Tonsillectomy Day 6 -Scabs Bleeding?

tonsillectomy recovery day 6
tonsillectomy recovery day 6

Tonsillectomy Recovery Day by Day

Day 6

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 Recovery Day 6 scabs bleeding
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.

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  1. Hi All,

    Had my tonsils removed on 10/31/17 as a 38 year old , yep on Halloween. I was very surprised on how low the pain was with me , I’m on my hydrocodone and antibiotic as the doctor prescribed , stayed hydrated and had my humidifier in my room always going. I was able to eat soup and soft fries a few days ago and got bold and order some Ramen today. Boy do I feel stupid , it went down well with no major issues , and just a few minutes ago I started to taste the metallic liquid which was an indicator of blood. Sure enough the white scab looks to be missing on my right tonsil bed, and I can see some blood, nothing crazy, but of course I am concerned. Reading through the posts I started to drink ice cold water. Hopefully this helps, I hate to go to sleep like this. Looks like my pain days are coming especially since this is early morning Day 6.

    Hate to see so many people dealing with pain. I have yet to experience this, Doc told me that she couldn’t believe I was walking around with an abscessed tonsil for so long, but then again I have a high threshold for pain. Major thanks to the person who created this, especially since there is no professionals to talk to on the weekends, people’s actual experiences have calmed me the most.

    Tips so far:
    1.WATER, WATER, WATER
    2.Humidifier
    3.Stay on your meds and schedule them with alarms on your phone.
    4. Reduce talking
    5. Eat soft foods. ( even though I crave a burger right now) (Cookies and Creme Jello Pudding is god sent)

    Wishing everyone Good Luck and praying for less painful days,
    Titus

    1. Just a follow up , the ice cold water helped and the bleeding stop . Definitely going to watch what I’m eating now. Best of luck to you all!!!

      The one mistake I made was not hydrating properly that day. Water , water and water!

  2. Day 6: I’m finally able to sleep for 3 hours at a time in the night, I found something to help finally. Gargle with salt water and go to bed with pain relief and ice pack. Perfect! Worst pain ever! No one warned me off that though just said it would be worth it..really?! Try to gargle guys very refreshing and then get those ice packs on your necks helps a lot!

  3. Day 6 – Woke up 2am… spitting blood (not much but stil bright red) My worst nightmare came true. Went to the ER, still in the ER 🙁 not sure why I’m bleeding but doctors don’t look alarmed!?
    Lovely…
    If I could turn back time I would never go through with this.

  4. 24/f had my surgery on the 31of July I’m on day six and I woke up at 2 am to the feeling of a ball of slim that just wouldn’t go down had to run to the bathroom and started spitting up blood in the sink cud one of my scabs had apparently decided to come part way off in my sleep and it caused me to start dry heaving which dear lord hurt between the rush of blood I got some cold water down which helped slow and stop the bleeding its now 4ish and the second one cam off with out looking like major crime scene like the first one. I’m not sure if its because of all the coughing the day before (caused by all the smoke from the British Columbia fires going on) or if I was just talking to much.

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