Tonsillectomy Recovery Time
After a lifetime of tonsillitis, it was time. I made the appointment. Was I scared? Yes. Was I prepared for tonsillectomy recovery? NO. Can you be? YES!
Planning for and recovering from a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy procedure, (often referred to as T & A Surgery), can be daunting experiences. The days leading up to your surgery can be frightening. If you haven’t read up yet, you can find information on tonsillectomy methods, risks, costs, adult tonsillectomy, sleep apnea, and numerous tips for tonsillectomy recovery on the other pages of this site. I’ve even added pictures of a post tonsillectomy throat by each day. Study, talk with your doctor and consult with your friends about the decision to undergo tonsillectomy and adenoid surgery. Explore the pages created here to aid in your journey.
If you should decide to have tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, let us help you through the entire process. Whether due to problems with sleep apnea, chronic tonsillitis and strep throat, tonsil stones, trouble swallowing, or a combination thereof, you can benefit from the experience of others. My own experience taught me that, as patients, we need to advocate for ourselves. Ear, nose, and throat doctors are, by and large, extremely talented individuals. However, very few of them have experienced an adult tonsillectomy, and the subsequent recovery. I have. Many others have too. We share our experiences here at the adult tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy recovery resource center. As you’ll read in the tonsillectomy recovery forum, everyone’s experience is unique. There are many factors that influence the level of pain you experience, as well as the length of time required during recovery. The method, and skill of your surgeon can have an affect, but there are also many things within your control that will reduce pain and recovery time. I’ve tried to include as many helpful tips as possible within the pages of this online resource. Tonsillectomy recovery can be pretty rough, especially if you are unlucky enough to be an adult! It takes longer for an adult to recover from most things. Tonsillectomy is no exception. There are many things you can do to make it go more smoothly. I’ve published numerous tips here on various pages. I encourage you to read up BEFORE you are in the throws of tonsillectomy recovery.
Talk with your doctor, friends, family, and work as you prepare. You are not alone in this. Like you and like me, many others are facing or have faced a tonsillectomy recovery. I created this forum for you. The community of adults or parents of patients will amaze you and warm your heart. I read these comments every day and every day I am humbled by everyone’s story and their compassion for others in the midst of recovery, or the anxiety that often precedes a tonsillectomy. Please join in. Hundreds of other people, perhaps in your same situation, have shared their wisdom, concerns, tips, and questions about tonsillectomy, as well as their tonsillectomy recovery.
-Greg My short bio
hi have absolutly no idea where these posts are printed out most confusing but i get mine on my email so as long as they keep arriving there i ok !
sorry Kate – I feel over my head right now. THIS is the page for live forum comments- It’s changed, so you may need to change your bookmark.. Thanks for everyone’s patience. Ugh!
ok thanks greg have t o say really glad you started this site as the uk national health service had no support for me once again thanks as i said before is like a virtual ent ward and all us patients swapping our stories and offering advice its been great for me as although my family and friends have been very kind and supportive you do really need to talk to people who have been through this hoorible operation walk the talk the talk tar very much he he
Greg, that’s weird that you don’t see them. He has posted in the recovery section. I’ll see if I can forward it to you.
Thanks- Weird! I get spam comments every day- they usually get blocked or come to me for moderation. Whatever you can forward to my email would be helpful- the page it’s on, the username he uses, etc. THANK YOU.. I want this to be a nice place darn it!!
Even if there is some silly person Greg it is a nice place, words can’t describe how much it’s helped me and by the looks of it several other people. =]
dear dainelle i too worried about sleeping due to the dry throat when i woke up i didnot have a humidifiy so put hot water in a bowl and put my face over it with a towel over my head i worked well i have said this on other posts but think you were not on forum then its three weeks since my op and i still have discomfort in my thoat rough and swollen but not much pain so there is light at the end i am getting a bit better every day hang in there !
I’m glad to hear your getting better and better. I’m on day 10 now and the pain isn’t there in the morning until i have a drink( swallowing still hurts =[) now, just wish I could skull back a drink would be so nice haha. My healing has accelerated over the last 3-4 days going out and pretending like mornings happened, mind you I’m nackered in the afternoons. But everything is going really well now =]
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Beth…today has been the most painful day so far…day 4. I have been doing 1 1/2 tsp of my vicodin every 2 hrs instead of 3 tsps every 4 hrs because there is no way i can go 4 hrs. i feel it wearing off and the pain after a 1 1/2. It’s weird to me how day 4 would be more painful then day 1, 2 or 3. Hopefully tomorrow will get better. I have had nothing but Becky’s custard to eat. I had my 5th one for lunch today and will probably have it for dinner too. It’s the only thing that tatses good, is smooth and cold. It’s just perfect! I have been really craving these runny refried beans from our favorite mexican place but I don’t think I am at that stage yet. I can’t even swallow a itty bitty bite of mashed potato. I could see how people get a little discourgaed. Today has been my crappiest day by far. Just sick of hurting.
I am glad to hear that you are feeling well and pain free. It won’t be long before I am out of the woods.
Oh, I had a frapachinno yesterday and it was heavenly.
Hi holly,
My worst days were days 3 and 4 and I felt like it was never going to end. It will though just keep telling yourself that.
Beth, I’m 5.5 weeks post-op now. It took a long time for my tongue to feel normal. And for my throat to not get irritated by eating some foods. My throat would still get dry and kind of sore during the night. I kept water by the bed for the first month. A contributing factor for me, I think, was the turbinate reduction surgery. I was breathing through my mouth more because I couldn’t through my nose. So that was drying out my throat.
I’m the same I had a turbenectomy and I can’t breathe through my nose and my mouth and throat is always so dry when I wake.