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.
I am currently on day 6 and I honestly think that the only way I’m feeling somewhat good right now is because my ENT prescribed me dexamethasone and it is honestly magical. However, I can still only eat soft foods. The first 4 days were hell and I could not even swallow my own saliva. Could only eat jell-o sometimes ice cream, also spaghetti cut to tiny pieces and mashed potatoes. A LOT of ice water and apple juice of course. On the 5th day I was allowed to start the steroid and tomorrow I finish them so we will see how it goes after. Good luck to all!
Day 6 and I’m having the worst time of my life. Set an alarm to take pain meds at 4am and couldn’t physically swallow water. Forced them down and slept until 7. Woke up with a mouth full of blood! It cleared up by itself after about 10 minutes of spitting. Then 1/2 hour later I stood up and felt something move and the flood gates opened. Blood pouring from my mouth without having to spit. It stopped again by itself after a while, but I’m now terrified to eat anything at all. I can still see scabs which I didn’t expect, with the amount of blood. I avoided going to hospital and getting cauterised which would have set me back to square 1. This really is the most unbearable experience of my life, i would never recommend it to anyone no matter how bad they currently are! Has anyone else suffered a heavy bleed out and delbt with it themselves? What did you eat? I’ve eaten as much hard and ‘scratchy’ foods all week like my surgeon suggested, I had to go back to hospital as i found out I was allergic to opiates (codeine) and was sick all the time during days 2-5. But I’ve been forcing food down so it’s not like the scabs got too big…! Any advice welcome as I can’t even face swallowing my own saliva at the moment!
I wasn’t able to stop the bleeding and when I got to hospital they couldn’t either. They made me gargling hydrogen peroxide and used adrenalin pads on the back of my throat but I just kept bringing up the clots so was rushed back in to theatre. I’m now starting recovery again and coming into day 3 and this is HELL!!! I’ve got a really bad cough and I’m petrified I’m going to cough so much again I cause another bleed!!!
I’m feeling really sick but not sure if that’s because of the antibiotics or the fact I can’t eat and am still taking pills. Wish you a quick safe recovery.
Day 6 post-op, woke up with bleeding, which hadn’t occurred prior to this morning. Checked in the mirror, and i can’t see my scabs. There is a thick patch of red where my scab used to be on the left side of my throat. Can still taste blood. Anyone know if this is normal?
My doctor told me not to take my liquid hydrocodone every 3- 4 hours 10-15 ml instead he told me to take 5 ml every 1 hour and 20 minutes adding up the same amount of ml in 3 hours. I recommend this helped me a lot b/c the pain meds never stop filing there job and don’t have to worry about running out at the end
Woke up with blood clots and getting bleeding pretty much every time I go to go sleep which is shit. Pain is bad but bearable. If you’re good with pain (as I am) I’ve only really hit a 7-8/10 so far and it’s a lot more bearable then mucus/smell/lack of sleep which comes in this hell package. Although I’ve managed to eat solids pretty much from day 2 nothing has been enjoyable and I’ve lost 7lbs already. Wish me luck I can’t wait for this to be over…
Oh my life guys please never accidentpy have citrus ?? my throat is burning!! I thought the naked smoothie (green) wouldn’t have citrus in it and it’s normally my favourite and wow this is pain like no other. I’m just longing for a burger ?? I had an infction in the first few days and thought I wa afinal ou starting to get better but no. Like I feel dizzy because I’m so hungry and keep trying to force soft foods down with little success and literally can only really have icy water.
I am currently on day 6 and I honestly think that the only way I’m feeling somewhat good right now is because my ENT prescribed me dexamethasone and it is honestly magical. However, I can still only eat soft foods. The first 4 days were hell and I could not even swallow my own saliva. Could only eat jell-o sometimes ice cream, also spaghetti cut to tiny pieces and mashed potatoes. A LOT of ice water and apple juice of course. On the 5th day I was allowed to start the steroid and tomorrow I finish them so we will see how it goes after. Good luck to all!
Day 6 and I’m having the worst time of my life. Set an alarm to take pain meds at 4am and couldn’t physically swallow water. Forced them down and slept until 7. Woke up with a mouth full of blood! It cleared up by itself after about 10 minutes of spitting. Then 1/2 hour later I stood up and felt something move and the flood gates opened. Blood pouring from my mouth without having to spit. It stopped again by itself after a while, but I’m now terrified to eat anything at all. I can still see scabs which I didn’t expect, with the amount of blood. I avoided going to hospital and getting cauterised which would have set me back to square 1. This really is the most unbearable experience of my life, i would never recommend it to anyone no matter how bad they currently are! Has anyone else suffered a heavy bleed out and delbt with it themselves? What did you eat? I’ve eaten as much hard and ‘scratchy’ foods all week like my surgeon suggested, I had to go back to hospital as i found out I was allergic to opiates (codeine) and was sick all the time during days 2-5. But I’ve been forcing food down so it’s not like the scabs got too big…! Any advice welcome as I can’t even face swallowing my own saliva at the moment!
I wasn’t able to stop the bleeding and when I got to hospital they couldn’t either. They made me gargling hydrogen peroxide and used adrenalin pads on the back of my throat but I just kept bringing up the clots so was rushed back in to theatre. I’m now starting recovery again and coming into day 3 and this is HELL!!! I’ve got a really bad cough and I’m petrified I’m going to cough so much again I cause another bleed!!!
I’m feeling really sick but not sure if that’s because of the antibiotics or the fact I can’t eat and am still taking pills. Wish you a quick safe recovery.
Day 6 post-op, woke up with bleeding, which hadn’t occurred prior to this morning. Checked in the mirror, and i can’t see my scabs. There is a thick patch of red where my scab used to be on the left side of my throat. Can still taste blood. Anyone know if this is normal?
My doctor told me not to take my liquid hydrocodone every 3- 4 hours 10-15 ml instead he told me to take 5 ml every 1 hour and 20 minutes adding up the same amount of ml in 3 hours. I recommend this helped me a lot b/c the pain meds never stop filing there job and don’t have to worry about running out at the end
Total Normal
Woke up with blood clots and getting bleeding pretty much every time I go to go sleep which is shit. Pain is bad but bearable. If you’re good with pain (as I am) I’ve only really hit a 7-8/10 so far and it’s a lot more bearable then mucus/smell/lack of sleep which comes in this hell package. Although I’ve managed to eat solids pretty much from day 2 nothing has been enjoyable and I’ve lost 7lbs already. Wish me luck I can’t wait for this to be over…
Oh my life guys please never accidentpy have citrus ?? my throat is burning!! I thought the naked smoothie (green) wouldn’t have citrus in it and it’s normally my favourite and wow this is pain like no other. I’m just longing for a burger ?? I had an infction in the first few days and thought I wa afinal ou starting to get better but no. Like I feel dizzy because I’m so hungry and keep trying to force soft foods down with little success and literally can only really have icy water.