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.
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Hi,
I am 22. I had my surgery on Monday the 21st of Jan. Earich (ear pain) started to kick in last nigh, I was advised that ear pain is pretty normal effect, because the pain has nowhere to go,so it feels like our ears are in pain. I am at home now and it sucks (no more pain killer injections), So I have to take Solpadine every 4-5 hours (no more that 8 in 24 hours)+ 2 capsules of Antibiotics for 10 days+ Benzynamite gargling solution every 3 hours. From all this to be honest you can still feel big pain, 6am is the worst. 5pm is middle level pain (so I eat as much as I can at 5pm).
But there is something I am worried about, this is day 3, when I look through the mirror with light, I can see that my all throat is in WHITE colour, not grey/green as it suppose to be.
Why is that? Is is infection??
I am on day 2 after a tonsillectomy, my throat is also white, which the nurse told me yesterday before leaving te hospital, is very normal. Good luck with your recovery.
I was advised that the pain will get worse until day 5 then start getting better…im on day three and i think its important to have something to look foward to!! Lol. Take care and let us suffer together..im calling it retribution for my foul mouth
The sheet I have from my hospital says days 5-7 are commonly the worst.
Day 5 and 6 were pretty bad for me, quite piercing pain. Fortunately the painkillers help a lot.
Just incase anyone’s worried, the painkillers can also numb sexual stuff quite a bit, leaving things verry…frustrating.
Hi
I’m 42yrs old and I had my surgery a week ago today and would like to know, if I’m the only one who suffers at night with horrible ear pain??? Not sure, why it’s only at night? I can’t even sleep and it’s driving me crazy!!! I use my heating pad, but the pain is so bad I want to scream! Is there anything else I can do to stop this? Chewing gum just makes it more intense. Trying to stay positive, but not being able to eat for a week, losing ten pounds and dealing with horrific pain is making it hard to say the least…
I am 22, and had my surgery on the 21st of Jan. I was advised by my doctor/surgent that ear pain is normal effect. 85% of people feels ear pain in day 3, as the nerves from tonsils are gone it has no where to go, so dont worry about that. About eating, well I find that 5pm is the only time I am able more less to eat, but at 6am I cant even talk.
So I advise you to eat as much as you can at the time when you feel less pain. There fore You must eat + drink all of the time, something must circulate/clean your throat during the day. If you are not eating then you will feel more pain.
I feel for you it’s bad enough without having to suffer headache and sickness. I’ve just been sat praying for the last ten minutes to end so I can take more pain killers. If you are struggling that much your dr should be helping you. Try heat around your ears and throat it really works. I find warm drinks work better than cold. Water is painful for me at the moment too. If you need to keep your throat clear then fizzy drinks are good at doing that and they don’t sting like you think they would ( I was surprised they don’t ) just don’t suck through a straw it might make your ears and throat ache ( it did with me).
Three weeks tomorrow since my surgery and i havehad no problems until a few days ago my throat started to bother me again.. i know my dr told me my tonsils where three times the normal size so i have a larger area that needed to heal.. i guess i am still healing.