days and it really feels nice on my throat. I ate applesauce and soup today with a little ease. I’ve notice my ears get worse when I eat. I was craving pizza tonight and it was sitting on the counter (my family had it for dinner), so, I decided to be a champ and try it. I was able to eat all of the toppings off of a slice of pizza minus the spicy pepperoni. Let me tell you, it was a blessing! I tried gargling with cold water and even though I refuse to look at my throat, I can tell that it feel fresher and cleaner. Good news – I was able to swallow the amoxicillin today; it feels awesome because if I had to eat another cup of jell-o and medication, I’d die! Fifth day post-op and I actually stepped foot out of my house today. Since we have a huge snow storm, I had to make sure I was fully covered. Nevertheless, even though I only sat in the car, it felt good – it was progress! I was told that taking a warm shower before bed will help moisten my throat and potentially prevent coughing at night, so I tried it.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 scabs Healing
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Day 6 and the pain is just about the same as yesterday, but that relentless ache is exhausting. I know there’s a light at the end of the tunnel (and it’s not a train) but when I am tired and weak and freaking out because my Mom went home and my husband decided to sleep in this morning leaving me to take care of my nearly 7 year old son…. Well, I got a little teary.
My husband took a gander at my throat today and declared it “gross, but healing.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Day 6 = Ouch
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : day 6 here and I have to say, it definitely has been the hardest two days so far. I am spent and am sick of not eating the way i want to. I have been sticking to cold drinks and liquid meals. Spoke with my PA today and she said to do my best to keep the scabs on for a minimum 10days by drinking tons of liquids. The longer they stay on, the better the new skin underneath will be…so I am doing all I can to keep these puppies attached. I have given up on eating anything warm or slightly solid,I just want this over with!!
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Yeah, so I slept for about 12 hours. But now I think sleeping that long was the worst idea ever! My hot pot ran out of water and I wasn’t sipping on water for those 12 hours. I just drank a smoothie mix every 4 hours to take my meds. I woke up with about 8/10 pain, tried to get up and passed out in the hallway. Oh Joy! My ears are killing me!
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Side note, i have lost like 12 lbs. Probably not healthily as all i have consumed it water, gatorade, jello and apple sauce. Those products are not known for their nutritional content. I have made two healthy juice drinks using my juicer, but don’t think that compensates for the lack of nutrients for the last week.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : The pain is rather terrible today, it was much worse last night.
At about 3am i woke up with pain, it was as if someone was stabbing my throat with a needle or pin
and i woke up this morning with blood in my mouth. Not a lot but it still scared me! I rinsed my mouth with ice water and sucked a piece of ice and it stopped.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Day 6- good morning, post op app’t- stints in nose removed, I can BREATHE again 🙂 went shopping at the mall for a few hours after- got home exhausted & later in pain ;(
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Recovery Day 6 (post-op day 7):
Another day filled with pain. Was able to drink an ensure today but did not eat much. Was able to eat some popsicles. During the evening time had horrible pain shooting from the right side of my throat and it felt like a burning feeling when I would drink anything almost as if I was drinking acid even when I drank water. Had to take a bit more Lortab to curve the pain. Looked at my throat with a flashlight for the first time since the surgery and it looked like a battle zone in there. Lots of white coating all over the tonsil beds and my uvula is still swollen very large and kind of sticking to one of the sides of my throat. Could see the white scabs as well.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Day 6: I cried over applesauce and pudding. It hurts to swallow, I can’t yawn and just try to blow your nose without wanting to fall over and die. This pain is ridiculous. I woke up in the middle of the night with a dry throat and more pain than I could imagine so I dragged myself downstairs and forced down some pain meds to help me take the pain.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 :day 6 of my recovery and in the worst pain ever. I thought I was on the mend, only having pain on the one side but then I started to cough, and it kept me up all of last night and all of that white membrane over the surgery site is starting to come off as well as some of the scabs… is that normal? I am very scared that with my coughing it’s going to cause issues that will result in another surgery.
33 yo female. Day 6. I never do group forums, but I m so thankful for this one as it relieves my doubts about the level of this pain.
My tong and throat, especially around uvula, are still swollen and it makes me breath through my mouth at night. mouthbreathibg dries up my throat and tong and makes it swollen further more. Today I couldn’t even open my mounts wide enough to brush my teath. I try to swallow some water, but swallowing doesn’t come easy due to the extra pain arising from gums behind my back teath and from my jaw which feels like a spasm. All this pain radiates to the ears or behind ears.. had two hrs of sleep last night and was dreaming of indefinitely pulling out glass and plastic out of my mouth… oxycodone is a biggest disappointment of my life as I relied heavily on it for this surgery. Advil does a little more, but pain and spasms are still there. Day 5, and 6 I had to go back to my work and it’s a nightmare even though it helped to get distracted thru the day a little…
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMPILING THESE!!! Oh my God. What a relief to know that pretty much everybody went through the same exact things I am going through right now. I seriously can’t thank you enough for this. I am now much assured that I don’t have to call an emergency doc about the bleeding. That’s a huge blessing because, well, I’m tired af. And it’s Sunday. And my check up appointment is in 24 hours. Hahaha.
Thanks again!
P.S.- if you’re reading this before or fresh out of surgery, DON’T BE AFRAID TO CHEW GUM!!! The pain in my ears and neck, I realized, is almost all from muscle spasms and fluid buildup in the breathing canal. Chewing gum is saving me from crying literally 24/7. I was able to stop taking the codeine (except for 2.5 ml before bed) after post-op day two and I’m fully convinced it’s because the chewing relieves so much pressure (that and the aloe vera juice on the op site!). Any time I eat something or wake up from a nap (because let’s be honest, that’s all you get) I drink super cold watered down Gatorade and pop some gum in. I have even slept with it in my mouth a few times so I could chew as soon as I wake up (can’t tell you how many times my mom had to cut gum out of my hair when I was little because of this… but it’s worth the risk.)
31yo female, tonsillectomy, septum repair and bilateral sinus polyp removal done 11/11
Day 6
I’m so tired of being in pain, also just plain tired. I’m terrified of sleep because I’ll wake up and my mouth with be like the Sahara and in so much pain. Today I have a crap ton more of saliva, not sure if that means anything but I think it has something to do with the scabs. They’re starting to lift around the edges and at this point I’m terrified they’re going to come off too soon and start bleeding really bad so I’m babying them. I’ve been gargling with salt water after I brush my teeth, mainly to get all of the toothpaste and overall film out of my mouth with less effort on my part, but I think it helps kind of clean the crap off the scabs too.
I couldn’t eat any noodles or anything like that today because the pain was too great. Popsicles and jello. I managed to have some cool tea too, would have much preferred warm but I know that warmth/heat dilates vessels making bleeding more likely and cool/cold constricts them so cold will be in my future til those babies fall off.
I find myself daydreaming about the foods I will eat again one day.
Its so sad ?
I really appreciate this site. It has really helped me prepare for what’s to come and what is normal and not freak about little stuff. They should give every post op patient a link to this! It’s nice to hear from people that know what you’re going through.
im on day 6 now; pain hasnt been so bad tbh through my experience yet. ive got a really bad chesty cough though and it hurts a lot everytime i cough. ive been hanging in there on the pain meds and setting alarms to take them so i dont forget so maybe thats why im not in so much pain. managed to eat solid foods also; thank god cause ice poles are making me feel nauseous ive ate so many of them recently! also had a bit of bleeding today; its like maybe a small peasized ball of blood at the top of my throat where my left tonsil was. kinda starting to worry about it but dont want to go to the ER, at least it isnt bleeding heavily!
33 yo female. Day 6. I never do group forums, but I m so thankful for this one as it relieves my doubts about the level of this pain.
My tong and throat, especially around uvula, are still swollen and it makes me breath through my mouth at night. mouthbreathibg dries up my throat and tong and makes it swollen further more. Today I couldn’t even open my mounts wide enough to brush my teath. I try to swallow some water, but swallowing doesn’t come easy due to the extra pain arising from gums behind my back teath and from my jaw which feels like a spasm. All this pain radiates to the ears or behind ears.. had two hrs of sleep last night and was dreaming of indefinitely pulling out glass and plastic out of my mouth… oxycodone is a biggest disappointment of my life as I relied heavily on it for this surgery. Advil does a little more, but pain and spasms are still there. Day 5, and 6 I had to go back to my work and it’s a nightmare even though it helped to get distracted thru the day a little…
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMPILING THESE!!! Oh my God. What a relief to know that pretty much everybody went through the same exact things I am going through right now. I seriously can’t thank you enough for this. I am now much assured that I don’t have to call an emergency doc about the bleeding. That’s a huge blessing because, well, I’m tired af. And it’s Sunday. And my check up appointment is in 24 hours. Hahaha.
Thanks again!
P.S.- if you’re reading this before or fresh out of surgery, DON’T BE AFRAID TO CHEW GUM!!! The pain in my ears and neck, I realized, is almost all from muscle spasms and fluid buildup in the breathing canal. Chewing gum is saving me from crying literally 24/7. I was able to stop taking the codeine (except for 2.5 ml before bed) after post-op day two and I’m fully convinced it’s because the chewing relieves so much pressure (that and the aloe vera juice on the op site!). Any time I eat something or wake up from a nap (because let’s be honest, that’s all you get) I drink super cold watered down Gatorade and pop some gum in. I have even slept with it in my mouth a few times so I could chew as soon as I wake up (can’t tell you how many times my mom had to cut gum out of my hair when I was little because of this… but it’s worth the risk.)
31yo female, tonsillectomy, septum repair and bilateral sinus polyp removal done 11/11
Day 6
I’m so tired of being in pain, also just plain tired. I’m terrified of sleep because I’ll wake up and my mouth with be like the Sahara and in so much pain. Today I have a crap ton more of saliva, not sure if that means anything but I think it has something to do with the scabs. They’re starting to lift around the edges and at this point I’m terrified they’re going to come off too soon and start bleeding really bad so I’m babying them. I’ve been gargling with salt water after I brush my teeth, mainly to get all of the toothpaste and overall film out of my mouth with less effort on my part, but I think it helps kind of clean the crap off the scabs too.
I couldn’t eat any noodles or anything like that today because the pain was too great. Popsicles and jello. I managed to have some cool tea too, would have much preferred warm but I know that warmth/heat dilates vessels making bleeding more likely and cool/cold constricts them so cold will be in my future til those babies fall off.
I find myself daydreaming about the foods I will eat again one day.
Its so sad ?
I really appreciate this site. It has really helped me prepare for what’s to come and what is normal and not freak about little stuff. They should give every post op patient a link to this! It’s nice to hear from people that know what you’re going through.
Please tell me I will be normal again
im on day 6 now; pain hasnt been so bad tbh through my experience yet. ive got a really bad chesty cough though and it hurts a lot everytime i cough. ive been hanging in there on the pain meds and setting alarms to take them so i dont forget so maybe thats why im not in so much pain. managed to eat solid foods also; thank god cause ice poles are making me feel nauseous ive ate so many of them recently! also had a bit of bleeding today; its like maybe a small peasized ball of blood at the top of my throat where my left tonsil was. kinda starting to worry about it but dont want to go to the ER, at least it isnt bleeding heavily!