Tonsillectomy Recovery Day by Day
Day 7
A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their seventh day of tonsillectomy healing
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.
Please feel free to add your own experience with tonsillectomy day 7.
Tonsillectomy Healing Day 7 Recovery : Light? At the end of the tunnel?
- Tonsillectomy Day 7 :Breakdown. Crying, laughing, sucked into YouTube. Is there no end?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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! Every time I woke up from my sleep I would be in such enormous pain because my throat had dried out. Every time 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.Are you concerned about pain medicine addiction? Read more…
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Okay. So im 17 years old and i got my surgery on the 31st of may. Wow. Prior to the surgery i did not look up anything online about how the expierence would be or anything , i just knew what the doctors have told me. The first 2 days were a breeze , day 3 i couldnt eat and was throwing up constantly it almost felt like the scabs were gagging me .. Day 4 i felt myself swallow one of the scabs followed by bleeding . Day 5 was the same tourture and pain and day 6 i guess i swallowed the other scab and woke up in the middle of the night and threw up some black musucy textured
Throw up.. Day 6 was really hard for me also .. Ear aches are a pain and im just so hungry! The only things i been eating are jello and warm pancakes with butter. I also reccomend slushies from 7/11 (they help i swear) and those ensure protien boost things . Overall i just woke up day 7.. Pray for me everyone. Hope everyone reading this has a fast recovery!! Goodluck
Day 7: thankfully for me it wasn’t too bad! Now that I think about it (currently on day 8) I think day 7 was the first proper day I wasn’t a “zombie” – I was actually awake and able. That being said I was still in lounging in bed until the evening when I went out for dinner to an Indian restaurant. Still can’t eat properly although my appetite has came back :(. Also, I’m relying less on the painkillers now because I only had 2 doses instead of 4 yesterday! So pleased! Really really hope I don’t regress now!
Day 7 and finally didn’t wake up crying! I’m a 20 year old female and had my tonsils out May 9th. Boy have the past few days been horrible! Day 1 I was perfectly fine, had a huge appetite and had no problems eating that day. Day 2 was similar, towards the night I started to feel slight pain, nothing I couldn’t handle. Then come days 3-6. Zero sleep, maybe an hour each night, couldn’t eat or drink ANYTHING without pain, so I pretty much drank when I had to. I was in so much pain it had me in tears (that’s not like me, I never cry because of pain)! Day 6 I was done, I wanted to go to the ER, so my mom called the doctor. He prescribed me a steroid which has been a lifesaver! Today, day 7, I woke up feeling fine.. NO TEARS! I was actually able to sleep for about 8 hours last night, waking up in the middle to take my meds. Cepacol has also been awesome. I take my medicine once every 4 hours, and it starts to wear off at about the 3 hour mark. I pop one of those bad boys in and they numb my throat until my next dose! Big thanks to ibuprofen too. I just can’t wait until all of this is over and no more pain or medicine!
Omg we have the same experience! The pain in days 3-5 are the worst for me. Well, i really cannot tell that yet since I’m just into my day 6 today. At the start of day 3, i was bawling because of the pain and that surprised me because i know i have a high tolerance for pain. I was very emotional. Boy, what a rough ride this is going to be. Tell me it gets better, please.
Day 7 was spent in a codeine and paracetamol daze and strict alarm timer to take 4hr meds. I also had migraine. When I realised this had kicked in on top of the rest of the Pain Drama and scary bleed, I cleared the migraine symptoms thankfully v quickly, with my normal prescription Triptans. And me eating anything, has turned into a Hideous Ordeal which my family watches with terror.
Day 7 today, had my surgery on 20 April. This is an awful recovery. I’ve been reading stories both before and after surgery and nothing prepares you for this. The pain can be very intense at times, especially during the night, I’m guessing when my throat dries out. Tried a vaporizer but it didn’t seem to help, and my ears, especially the left one! I had a globus (lump) on my left tonsil which is why I had to have them removed. My Dr said it looked fine but as with any lump that isn’t supposed to be there it should go before it turns nasty. Btw I’m 42, mother of 3 kids, 15yo, 10yo and 2yo…. I sympathize with all the other mums who have had to try and keep going for the sake of their families, it’s hard going, but you are all doing a stellar job! This is worse than childbirth. There can’t be much more to go … trying to stay positive ?