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.
Well I’m on day 5, day 1 to 4 wasn’t to bad I feel like I had a bad sore throat haven’t been able to eat much all I been doing is eating ice chips and drinking water I have so much mucus so I keep drinking water I keep reading everyones experience and freaking my self out speacily about the bleeding and scab coming off I told myself I won’t look at the scab in sure enough I Did ew so gross!!!!! Today I kept having the earg to cough and clear my throat couldn’t help it n I started bleeding it stop after drinking water n freaking out I haven’t been taken my meds to often hope I dnt regret it I feel like the night time is the worst cause my mouth gets dry I haven’t been sleeping good I have a humidifier on but I dnt think it’s working my stomachs so upset and I feel like I’m starting to catch a cold kinda sucks n I’m worried ima make my self worse!! Well tomorrow’s day 6 hope it’s not to bad ….
I know this is random but does anyone wanna exchange numbers? It would be really nice to have someone to text who’s around the same stage. That way we can vent to each other and have that constant support from someone who knows how the other is feeling.
I’m 23/f had my surgery July 21st today is day 7 for me from Canada but I’m able to text to us as well.
Had I seen this sooner I would have. I’m ok Day 6 and this shit is ridiculous. 31/F and it hurts to yawn? CrAzy. My tongue feels like it’s burning and I’m so hungry I could cry. Pain is tolerable for me except at night it gets wild.
Barb I LOVE the way you said that. I think you have a great mindset that will get you through this very temporary experience. Take care and stay hydrated!
Hey guys 23/f
Got my surgery on July 21st 2017
Today is day 6 for me well technically day 7 since I’m writing this at 2 in the morning.
I woke up this morning in excruciating pain, running from my ears to my jaw to my throat.
I grabbed my blanket and curled up by a window with a heating pad against my left ear (what’s up with that? It’s like the pain “chooses” it’s ear and sticks to it) my pain for most of today was really good actually I would get ear pains every now and then but I can deal with that. See I was stupid and I made a huge mistake.. on another blog about tonsilectomy recovery someone wrote that cepacol lozenges really helped her and kept her mouth moist., so I thought hey I always have cepacol let me try this NOPE BAD IDEA DONT DO IT. My mouth basically turned into a fountain, my so called easy day was turned upside down and I was uncomfortable the rest of the day, I would lean back and get comfy then I’d suddenly gag because of the saliva buildup. So gross.
I was restless the rest of the day. I managed to go all day without my pain meds but I knew I’d need Gergen for the night. Took my liquid codeine and tried to relax in bed, sadly that was short lived because I got some awful ear aches. Every time I would find a comfy position I would suddenly feel as if I was chocking, joy
Right now I’m currently sitting in a reclining chair, iunno if I’ll get any sleep but I’m so exhausted
I am on day 6 now and just woke up with a scratchy throats and it hurts to swalllow both my ears are killing me and I just want to lay down and go to sleep my mother toke my pain medicine cause she’s making sure I savior it for the nights. Last night wasn’t that bad I actually got a lot of sleep but woke up with throats hurting really bad and both my ears stinging. It feels like every time I put ice packs on it they are feeling so much better! The last few days I was able to eat no problem but today and yesterday it was so hard to swallow that I could barely eat! My mom made me eat all the mashed mashed potatoes but I ate two bites of mac and cheese.
Day 6
I woke up in pain my throat was very dry. I haven’t had any scabs come off though, I’m actually not ready for that part. I was drinking a lot of juices at first and found it made me saliva super thick and hard to swallow. So I switched back to only water and notice saliva is not as thick any more and easier to swallow. I have lost 15lbs now I know that’s not Heathy but when all you can do is drink water and jello it’ll happen rather quickly. My pain level today is about a 6 with pain mess so much better than the usual. Hopefully tomorrow will be a even better day in reference to the pain levels.
Well I’m on day 5, day 1 to 4 wasn’t to bad I feel like I had a bad sore throat haven’t been able to eat much all I been doing is eating ice chips and drinking water I have so much mucus so I keep drinking water I keep reading everyones experience and freaking my self out speacily about the bleeding and scab coming off I told myself I won’t look at the scab in sure enough I Did ew so gross!!!!! Today I kept having the earg to cough and clear my throat couldn’t help it n I started bleeding it stop after drinking water n freaking out I haven’t been taken my meds to often hope I dnt regret it I feel like the night time is the worst cause my mouth gets dry I haven’t been sleeping good I have a humidifier on but I dnt think it’s working my stomachs so upset and I feel like I’m starting to catch a cold kinda sucks n I’m worried ima make my self worse!! Well tomorrow’s day 6 hope it’s not to bad ….
I know this is random but does anyone wanna exchange numbers? It would be really nice to have someone to text who’s around the same stage. That way we can vent to each other and have that constant support from someone who knows how the other is feeling.
I’m 23/f had my surgery July 21st today is day 7 for me from Canada but I’m able to text to us as well.
Had I seen this sooner I would have. I’m ok Day 6 and this shit is ridiculous. 31/F and it hurts to yawn? CrAzy. My tongue feels like it’s burning and I’m so hungry I could cry. Pain is tolerable for me except at night it gets wild.
Barb I LOVE the way you said that. I think you have a great mindset that will get you through this very temporary experience. Take care and stay hydrated!
Hey guys 23/f
Got my surgery on July 21st 2017
Today is day 6 for me well technically day 7 since I’m writing this at 2 in the morning.
I woke up this morning in excruciating pain, running from my ears to my jaw to my throat.
I grabbed my blanket and curled up by a window with a heating pad against my left ear (what’s up with that? It’s like the pain “chooses” it’s ear and sticks to it) my pain for most of today was really good actually I would get ear pains every now and then but I can deal with that. See I was stupid and I made a huge mistake.. on another blog about tonsilectomy recovery someone wrote that cepacol lozenges really helped her and kept her mouth moist., so I thought hey I always have cepacol let me try this NOPE BAD IDEA DONT DO IT. My mouth basically turned into a fountain, my so called easy day was turned upside down and I was uncomfortable the rest of the day, I would lean back and get comfy then I’d suddenly gag because of the saliva buildup. So gross.
I was restless the rest of the day. I managed to go all day without my pain meds but I knew I’d need Gergen for the night. Took my liquid codeine and tried to relax in bed, sadly that was short lived because I got some awful ear aches. Every time I would find a comfy position I would suddenly feel as if I was chocking, joy
Right now I’m currently sitting in a reclining chair, iunno if I’ll get any sleep but I’m so exhausted
I am on day 6 now and just woke up with a scratchy throats and it hurts to swalllow both my ears are killing me and I just want to lay down and go to sleep my mother toke my pain medicine cause she’s making sure I savior it for the nights. Last night wasn’t that bad I actually got a lot of sleep but woke up with throats hurting really bad and both my ears stinging. It feels like every time I put ice packs on it they are feeling so much better! The last few days I was able to eat no problem but today and yesterday it was so hard to swallow that I could barely eat! My mom made me eat all the mashed mashed potatoes but I ate two bites of mac and cheese.
Day 6
I woke up in pain my throat was very dry. I haven’t had any scabs come off though, I’m actually not ready for that part. I was drinking a lot of juices at first and found it made me saliva super thick and hard to swallow. So I switched back to only water and notice saliva is not as thick any more and easier to swallow. I have lost 15lbs now I know that’s not Heathy but when all you can do is drink water and jello it’ll happen rather quickly. My pain level today is about a 6 with pain mess so much better than the usual. Hopefully tomorrow will be a even better day in reference to the pain levels.