Tonsillectomy Recovery Day by Day
Day 8
A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their eighth day of recovery
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Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Crying. Just… Crying
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : So I woke up this morning with a dry throat. I wasn’t able to sleep more than 30 minutes at a time without coughing. Even while drinking water, my throat has been so dry, it’s like it just isn’t staying moist. I got so fed up, I asked my mom to go buy me a humidifier today. I know I’m a little late, I should have had it from the beginning, but I guess I thought I really didn’t need it. My post-op appointment is in 1 week and I really can’t wait. I definitely have a few questions to ask him! So, I finally got the nerve up to look into my throat, and even though it was a little hard to see, I do see a lot of gray areas. I thought I lost more scabs than I see in my throat, so I was wondering whether or not all of the gray areas are scabs, or if some of it is not scabs. I was told that it is all scabs, so I guess the scabs are going to take longer to fall off than I thought. So, I thought I was doing really well today and then all of a sudden my throat started squeezing really tightly when I swallowed. I slept for about an hour and woke up and it was gone. After talking to my dad who has dealt with panic attacks his whole life, he confirmed that he has had the same thing before and it is in fact mini panic attacks. Great, panic attacks – that’s all I need! I had one in the afternoon and then another one at night. The best way for me to deal with it is to sleep through it.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : day 8..I thought someone had tried to bite off the back of my tongue and tried to scrape the white spots off with a nail filer…Also my feet were swelling, and I began to have a migraine and vomit, I was afraid i was going to rip my stitches..they had become so big me and my bf had named them “shrek ” feet
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : day 8 today and I felt terrible when I woke up! The pain was like a bruised/burning pain. I also feel like I have hay fever(which I don’t). However it’s now lunchtime and I feel considerably better. It feels like day 7 which I can cope with. Hoping day 10 will be the major turnaround day. I swear this feels like the longest recovery!
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Day 8. 33 yrs old. Thanks for the info on the swollen tongue and the marks on it from my teeth. That makes total sense!! My throat feels much better, but the difficulty in eating seems to be coming from the underside of my tongue and my jaw. I will continue to take it easy in hopes that everything will continue to heal up. Im down 12 pounds. Its going to be hard not to put all of the weight back on. I’m starving!! lol
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Days 8 – today – Pain has slowly begun to decrease, however, it’s remained at about a 3/4 for the last two days. However, my body has slowly begun to feel better. I feel like a human again. That’s a refreshing feeling.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Days 8-10–able to eat a little bit more everyday, but it was different every day. Pudding and mac & cheese were good one day, bad the next. Chicken noodle soup was also good, couldn’t eat anymore jello 😛 Throat still sore, still doing the Advil/Tylenol rotation. Waiting for scabs to fall off, but throat still all white.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Day 8, Ok I am feeling much better. Last night was rough. I had taken my pain meds around 11:30 PM , and around 12:15 my earache was unbearable. I had a problem eating yesterday. I just wanted to eat a Popsicle. I got down on my knees and prayed to God to let the pain go away so i could eat. A few minutes later, the pain in my ears subsided (Thanks God!). I ate 2 Popsicles.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 :Day 8- while I felt really crappy all day long I stayed home all day & rested and this evening I feel just a lil better.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Recovery Day 8 (post-op day 9):
Had another relapse of pain today on my right side and into my right ear. At this point I am just so exhausted from lack of sleep and lack of proper food. I had my post-op appointment with my surgeon today. He said i still have a ways to go but it is beginning to heal. He said my tonsils were extremely large and that the tonsil beds (where the tonsils were) that are now left behind are so massive that it will take extra time to heal since there is so much damaged tissue back there from the cauterization. I was able to eat some of a baked potato today with cheese and bacon.
Captains log, day 10098th I am still dying alone lol joke, I am aged 27 I have just completed day 8 of tonsillectomy and what HELL, today has been the first day it hasn’t been worse then the day before but it hasn’t felt better!!!!!!!!! I have cried most of the day since the operation every day especially when I try to eat, this is beyond my capabilities I have loSt myself numerous times during these loooong agonising days, I haven’t read magazines or watched films becoz I’m so consumed with my pain it’s been overwhelming, I have noticed as scabs were falling off the pain changed to a dry raw agonising burning that moved from one side to the other gradually and is now at the base of my tongue. I bet u guys are as thrilled as me to have made it to day 8, I have taken such salvation reading this forum many many times and taken much comfort that others r suffering too, the pain has been a massive shock, thank god for oramorph which hast still only taken the very edge of but mostly calmed me. To everyone well done for staying this strong if ur pain has left now that’s awesome but for myself and some others we still have a little way to go, we can do this not long now!! All the best xx
She can’t maintain warp speed much longer Captain. The main engines are going to give out!!!!! Hang in there Jazz. Try planning a little activity to get your mind off the pain. A walk, a bath, a movie- anything. This is temporary. I’m pulling for you!
I’m now on day 7, well it’s the end because it’s 11:39pm, but today was great! I finally managed some good food! I had some pizza and some onion rings! Assisted with a bit of water! And I had some chicken skewers and spring rolls! The key thing I found was to eat! Eat as normal as you can! My pain has been a 2/10 max today! Taken a few pain meds but no where near what I took on other days! I’ve had no earache whatsoever since the op, however mornings are usually the worst with a completely swollen throat and nasty cough!
31yo female, tonsillectomy, septum repair and bilateral sinus polyp removal done 11/11
Day 8
Everyday I go to bed hoping I’ll wake up feeling better but it just doesn’t happen. I’m still taking the max dose of pain meds but I just can’t get a break. I’m so hungry my stomach growls all night long. It’s too painful to eat.
The only good thing is I went for my post op yesterday and my doc removed all of the padding in my nose so I can at least breath through my nose again. He said my tonsils were really bad, even worse than he expected and even though I’m in misery right now, it’s a good thing we took them out. That made me feel a little good. I had been thinking this was a mistake since day 1.
Day 8 – Had my tonsils removed at age 39 – I’ve been taking oxy-codone and Tylenol every 4 hours apart. No matter what I still feel like my throat and ears are being ripped apart. I’m still on liquid diet and I still struggle to swallow anything down whether its cold or warm. I’ve kept my mind busy doing cleaning but as soon as the swallowing hits I’m squeezing my entire head as it hurts severely. I don’t know if the speck of blood on scab is normal but it seems to reduce when i drink ice water. Its been 3 days feeling this way and I don’t know what else to ease the pain if the pain killers don’t work on me anymore.
Its now day 8. I literally woke up dying and it made me cry. I can’t open my mouth since it hurts so bad but I’m finally swallowing better since waking up…all I can think is shoot me please.so far this has been the longest worst recovery ever.