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.
My name is Alivia and i got my tonsils out the 1st of November worst mistake ever cause this is pure hell, I should’ve thought better on this cause i don’t so wel with pain . But anyways on day 8 and honestly i can’t even eat cause I’m too worried out the pain on my ears . It’s unbearable. But the ent did give me some naproxen to help and it does but after reading Jessica’s story I’m worried but man it hurts to do everything drink , eat , talk . So i just stay in bed all day and pray this heals fast .
Day 8, I stopped taking Vicodin about four days ago, only taking Tylenol, ear really hurts, yawning hurts, my thorat is still really sore, not sleeping much, I have been able to eat eggs, only down 11 lbs. Happy about that was hoping to lose some weight.
I’m on day 5 and I’m feeling so good now… I can eat any food I want. I was daring enough to try a packet of crisps today and it didn’t hurt one bit they just slid straight down and I had no problem. My heist is always worse on a morning and sometimes on a night but it’s bearable and I don’t get into discomfort but I have discovered that having a cup of tea on a morning helps to relax the muscles in my throat and on a night it just helps me to settle down and relax but I also have my big cup of cold water with me aswell. If anybody needs any tips or tricks then let me know I’m sure I have something up my sleeve. I’m only on day five and I feel like I’m normal already. I must be a quick healer.
Just wanted to share my expierence with getting my tonsilectomy. I had undergone a surgery on Tuesday September 19th 2017, felt fine for a few days but then realized my throat was getting worse and worse rather then getting better. Plus I was hungry and couldny eat absolutely anything other then popcicles. So I was really getting exhausted along with Just being completely sore. So Saturday roles around and I’m thinking I need to goto the hospital. So I went to the hospital and got told I had a infection. Long story short the doctor in the ER prescribed me naproxen. DO NOT EVER TAKE ANY ANTI INFLAMMATORYS WITHOUT RESEARCHING THEM EVEN IF YOU GOT PRESCRIBED THEM AT THE HOSPITAL!!!!! So I took this medication that day and the next and instantly felt better because it decreased the swelling but then ended up causing internal bleeding. The very next day Sunday the 24 went back to emerge with a small bleed. The ENT on duty dr bravo was fantastic he asked me all the nessacary questions and asked what medications I was on and I had said naproxen and he immediately was stunned that the ER at this hospital would prescribe me such a thing!!! So sure enough I had to get re cauterized and had to stay a night in the hospital I was fine and got re admitted out on Monday morning. So that day I was extra careful at home got pretty much sent back to square one and I was in pain!! Sure enough that evening I felt okay and then 11 pm rolls around and im ready for bed, my grandma got my room all ready for me because I was staying with her while my mom was working at the hospital. Right then and there I had tasted a foul taste in my mouth and immediately ran to the bathroom opened my mouth and my mouth was gushing bleeding!! I then got rushed to the emergency room by my grandpa who only drives 40 km on a regular day was going about 100km. By then I probably spit out at least 100cc of blood and I was re admitted back to surgery within 12 hours because of the naproxen that LHO ER prescribed me.Note to self I am the only person on record that has had to come back 2 times after getting my tonsils out so all together I endured not only one surgery but 3. Don’t ever take anything other then tylonal and your pain meds that you’re ENT ORIGINALLY PRESCRIBED
Oh my goodness! Terrifying. So sorry you went through that! Thank you for sharing.
Hearing all there comments and I can’t write anything different but only agree, IT IS COMPLETE HELL!!! MY other problem is lived not been to the toilet since my iperarion-7 days ago…!! Am I the only one?? Know I’m.nit eating as much but really??
Hi highly suggest taking Miralax ASAP for constipation. It’s from the pain meds and will only get worse. Also, if you start getting ear pain, put a damp towel in the microwave for a few minutes and press it over your ears. Take care.
Try drinking some prune juice, it’s natural and does the trick. I made the mistake of using laxative which caused me greater stomach pain that my throat, to the point I nearly passed out!