Tonsillectomy Day 7
A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their seventh day of recovery
From thousands of post comments to the tonsillectomy recovery forum, I have assembled a sampling of various accounts and impressions of tonsillectomy recovery for each day. Below I share comments about tonsillectomy day 7. 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.
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Tonsillectomy Day 7
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : Light? At the end of the tunnel?
Tonsillectomy Day 7 :Breakdown. Crying, laughing, sucked into YouTube. Is there no end?
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : During the night I noticed a weird sensation in my ears. It was a hollow feeling, kind of like I have water in my ears and they tend to pop really severely when I swallow. Other than the ears, the throat isn’t bad. I tried eating blueberry pancakes for breakfast and I was able to get a few pieces down, but then it was uncomfortable, so I stopped. The last thing I want to do is rush myself. I’ve made it this far, I don’t want to do anything that will negatively affect my progress. The swelling is finally gone – I think. My tongue and the scabs used to be white – or so I was told – but now my tongue is like a grayish color. If that is normal, I’m not sure, but I’m not that worried about it. I know I’m still recovering, but I noticed a weird feeling when I was swallowing today. The water just kind of flows down my throat now; before it used to touch my tonsils. I know I don’t have tonsils anymore and that’s why; I’m just curious if it is something I will have to adapt to once I’m fully healed. I guess I’ll have to wait and see. My ear pain is still there but it is definitely not as bad as it was from days 3-5.
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : It’s been one full week as of today that I had my tonsils removed. I saw the ENT yesterday and he said I was healing very slowly. The scabs still have not come off and every day seems to hurt more than the previous day. This morning has been almost completely unbearable. I don’t understand how some of you say you eat toast. How do you choke that down? Everything hurts! Warm, cold, it doesn’t matter it feels like swallowing knives.
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : Day 7 you did it! I mean I could barely stand due to the pain. Trying to coat my stomach with Ensure that morning so I could take my pain meds was like aggressively shaving my throat with a million shards of glass. And the ears! Not the ears!
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : day 7 post-op and am doing amazingly well. I thought I would share my tips to help some of you out! It really is important to drink, drink, drink! Everytime I woke up from my sleep I would be in such enormous pain because my throat had dried out. Everytime I wake up during the night I take a sip of water which I found has helped. Twice a day I have done a saltwater gargle with a teaspoon of salt in 500ml of water for 30 seconds. This apparently removes the bacteria and the salt is good for healing. The day after my surgery I had a tiny little bit of toast.
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : Had a little bit of a rough night, i think it was due to pain. Not much to update today, throat is sore, ears hurt as well when swallowing, but pain meds are keeping it in check.
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : day 7 post op. Liquid hydrocodone stopped working on day 5. Doc prescribed percocet and I got 20. I have one left and am asking for a refill tmrw. Excruciating pain every 4 hours. My meds wear off at exactly 3:40 every time. There’s no way I’m eating toast. I can only tolerate soy milk, pudding and ice cream. I have been adding whey protein to my pudding so I’m getting about 25grams per day of that which rly helps. Drinking water like crazy but it hurts too
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : Day 7- worst morning so far! Felt like blades were lodged in my throat! Went out for a few hours but felt like crap! Got home and had a bad evening in pain.
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : Day 7-8: I’m not sure what happened here, but I definitely regressed back through all the small progress I made earlier. Back to extreme pain. The pain was different this time, it was sharper and more intense, as opposed to Day 2-6 pain which was constant and dull. Here’s the good part: this was the last of my severe pain, although I didn’t know that at the time. My post-op instructions warned that pain could get more severe during “the final stages of healing”… Boy, did it!
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : Woke up at 3 am in horrible pain in my right ear and the right side of my throat. Felt like someone was thrashing a sword through my right ear. Took meds to get it under control. That pain subsided sometime mid morning but still remained in a lower form all day long and into the evening. Today noticed that the white film on my tongue had begun to disappear. Was able to eat potato cheese soup today and a tiny bit of chicken.
Tonsillectomy Day 7 : Day 7: I have reached a turning point and the pain has become a little bit more bearable. It is still difficult to swallow and it seems my body wants to produce more saliva, probably because I am trying to avoid swallowing. Having a humidifier has helped me at night. I have used the humidifier since coming home and it feels good when I breathe at night and helps make things a little easier. I will be out of pain meds in three days and will have to take a trip to the doctor’s office before the weekend hits, so I am covered.
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Day 7 started out rough for me, but was better by the end. I was in enough pain that I couldn’t really speak in the morning. I suffered for part of the day, then decided to take Advil along with my pain meds. They helped more than they pain meds! I got feeling better and could talk some again. And I made another decision. I was so hungry and run down from hunger, I just knew I had to eat something. So I made sloppy joes and ate the hamburger. It hurt a little, but tasted soooo good! And I think the protein gave me a little needed energy! So the night was better. Looking in my mouth I can see some pink shining through, so I know I am starting to heal. It just feels like it is going so slowly!!
35 years old and it’s Day 7 for me and it’s the first day I feel anything vaguely resembling human, that being said I’m still in a horrible amount of pain.
operation day – Coming out of the anesthetic I thought, “gee,I’m going to hurl”. Meanwhile, little did I know this would be the single most coherent thought I’d have for the next 7 days… I wasn’t breathing well and they put me on O2 – which was not great for the dry throat thing. I had a septoplasty/turbs done at the same time so All my airways were compromised. The nurses kept giving me worried looks. My mother, bless her was like a champion by my side literally feeding ice chips into my mouth. As predicted – I went to the toilet and hurled my guts out. Ate zero. Drank a little. I was just so dizzy. The only medication I could take was panadol and anti-nausea through IV. I barely slept a wink.
Day 1 – Accusing me of not eating, drinking and not breathing (!!!) the Drs kept me in the hospital for a second night. It was the best thing that could have happened as I was not in a good way. I decided to make an effort to eat and drink even if I wasn’t feeling like it. Plus I hadn’t been to the toilet for #2s yet.. I felt a little better today. The pain was pretty bearable and I was taking regular panadine forte and encode as well as my antibiotic. Slept maybe 2 hours total.
Day 2 – Home day! But I woke up nauseous. They kept feeding me anti-nausea meds through my IV until it was time for me to go home (about midday). Pain getting worse. At home I’m feeling constantly dizzy and sick. I keep trying to down my meds. I realise that I cannot swallow the panadine forte as it makes me gag. Switch to panadol soluble. This kicks pain up a notch. Sleep, I realise is overrated, when I wake up weeping from the pain from only 1/2 hour. This is despite my humidifier being on. I watch the clock waiting for med times. I need them an hour before they are due. In so much pain.
Day 3 – didn’t think the pain could get worse – it does! So does the dizziness and nausea. I’m trying hard to eat, knowing that eating keeps me as well as can be expected. My ears start chiming in with co-pain. I just sit and cry as it seems to me the most constructive thing I can do. Still no poo. At night, that waste of time between 8pm – 8am I just try to bide my time. Every so often I’ll fall into sweet sleep but wake up with razor blades down the back of my throat. To make matters worse at 4am – I throw up everywhere.
Day 4 – Realising that my meds are going to run out I ask my mum to place a call to the ENT about getting me some more meds. He seems reluctant. Also as it is the Queen’s birthday holiday weekend he’s about to head off on a holiday. Eventually he agrees to come and see me at home. He breezes in all dimples, running shoes and from what I can see in this deep delirium a picture of perfect health. I want to kill him. I can’t believe there are people doing normal things, while I wallow. I decide this is the last day of wallowing. He tells me that Day 5 is usually the worst and that while it may not get ‘better’ it won’t get too much worse after that. This does not sound comforting to my painful ears. I hear the song “My Sweet Lord” (Harrison) on the radio and cry my eyes out. It’s like I’ve discovered that I understand everything at a deeper level now. Everything is sad and everything is horrible. Oh right, I wasn’t going to wallow.
While I am so grateful to mum for looking after me (she is a champ) I look over at her meal tonight and have never felt so jealous. It’s crispy skin roasted chicken with crispy baked potatoes and yummy pumpkin. I have the same… blended into puree. I feel so sad. At 10pm I throw up – so dizzy. such pain. I decide I need a break from the meds because I am so ill. I know I can’t make it but I try… No poop.
Day 5 – I sleep a little (maybe 3 hours) and awake in agony. Dizzy – check, sick – check, stabbing pain in throat – check, miners in my ear canals with picks – check. Oh good, just wanted to check and see if the status quo was up and running…chhhhhheck.. Decide the ENT was right, definitely the most painful day. I can barely eat and I’ve decided to see how long I can survive without meds. That’s right. NO MEDS. NOOOOOOOOO MEDS. I’m still dizzy. I’m still sick. I’m in so much pain.. Feel like I have no choice though. This day is pure hell. Sleep about 30 minutes. Seriously, what’s the point? This no pooping thing is really getting me down.
Day 6 – Dizziness slowly going away. I’m hungry… But of course I’m in so much pain that I can’t eat what I want. Remember I’m on no meds at this stage so I’m just on survival. My nose keeps feeling funky. I try to ignore it most of the time because it clearly plays second fiddle to the star on stage – my tonsils. Sometimes though, it’ll chime in with a sympathy pain and sears through my head… juuuust letting me know it’s there. Yeah, thanks buddy. I know I’m not supposed to be doing any home operations but things are so crusty up there that I want to get at it. I carefully poke a cotton bud up there and with it comes out the most satisfying piece of booger, bloody, crusty thing ever…plus, I pooped. Maybe it was non Med stance that did it. I’m so happy that I gave birth to a poo baby, you have no idea.
My friend gives me the idea to eat aloe vera, known for it’s healing properties. I mash some up into a green juice. Now, before I went into this operation I thought to myself that I would stick to my normal healthy lifestyle… lots of green. Green juice daily. Organic, no sugar, no wheat, no refined carbs, no preservatives etc. That went out the window on day 1. It’s been jelly and ice blocks everyday. Today was the first day I had a green juice. I was so happy. The aloe was blended into it and tasted good. It was a bit “sour” (though I didn’t include any sour veggies – just alkaline ones). It took me a long time to drink but I was so proud of myself that I did. 2 hours sleep.
Day 7 (today) – No meds. Poo baby has a sister. Green juice again. My hunger is back but I’m still pureeing everything. I don’t know how you are doing things like toast. I can do soft bread and honey but that’s as far as I get. I still get occassional stabs of white hot poker pain as well as the normal horrible swallowing pain. I look at the back of my throat… it doesn’t look like my scabs are coming off… In fact it just looks white.. like a creepy snow cave in there. How do you know when you start scabbing – does your throat look different? Today is the first day I feel kind of human. I’m still crying at all the sad songs on the radio and tbh I weep when eating a bit too. Then I think – far out I am STRONG – I am doing the worst days on no pain meds watsoever. I am so amazing. I’m not proud of doing that but it was from necessity alone. I feel like it’s something I can remind myself it the darkest moments though. I hope day 8 will be better…
In comparison to the comments I’ve read from day 1 – 6 I’ve had a pretty easy journey for the first two days I was able to eat toast and normal foods, then it went downhill and everything stung a little bit. I’ve not thrown up at all and not had any post op bleeding, I was only given ibuprofen and paracetamol from the hospital and everything was going well… Until day 7, oh my god! I woke up with sharp pains in the right side of my throat and the driest mouth, I attempted drinking water which only made the pain worse. I took my tablets and this took the pain away quite quickly but after 3 hours it was back again, I actually wanted to cry. One of the scabs at the back of my throat is hanging off and I assume this is what is causing the pain but the other side doesn’t feel ready to come off which is why it is so sore.
Has anyone got any advice on how to get the rest of the scab off without crying in pain?
Right, UPDATE.
I have survived day 7.
Things that I am learning –
Food is for losers, I totally dont need to eat – its all in the mind. Also swallowing its also not really needed anymore, I can be a fully functioning adult without the need to swallow. Where does it say that ‘To survive Humans Beings must Swallow’. My heart is beating, the other organ things are doing their thing well (However gotta give a shout out to my liver (After surviving years of abuse via me binge drinking in order to cope with my social life, its now being treated to copious amount of strong pain killers – im going to (HAVE TO) give it a break once I am healed….DETOX baby!)
Also pain. Pain is a funny ol’ thing isn’t it. Its like my bodies natural way of getting attention, now as a trained social worker with children I live by the philosophy to only give a child positive attention, to ignore all negative attention. So by using this theory I i’m planning on ignoring my pain levels and just make myself believe that the burning hot acid feeling that in my throat is equivalent to a 3 year old poking me. So I just have to be strong and ignore the little s**t….i’ll ignore it by taking loads of strong pain meds and going into a drug induced coma.
The other thing that I think as a human I can live without, is sleep. Now sleep is something I adore, up there with food and Long Island Ice tea’s. However If I use a bit of Cognitive behavioural psychology I will be able to make myself believe that Sleep is no longer needed, just Drug induced comas.
So yeah, to sum it all up – in in lot of pain, the thought of eating makes me want to cry and sleeping is just a thing of the past. However I am alive….so pretty crap really.
Oh well bring it on day 8! How bad can you be compared to day 7? Lets get it on!
M
This was hilarious & made me laugh!!! I need that laugh tho.. I had T&A surgery last Friday and baby…let me tell ya…y’all ain’t lying about the pain!! Whew!! Today is day 6 for me and I woke up thinking I was going home to Jesus (wayyyyy too much pain!) and to make matters worse, some asshole stole 7 of my percocets (I had a fiend for a caretaker apparently) so imagine how l feel. Pray for me..this pain makes me feel weak!!
Today is day 7 and I feel terrible. My eyes hurt, I’m spitting up blood and it hurts to laugh. I hate my mom for not getting these damn things removed when I was little. Sheesh!
So…this is how I taste like when dead
. Taste in mouth so gross even when I brush my teeth and gargle often ! Whole head is in burning pain, earache, toothache, painful jaw- everything. And my breath! Day 7 and i still do not want to look inside my mouth. Not that I can open it anyways. AAAAAARGH!
You’te not alone. Jaw, ear and throat pain is so intense for me today as well. You’re not alone. My Dr told me today that Fri pain should go down dramatically. I just keep saying Tomorrow’s Thursday and then Friday…
Oh my teeth hurt too btw.
I’m feeling really ill from the pain meds as well!!
This is not a good day, not a good day at all.
And for the pain meds to work best, we need food – so a huge challenge!!
Hey Vince, got operated on the 25th as well?
Yes. The 25th. I was eating low sodium chicken broth, vegetables and
chicken all ground up in the blender when I started bleeding again. It stopped in 5 mins. The whole bleeding thing just scared me…
Yes…Friday…now! Been sucking on one pancake for almost an hour now
At least when we are dead we won’t feel this pain!
It’s horrendous isn’t it?? tonsillectomy’s should come with some kind of health warning.
My ENT nurse told me to eat toast, muslie and crips (chips for the yanks that are out there!) at this point I’m giving myself praise if I manage water never mind the rest!!
I was warned. But not enough
. They should say ‘Be afraid…be very afraid…’ .
It should have flashing neon lights as soon as you walk into the ENT dept.
Hahaha Mel
but I agree!!!
You are making me feel better by laughing! It’s all true though. I’m so hungry…
Day 7- What can I say? Let’s do a short catch up. Surgery was Thursday, today is Wednesday. Thursday and Friday no pain at all. Did I really just have my tonsils out? Saturday- some pain and weak. In bed most of the day. Sunday- Mix of good and bad but better than Saturday. Monday- Ugh! Wham! Pain. Intense pain. In throat and ears. Pain meds helped although the last hour before my next dose was hell. Tuesday- Horrid. Pain in thraot and ears. Couldn’t swallow. Would chew the little food I ate, hold it in my mouth to make sure it was soft, count to 3, grab a pillow with both hands and swallow. Tuesday night was horrid as well. Pain meds weren’t even touching it. That brings me to today, Wednesday. Pain still bad, but not like last night. It is still present aftwr taking pain meds, which wasn’t the case in the past. Today was my checkup with the Dr and as we were leaving, I started bleeding. I kind of freaked and remembered to sit and chew ice. That’s what I did on the tide to his office. We called on the way and he said to come in and continue to chew on the ice. He sprayed the area with a numbing spray and then placed a styptic pen on the area. He was not concerned. He said it happens & may happen again (it did about 15 mins ago). If it doesn’t stop within 10-15 mins then that’s when it’s time to go to the ER. Overall he said I’m doing far better than most patients at this day. My throat looks great. He attributes it to me eating and drinking. I never stopped eating (except yesterday I did not eat as much). I have eaten tuna fish, toast, scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, sandwiches, oatmeal, tuna fish, crackers and even a hamburger. He said I should feel better by Friday. Sat/Sun at the latest. I may have slight pain when yawning or doing certain things up to 2 months, which is typical. He told me to take ibuprofren in addition to the the regular pain medication.
Upon conpleting this post I started bleeding again. It stopped in 5 mins by sucking on ice chips. I phoned the Dr since it now happened 3 times today. He said not to worry, scabs are falling off. Get some rest. If the bleeding happens again and stops within 10 mins there is not need to worry. It’s time for my pain meds. The pain is back. Hoping he’s right when he says I’ll be over the pain by the weekend.
Hang in there everyone! It willl be worth it in the end.
Day 7 began quite rough but ended up not so bad. I had gone to the hospital for a nerve blocker shot in the left side of my neck the afternoon before and that had my apain reduced a bit through that morning. But then when I woke up around 9, my left jaw / tongue / ear area was in MAJOR pain. Even after I took my oxycodone dose, it felt like someone was stabbing me in the ear with a screwdriver whenever I swallowed, talked or moved my tongue. I knew I needed to drink lots or I’d get dehydrated again, but it was so painful that I barely could. I was able to eat some barely-toasted toast cut into tiny pieces with a soft-boiled egg on top and just tried to sip iced tea, iced apple juice and iced water.
I called my doctor again and he said I could take a little extra of the hydrocodone to jumpstart it. I also found I need to take it about every 3 hours & 45 mins, rather than waiting the full 4 hours for the pain to set in again. He also prescribed me a steroid (Prednisone) to help with swelling and pain. One or both of those did the trick because I got my pain level down to a 5/6 out of 10 by evening.
I also gargled several times with warm salt water and was glad to see some mucus / scabbing rinsing out. My uvula is still hugely swollen and the sensation of it gagging me is really grossing me out, so I’m hoping the Prednisone will help with that soon.
It’s 05.48 here (I’m in Liverpool, UK) and i feel like I’m going to write my last will and testament.
Since 11pm yesterday night I have been experiencing pain that is like nothing else I’ve ever experianced. Sharp and stabbing pain in my ears and throat. My throat feels like it’s on fire, i can’t see any signs of it scabbing over, however it does feel different
I’ve not slept, drinking seems like tortute and eating is the last thing on my mind. I think im like a dying animal right now, oxygen will jusy have to do. Today is about surviving i think, surviving hour by hour.
One think i have been using is soluble paracetamol, it does seem to have some positive sideeffects for a short while, not sure if it’s cos it’s paracetamol or cos it’s hitting it locally, however I’m sticking to using it.
If I make it through the day I will update later
(Positive thought have gone, I’m being a realist now folks – if I do go to the pearly gates I leave all my stuff to my pet parrot Monty)
I had the same thing on Day 7. Call your doctor and see if they can increase your painkiller dose or prescribe something else, like a steroid. One or both of those ended up helping me. You may also be able to go in for a nerve blocker shot. Feel better!
Well just about to get over day 7 and today has been about as bad as it can get stinging throat pain ears are killing me can’t eat just a miserable day .some Lillte bits of scab starting to come off .Can’t wait for this nitemare to end . But I no when it’s over it will be worth it after being sick for the past 3 mos and at my age I’m not going to take any chances .Im so glad they did not find any cancer at 62 you never no what’s next
Hey,
Great news about the cancer!! I’m one day behind you and feeling just as miserable – give me the general anesthetic for the next 5 days please!!
Good luck!
Congrats on the non-cancerous results, that’s great! I am looking forward to better health in the long run, too — everyone I know who has has their tonsils out says they rarely (if ever) get sick. And I’ve basically been sick and tired nonstop from them.
This is day 7 after my surgery and I thought I was starting to feel a little better, however I tried eating some pasta with cheese and it felt as though I was eating razors. The left side of my throat definitely feels worse than the right- it has a strange sting/burn sensation even when I swallow my own saliva. Icey water just makes it worse.
I’m going to try Luke warm tea like somebody on here mentioned. I too have a strange ringing in my ears, plus tongue and jaw pain. I can only live in hope that the next day will be better!!
I’ve got the left thing too! How odd!! When I spoke to the ENT nurse today she said that was ‘normal’.
I’m starting to think if I could find away of no longer eating, drinking or swallowing I’ll be ok and there will be a future….dreading the alternative option :0
Good luck!
My left side has been much more painful but I think that’s ’cause my tonsil on that side was larger and had an infection behind it.
My left side is worse as wellZ my Dr said my left tonsil was larger and more infected and that he had to do more cutting.
Day 7 I hate you! Definitely my worse day so far after day 3. Woke up last night with really bad pains & had to take extra painkillers to get back to sleep but I kept on waking up every 3 hours or so. I think my scabs are starting to come off in little bits leaving newely healed parts exposed which I guess is progress but it doesn’t half hurt! Found this morning that ice water now makes these areas burn so I’ve moved on to lukewarm water & green tea which feels much more soothing.
Very hungry but have been too scared to eat as yet. I have found that 2 scrambled eggs in the morning is quite pleasent to eat & sets you up a little. Protein is also good for the healing.
Day 6 post pop terrible nights sleep last night went doctors yesterday day as pain was unbearable he gave me naproxen and co-codamol for pain but I could only take 1 tab at a time every 4 hours due to the other drugs I still had in my system before I went tithe docs and switch which was paracetamol and dicloflanic but when day 5 hit pain from nowhere in jaw and ears came to join the party hence to why I called doc for emergency appointment to see if I could get anything stronger, anyway…. Up most of the night in excruciating pain with my ears and jaw best way to explain is when you are on a plane and the is pressure on your ears and its so bad it aches your jaw that sorta pain maybe a lil harsher because the ulcers on side of the tongue and underneath at the back feel like with every swallow some1 is just pouring pure salt in the ulcer and nothing you can do about it apart from hold your head and pray for it to ease up and promise yourself you will not swallow again…. Day 6 now 1:12 in the afternoon and I have switched back to dicloflanic and paracetamol which has realllyyyyyyyy helped I can actually function without feeling like a a lorry is resting on my ears and jaw were I can take paracetamol every 4 hours it is way better then the co-codamol every 8 plus the diclaflanc is not only an anti inflammatory it’s got pain killer in it to so take that every 8 hours and the para I between, but I am aware that ibrofen and paracetamol are compatible together but is ibrofen compatible with dicloflanic also anyone know? Coz that way is really be able to eat something and it would really take the edge of even more! I can say this is the most painful thing I have ever been through I’m 24 with a 2 year old baby who weighed 9.2 at birth and I must say that wasn’t as sore and more bearable. This operation has to be the up most painful operation an adult can undergo I’m sure!!! ATM I can still feel my jaw and ears ache n ulcers burn n sting but it’s totally bearable from what it was yesterday but in saying that I haven’t tried to eat yet so fingers crossed! Advice I can give is do set your alarm to wake you for meds, this morning throat was so sore I was like ill suffer because I can’t think about swallowing tablets now but then I remembered the ear pain and swallowed my tablets quicker then you could say GO! It’s funny because e day 1 and day 2 even 3 to 4 was bearable I thought I’d hit the jackpot and I had mentally drummed it in my head that you can do its justine over look this pain and you will not suffer! Hahaha I was wrong coz day 5 got hold of me real good and all that mental brain training was over I was convinced death would be better then that pain my god! Straight after my opp my mum brant me jacket potato with beans ate all of that then I ate a sandwich egg I think it was bit to stoned to remember, then nurse come over said eat some crisp happily I said because I had starved night before and all morning I’m not a big girl but I can eat! So ate the crisps straight after jacket potato n sandwich then nurse said have some fizzy drink drank a bottle of dr pepper the personal sized ones I was on a roll…. Next 4 days I was eating pretty fine just yesterday and today I can bare to swallow my own saliva. If I’d have known I would have stuffed my face so much on day 4! All I had was some chips half a pancake roll n half sausage in batter day 4 wish I went all out lol greedy I only way 10 half stone but I’m 5’7 so normal for my height but by reading this I must sound really greedy anyway I am lol but what I really want to no is tomorrow is day 7 as I had my operation Saturday just gone so will I start to go up from here or will I get bad n good days I had loads of that white stuff come away yesterday maybe that’s why my pain was so unbearable literally had me in tears and I’m no wimp I can take pain! I can clearly say to anyone who’s thinking about getting this done please be prepared for the pain and don’t have it done unless u really can’t cope with tonsillitis or you get it literally all the time and require antibiotics if its really no that bad may I suggest doing a oral Heath plan that may prevent you having to go through this unless of course you are prone to infection and have encrypt tonsils like I did that was always collecting bacteria and creating tonsil stones erggggg!! So getting them testicle looking things at the back of your throat removed should be last option try anti bacterial mouth was day and night and of at home after meals n try gargle warm boiled salt water at the end of the day before bed and still see if you get reoccurring strep throat or tonsillitis, you never know this might be your key to avoiding this gruesome procedure …. I sorta freak myself out when looking back there so now I don’t bother good luck to everyone going to have this done and for all of my soldiers who are on day 67&8 of recovery how is it going.? X
I am on Day 7. Last night I felt better than I do today. I woke up with stabbing pain in my throat and both ears. Does anyone know why it would suddenly feel worse? Is it the scabs? This is just terrible. I had to drug myself up with pain medicine to help and now I am so tired.
I had my tonsils removed on April 17th 2013, so I am on recovery day 7. And amazingly I feel almost back to normal. Many people seem to have had difficult and painful recoveries, so I thought I would share my story. My doctor told me the best way to get better was to “eat, eat and eat!”, and i’m wondering if this is why I feel almost back to my normal self only a week later.
After the operation, I didn’t feel nearly as bad as I thought I would. I even managed 3 full meals, including TOAST! However, when I got home on day 2 i couldn’t stop vomiting, but anti-sickness tablets soon sorted that out. Day 3 the vomiting stopped, i was very lethargic and the pain was still bearable. However, I had a VILE taste in my mouth!! But by day 5 it was much improved. Day 4 was when i set out on my “eat, eat and eat” campaign! I was eating the foods i would normally, and making sure I had plenty of toast (as advised by my doctor). OK, it was at times a little painful to swallow, but I was determined to follow the advice. Day 6 was like a breakthrough, the dead animal taste was almost gone, i was no longer feeling sick or overly tired and the pain was mild. Today (day 7) I feel almost back to normal and I even went out shopping with a friend. I do have some pain (it’s more stinging today because I think my scabs are coming away) but it’s still bearable.
So maybe my doctor was right. He said eating lots would scrape away any bacteria to prevent infection, remove loose scabs to promote speedy healing, would stop my jaw from ceasing up and would stop throat spasms, which are all what contribute to the pain. I do also think that since I have had constant tonsillitis since October 2012 (yes, for 6 months!!!) then maybe I am used to pain in my throat. I already know it is the best thing I have ever done, so stick with it guys
Day 7: 40 year old man
Last night was the worst night by far. Complete emotional breakdown from the pain (especially the ears), not eating, sleeping, etc. feel a little better this morning (why are nights SOOOO bad?). I live alone and can’t stress enough how hard this is to do by oneself.
I’m using humidifier, 7.5/325 Percoset every 4 hours, and ice packs around the neck. Trying to drink water but it hurts to swallow anything. Popsicles and Jello helped at first but now burn. Still have scabs, have lost 7 lbs, and really just praying that I don’t have another night like last night.
Day 7 (including the day of op), still in as much pain as day 5&6. I feel like someone is pulling my tongue stretching out where my tonsils are…anyone else have that feeling?
Swallowing isn’t getting any easier..mom took away my pain meds after day 1…so ive had lots of tears from pain.
Can’t eat and can’t stress enough to my mom that it hurts too much to eat.
No one gets it. I just want to be better, this is by far the worst pain i have ever been in.
It is day seven for me today including the day of the tonsillectomy and this has been one of my worst days. I got barely any sleep last night waking up with the pain every 3 hours or so, I almost had to Force myself not to sleep. The pain is excruciating and I’m feeling very fed up as I got an infection on day 5 to make matters worse. The pain is very sharp and incomfortable and I have not tried to eat today yet as I am scared (I am starving!!!)I am very snappy with everyone around me this is probably due to the fact that I’ve been sitting in my house for a week. I’ve heard the last few days are the worst and I’m hoping this is true as I cannot take it any longer it’s horrendous. Good luck to anybody getting them out I’m trying to tell myself it’s worth it!!
We must have had ours done on the same day! I’m on day 7, too. Sorry to hear you’ve been having a rough time. Hang in there, we are so close to being healed! I woke up in so much pain this morning, after a rather restless night. Took my meds as soon as I managed to roll out of bed. Now I’m drinking ice water, and eating ice chips. Liquid benedryl helps me fall asleep at night, but I consistently wake up every four hours or so for meds. Lately, I’ve been unable to fall back asleep. My ears hurt like crazy, and it still hurts to swallow. I’m hoping that this will be the worst of it. I want real food! My dr. told me that days 5-7 will be the worst. Just keep swimming, right?
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pain is better this morning. not shaking from the pain so thats an improvement , i’m hoping it stays that way. throat is very dry no matter how much water i drink and i’m using a humidifier. but my throat feels swollen, hard to swallow. still attached to my ice machine. the bummer out of everything is that i only have lost 5 pounds, how is that possible?? not making regular bowel movements but nobody else is either and it seems everyone is dropping 10-12 pounds!
They say do thorough research before deciding on tonsillectomy…bottom line if your health depends highly on it then you have no choice as with me 6 days ago.The on and off unexplainable pain has been constant since day 2!!!! What more can I say but hang in there folks it is a definate painfull experience that unfortunately in some cases has to take place.Oh and I am 28yrs old by the way..STRONGS people hahaha!
oh dear god, it hurts! It feels like it gets worse each day. I ran out of hydrocodone I definatly inter on refilling it ASAP. I bled for the first time, only lasted for about 30 minutes. The pain is bearable during the day I just take my lidocaine and hydrocodone. It’s at night, ugh! The nights are horrid. I haven’t been using any special gismos some of you have and I’m finding drinking difficult. Every night is less and less sleep. at this point I’m fighting myself from sleeping. When I do I get anywhere from an hour and a half to maybe three hours max. It’s the pain after waking up I’m so afraid of. I speculating that I’m snoring in my sleep and that’s just tearing me up. I feel like I’m making slow progress I couldn’t even get ravioli down.
I am on day 7 today (I count day of operation as day 1). I have noticed the past 2 days that as I try to do more work around the house I just become extremely exhausted. I made pancakes for the kid this morning, and I felt like I had been out exercising all morning or something. My recovery so far hasn’t been terribly bad. The pain I feel now is probably from trying to go longer in between doses of pain medicine. I am on Lortab and I’m trying to stretch it out to every 5-6 hours instead of every 4. Although it seems harder to do that during the night. I’ve been getting up when the medicine starts to wear off, right around the 4 hour mark. Hope everyone is doing well in their recovery. Thanks for the website Greg!
Hey Lora. Sounds like typical recovery stuff. You’re getting close to that light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there and God bless!
Day 7. Best day for me so far, although when I woke up I wasn’t expecting it to be. I was in extreme pain as always, and last night I had decided to let myself sleep instead if waking up with the timer to take my pain meds. I slept almost 12 hours straight. So needless to say my throat hurt a lot when I finally got up. Took my pain meds and suprisingly to me I was able to drink iced water, without it killing me! I drank it literally all day long and I felt well enough to do some housework and baking. When evening came I fell asleep quickly. Guess i wore myself out. I still can’t eat anything. I ate one bite of a burrito, and a few bites of soup. That’s all I could handle. I can’t wait to be able to eat again. I’m so hungry. Even when I eat popcicles it hurts. I’m guessing its the dye in them? I’m not sure… But something about the flavoring, because jello has the same effect on my throat. Just stings when I eat it. Anyway, hopefully tomorrow will be better. Oh and my scabs are off. They fell off yesterday.
Im 33 and i also had nasal surgery at the same time as my tonsillectomy, big mistake!
7th day, very bad day. Very similar to day 6 but i do not get up. i did poop today so that was something. Can’t tolerate anything cold. I’m a jerk to people around me. Pain meds every 6 hours at 15mL, trying to cut back. Sleeping ok. Eat nothing but a small amount of rice and gravy. Doze a lot of the day and feel really miserable like I have a fever but no fever. Pain is really bad, pops and meds help but I’m trying to cut back. Realize the humidifier has it been being utilized, I’m an idiot.
Ps I am writing all this on my 9th day
Day 7 also, and so glad to read someone else had water in ears sensation I’d confinced myself there was some sort of hole and water was leaking into my ear!! Tongue pain has calmed down a lot swallowing is not so much razor blade ish as more something stuck/ blocking my throat
Morning of day 7 (counting surgery day).
I am kind of yo-yo-ing with pain and weird experiences.
I feel like I have a rock in my throat, making it hard for me to swallow anything more than liquids, which is actually a huge step back from yesterday.
The mucus is still present (sigh…) and my chest is hurting slightly, as if I have a mucus-filled chest. So that’s pretty annoying… No coughing really though… Just uncomfortable…
Anyone else feeling this???
Day 7 for me too…. Thankfully my coughing has stopped even tho it was just. During the night I felt as if my throat was going to burst!i still have bits of phlegm but my chest isn’t as sore now,I was told by the nurses my chest was sore from the tube inserted in my lungs during the op nice :/ I’m still really uncomfortable and the pain in my ears is probably as bad as my throat constant ringing buzzing sound does any1 else have this?also pins and needles feeling in my tongue at the back??all in all not a happy bunny but sure il be glad of it when I don’t get tonsillitis again!!