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.
Day six has been bad. I woke up at 6am with the worst pain I’ve ever felt. I can hardly swallow my saliva, and I feel intense pressure in my lower jaw. My tongue is sore to move as well. It feels extremely dry and has a pulsing sharp pain. I haven’t seen any blood yet, but I fear it’s coming. I was feeling fine day 4 and 5, I think I may have over done it with the talking and eating. Today I’m going to be silent and only drink liquids. We’ll see how that goes. I pray everyone feels better soon !
I’m on day 6. Never had any pain just discomfort when swallowing, back of my tongue is swollen still and uvula. No fun, ears started to throb last night. Anyone know when this is going to get better? It seems like it’s getting worse from last night
Ear pain never gets better
But I’ve found a lot of comfort in a heating pad or some sort of heat compress. Even grabbing a towel, soaking it in super hot water and then squeezing all the water out has helped me a lot.
I just hold the head against the ear close my eyes and rock myself and it helps me calm down
Day six (female 23yo)
I woke up at 6am with sevre pain this morning and had a hard time sipping water. Took Brufen 600mg and felt better after 15 minutes. Now it’s 15:34 and I’m generally feeling better with no pain at all except for the usual discomfort. I brushed my teeth and I used betadine (mouth gargle) and had the courage for the first time to look into my mouth.. I was suprised. It wasn’t as gross as I’d imagined and the white stuff back there is in small amount yet the phlegm is still there and it grossed me out. I saw my uluva for the first time and it was five times bigger! Pinkish and transparent. I’m drinking lots of water. I had apple juice before I took my brufen this morning and haven’t had any calories in since.
I feel lethargic and I spend most of my days post op in bed watching netflix because I have nothing else to do.
I’m a 18 year old female from the UK and I had my tonsils removed on June 8th 2017. It was my first operation so already had some underlying worries.
The day if the operation was totally fine I woke up and was in no pain at all so didn’t take any pain medication. I was then given a cheese sandwich which around 5 minutes after finishing made me throw up. I was getting kept in hospital overnight so tried to sleep as much as possible as I was expecting the pain to become terrible. Well I was pleasantly surprised it wasn’t sore at all and my pain only reached 6/10 which was in the morning due to not drinking throughout the night.
Day 2 – after I got home I still didn’t feel that much pain was able to eat pasta Bolognese with ease.
Day 3 – this day was the start of the pain I could eat a little bit but the pain was around a 6-7/10 most of the time so was quite sore to eat but managed. One weird thing I learned however is when going to sleep or just sitting relaxing let your saliva build up in your mouth then swallow when full as it brings more ease to swallowing and at night keeps the tonsil beds moist which is key.
Day 4-5 – The pain got a whole lot better was taking my pain medication frequently every 4 hours. I was barely able to eat that much over the 3/4 day and the 5th in the morning but later on the 5th night the pain disappeared and there was no pain whatsoever. I was able to eat a proper meal with ease.
Day 6 (present) – The pain is the worse!! I thought it was all over when the pain vanished yesterday but I was woken up during the night with extreme pain. I believe some of the scabbing may have fell off and this is causing the pain but I have not checked as it is too sore. I can’t take my pain medication as it is so sore. I haven’t managed to eat and drinking is very painful aswell.
I have regretted it everyday since I got it but I just try to look at the end result and never having tonsillitis again. Everyone keeps telling me it’s fine it will pass but when your feeling this pain along with the jaw and ear pain it’s hard to believe what anyone is saying. I’m just hoping it gets better from now as I am over crying about the pain!!
Hi Chloe – feel like our paths are verrrryyyy similar. Can you pleaseee reassure me that it gets better?
I’m day 6 today and the pain is crazy bad in comparison to the start. I’m barely eating or drinking and feel like I’m going a little crazy! Hah!
Sophie x
I am on day 6 today myself it is about 3:45am in the US, and my goodness the pain is awful. I would have never thought it would have hurt this much even this far along. I am currently down 12.7lbs since the surgery. I am living on ice water most of my days. Occasionally through my days I will try warm chicken broth, a bite or two of ice cream (burns), jello (hurts after so long of swallowing), pasta with butter ( feels good after the first 3 bites, butter coats the back of your throat , then you have enough of swallowing), pudding (three bites), tried popsicles (not to bad). Other than that this is pretty much what I have tried since the surgery. I can say putting an ice pack on my throats with a towel over it helps a lot, it feels pretty good. Scans are coming off on both sides of the throat, so that means burning when drinking anything and ear pain for a few minutes. Trying to stay hydrated at this time and it’s hard with the scabs coming off every time you take a sip of water it burns. What helps me get through the night is reading all these posts and of course my (pain meds) but seeing what others are going through I find it relaxes me when you can relate to others and some of you have some really good ideas to try. I hope everyone gets better soon. I pray for a speedy recovery!!!!!!!
Hi – I’m in a similar situation as you guys. I had surgery on 6/30/17 and I’m 44 ?Years old. Today is day 6 for me and the worse by far. I have been able to eat apple sauce, pudding, popsicles, Italian ice, jello, and ice cream. I want to try soup today but not sure about the temperature to et it at. I’m taking oycodone liquid for pain. And Tylenol extra strength. Does anyone have a lot of post nasal/ phlegm to swallow? I do and it’s so hard to swallow. I feel a tightening/ tearing type pain on my left side I was wondering if that was a scab lifting?
I am feeling the same exact pain that you’re feeling!!!! Same day and same symptoms. It is a relief knowing that I’m not dying lol I’m such a worry wart about everything. My sister had the same surgery and believe it or not she survived too lol so we can do this. Thanks for your comment, it made me feel a lot better.
I had my tonsils out in Thursday woke up in a bit of pain stayed in recovery for a while then moved to a room, sent home after 4hrs as all seemed fine, Friday and Saturday I managed to eat and pain was minimal. Sunday didn’t eat as much but developed a cough, went to bed but woke up at 1.30am coughing up blood had to call an ambulance, was rushed in where they tried to stop the bleeding but ended up being rushed back in to theatre for emergency surgery to stop the bleeding, pain since has been unbearable all I can eat is jelly, can’t sleep for more than an hour due to coughing, I’m in so much pain I’m regretting having them out!!!
I’m on antibiotics and so many pain killers I feel sick praying tomorrow is a better day.
Day six has been bad. I woke up at 6am with the worst pain I’ve ever felt. I can hardly swallow my saliva, and I feel intense pressure in my lower jaw. My tongue is sore to move as well. It feels extremely dry and has a pulsing sharp pain. I haven’t seen any blood yet, but I fear it’s coming. I was feeling fine day 4 and 5, I think I may have over done it with the talking and eating. Today I’m going to be silent and only drink liquids. We’ll see how that goes. I pray everyone feels better soon !
6AM??!!!Your Conplaining that you woke up at 6AM With Pain?!?Im waking up at 2AM with 2 hours of sleep and can hardly breathe
I’m on day 6. Never had any pain just discomfort when swallowing, back of my tongue is swollen still and uvula. No fun, ears started to throb last night. Anyone know when this is going to get better? It seems like it’s getting worse from last night
Ear pain never gets better
But I’ve found a lot of comfort in a heating pad or some sort of heat compress. Even grabbing a towel, soaking it in super hot water and then squeezing all the water out has helped me a lot.
I just hold the head against the ear close my eyes and rock myself and it helps me calm down
Day six (female 23yo)
I woke up at 6am with sevre pain this morning and had a hard time sipping water. Took Brufen 600mg and felt better after 15 minutes. Now it’s 15:34 and I’m generally feeling better with no pain at all except for the usual discomfort. I brushed my teeth and I used betadine (mouth gargle) and had the courage for the first time to look into my mouth.. I was suprised. It wasn’t as gross as I’d imagined and the white stuff back there is in small amount yet the phlegm is still there and it grossed me out. I saw my uluva for the first time and it was five times bigger! Pinkish and transparent. I’m drinking lots of water. I had apple juice before I took my brufen this morning and haven’t had any calories in since.
I feel lethargic and I spend most of my days post op in bed watching netflix because I have nothing else to do.
I’m a 18 year old female from the UK and I had my tonsils removed on June 8th 2017. It was my first operation so already had some underlying worries.
The day if the operation was totally fine I woke up and was in no pain at all so didn’t take any pain medication. I was then given a cheese sandwich which around 5 minutes after finishing made me throw up. I was getting kept in hospital overnight so tried to sleep as much as possible as I was expecting the pain to become terrible. Well I was pleasantly surprised it wasn’t sore at all and my pain only reached 6/10 which was in the morning due to not drinking throughout the night.
Day 2 – after I got home I still didn’t feel that much pain was able to eat pasta Bolognese with ease.
Day 3 – this day was the start of the pain I could eat a little bit but the pain was around a 6-7/10 most of the time so was quite sore to eat but managed. One weird thing I learned however is when going to sleep or just sitting relaxing let your saliva build up in your mouth then swallow when full as it brings more ease to swallowing and at night keeps the tonsil beds moist which is key.
Day 4-5 – The pain got a whole lot better was taking my pain medication frequently every 4 hours. I was barely able to eat that much over the 3/4 day and the 5th in the morning but later on the 5th night the pain disappeared and there was no pain whatsoever. I was able to eat a proper meal with ease.
Day 6 (present) – The pain is the worse!! I thought it was all over when the pain vanished yesterday but I was woken up during the night with extreme pain. I believe some of the scabbing may have fell off and this is causing the pain but I have not checked as it is too sore. I can’t take my pain medication as it is so sore. I haven’t managed to eat and drinking is very painful aswell.
I have regretted it everyday since I got it but I just try to look at the end result and never having tonsillitis again. Everyone keeps telling me it’s fine it will pass but when your feeling this pain along with the jaw and ear pain it’s hard to believe what anyone is saying. I’m just hoping it gets better from now as I am over crying about the pain!!
Hi Chloe – feel like our paths are verrrryyyy similar. Can you pleaseee reassure me that it gets better?
I’m day 6 today and the pain is crazy bad in comparison to the start. I’m barely eating or drinking and feel like I’m going a little crazy! Hah!
Sophie x
I am on day 6 today myself it is about 3:45am in the US, and my goodness the pain is awful. I would have never thought it would have hurt this much even this far along. I am currently down 12.7lbs since the surgery. I am living on ice water most of my days. Occasionally through my days I will try warm chicken broth, a bite or two of ice cream (burns), jello (hurts after so long of swallowing), pasta with butter ( feels good after the first 3 bites, butter coats the back of your throat , then you have enough of swallowing), pudding (three bites), tried popsicles (not to bad). Other than that this is pretty much what I have tried since the surgery. I can say putting an ice pack on my throats with a towel over it helps a lot, it feels pretty good. Scans are coming off on both sides of the throat, so that means burning when drinking anything and ear pain for a few minutes. Trying to stay hydrated at this time and it’s hard with the scabs coming off every time you take a sip of water it burns. What helps me get through the night is reading all these posts and of course my (pain meds) but seeing what others are going through I find it relaxes me when you can relate to others and some of you have some really good ideas to try. I hope everyone gets better soon. I pray for a speedy recovery!!!!!!!
Hi – I’m in a similar situation as you guys. I had surgery on 6/30/17 and I’m 44 ?Years old. Today is day 6 for me and the worse by far. I have been able to eat apple sauce, pudding, popsicles, Italian ice, jello, and ice cream. I want to try soup today but not sure about the temperature to et it at. I’m taking oycodone liquid for pain. And Tylenol extra strength. Does anyone have a lot of post nasal/ phlegm to swallow? I do and it’s so hard to swallow. I feel a tightening/ tearing type pain on my left side I was wondering if that was a scab lifting?
I am feeling the same exact pain that you’re feeling!!!! Same day and same symptoms. It is a relief knowing that I’m not dying lol I’m such a worry wart about everything. My sister had the same surgery and believe it or not she survived too lol so we can do this. Thanks for your comment, it made me feel a lot better.
I had my tonsils out in Thursday woke up in a bit of pain stayed in recovery for a while then moved to a room, sent home after 4hrs as all seemed fine, Friday and Saturday I managed to eat and pain was minimal. Sunday didn’t eat as much but developed a cough, went to bed but woke up at 1.30am coughing up blood had to call an ambulance, was rushed in where they tried to stop the bleeding but ended up being rushed back in to theatre for emergency surgery to stop the bleeding, pain since has been unbearable all I can eat is jelly, can’t sleep for more than an hour due to coughing, I’m in so much pain I’m regretting having them out!!!
I’m on antibiotics and so many pain killers I feel sick praying tomorrow is a better day.