A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their first day of recovery
From thousands of post comments to the tonsillectomy recovery forum, I have assembled a sampling of various accounts and impressions of tonsillectomy recovery for each day. We shall start with tonsillectomy day 1. 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.
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Tonsillectomy Day 1
Tonsillectomy Day 1: This is not too bad. Pussies on the forum!
Tonsillectomy Day 1:(surgery day): Thank God I woke up! Whoa – drugs.
Tonsillectomy Day 1: I had a freezie when I got home and lots of water. I watched some television and took the amoxicillin that I was prescribed to prevent infection. I decided to try to swallow the capsules because they looked small enough…BIG MISTAKE! After the first one, it felt like it was stuck in my throat, but I tried to take the second one…even bigger mistake. So I start getting anxious because I feel like the pills are stuck in my throat and not going down – even with loads of water. It turns out they did go down, but because my throat was swollen, they felt like they were just sitting there. I was prescribed liquid codeine and told to buy liquid Tylenol. However, the only liquid Tylenol my mom could find was for children, so instead, she decided to buy Tylenol caplets that melt in your mouth – which turned out to be for children as well. The first night I only took Tylenol because I wasn’t in that much pain at first. Needless to say, I was in pain during the night and slept maybe 1-2 hours in total.
Tonsillectomy Day 1: i had the surgery at 3:20 pm ( they were over an hour behind schedule).I woke up feeling like crap and the nurse had to give me lots of morphine through the IV drip. I spent the night in a hospital and it was the worst night ever. My throat was in pain all night even though they gave me the liquid codeine. There was only 2 of us in the “day surgery” ward ( where they keep the overnight patients) but the other lady was snoring all through the night! which made things even worse haha. I only got about 4 hours of on and off sleep. My mom picked me up at 6am and i went home and slept for a bit.
Tonsillectomy Day 1 : My surgery was at 9:30am ET this morning and I was home by 1:30pm which included a 20 minute drive home. I had a tonsillectomy and he just trimmed a little of my extremely long uvula. I woke right up from the surgery with no problems at all. The pain I had was a 1or 2 on a scale of 10. hardly any pain after the surgery and I was able to eat apple sauce, ice and water immediately after waking. No side effects from the surgery med’s. They did give me some anti-nausea drugs. I still feel like I have just a mild sore throat.
Tonsillectomy Day 1 : Days 1&2 were definitely the honeymoon phase. All was grand in tonsil land
Tonsillectomy Day 1 : I just had it done this morning, massively consming water, pain meds every 4 hours, popsicles, little apple sauce and trying to maintain a healthy probiotic regimine. Its weird because it feels like a bad case of strep throat….so far. But I do feel instant relief with my breathing.
Tonsillectomy Day 1 : Well i just got home from surgery. I had my tonsils removed, deviated septum fixed, uvula removed and turbinates (nasal wall tissue) reduced. I have no recall of surgery, only remember maybe a minute of being in the operating room, then waking up in the recovery center.
Pain is not what i expected it to be. I think i have worse pain from strep throat
Tonsillectomy Day 1 : Post op eight hours……everything feels fine but I’m scared for the horrible days ahead. Sandra you developed ear pain at 3rd day? That makes me nervous
Tonsillectomy Day 1 : (Day of surgery) I actually felt pretty darn good, was able to eat a little, but I wish someone would have told me that I needed to re-learn how to swallow. VERY SMALL sips is the key.
Tonsillectomy Day 1 : Slept only about 2 hours due to still being very restless and fidgety from the effects of the anesthesia. Stayed on a steady dose every 4 hours of pain med’s which seemed to edge my pain. Still in a great deal of pain all day. I ate more Popsicle and jello and applesauce and was able to eat some luke warm soup which tasted great and drank 2 ensure shakes and a yogurt shake. The anesthesia effects seemed to finally wear off sometime in the early evening making me a bit more comfortable. Still in a good deal of pain. My entire mouth now hurts along with the throat and I am having jaw pain and slight ear pain and tongue pain from the clamps they used during the surgery.
Day 1 for me really wasn’t as bad as I expected. I have been drinking plenty of fluids, and taking my medicine as prescribed. I did feel nauseated at first, and actually did vomit once about 2 hours post op. The ice packs have helped which I have applied
constantly.
Day 1, June 22, 2012. Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy were performed. When I woke up after surgery my mouth was dry, I was shaking in pain, and could barely get enough oxygen to calm down. Ice chips weren’t doing it for me, so i asked for a toothette to help moisten my mouth. That was a saving grace. Pain was an 8, swallowing was 10+. The gave me more IV pain killers, phenergan, tylenol #3, and some anti nausea meds. In the recovery room I had 3 lime popsicles, they clamped my tongue hard and I have two sore spots on the left side. I had only cried twice up to this point. On to Day 2.
Day 1.
I had my tonsils removed today. I woke up from the anesthesia with a terrible sore in my throat.
The first sip of water I had after the surgery was UNBEARABLY EXCRUCIATING!!! I was writhing & shaken by the pain so terribly that it forced the doctor to inject morphine to ease the pain.
Throughout the day, I could barely eat or drink, even swallowing liquid/water was very very painful.
I stayed a night at the hospital. They served me dinner consisted of potato puree & very soft boiled shredded chicken meat. I could barely eat them. The potato puree felt like coarse sand grinding against the inner walls of my throat, and the chicken shreds felt like rough sand paper scraping my wounded throat. The only things that I could managed to swallow that night were jello & a few spoons of vanilla ice cream.
I didn’t get much sleep throughout the night. The pain kept me awake. Despite of taking pain-killers every 2-3 hours, they seemed to not working at all, even if they did, they could only reduce the pain slightly for not more than half an hour.
I am 29/F. I am on day 2.. Day one was harder than day two for sure. I think whats helped me is stay on top oc my pain meds and having my humidifier in my room 24/7. Ice cream does create a film, but I find the coating soothing. I am terrified of day 3-5 which I have heard were the worst. So far I’ve been able to clean my house and cook for my 6 year old. Just hoping my recovery stays on track. Crossing my fingers!
I had my tonsils out yesterday. I am 17 years old, almost 18. When I got to the hospital, the nurse set up my IV and started administering saline and antibiotics. My doctor/surgeon came in shortly. We talked about the surgery and about what to eat/do afterwards. I had read something on a UK website that says that tonsillectomy patients are asked to return to solid food almost immediately (whereas in the US, they are encouraged to eat only soft foods), and I asked him what he thoughts about this. He said he wasn’t sure, and I decided it would be best to follow his instructions (soft only).
The anesthesiologist had mentioned that I would receive a “cocktail” to relax as I was being taken in for surgery, and I was paying attention to see if that was taking effect. I was still conscious as I went into the operating room and they asked me to climb onto another bed. They then got me to breathe oxygen through a mask, and presumably that is when they administered the anesthesia because that is the last thing I remember.
Next thing I knew I was waking up. I felt groggy and my neck felt very stiff. I later learned that my doctor had been in to see my and we had had a whole conversation (but I remember nothing of that!). I was very, very pleased that I was not nauseous (since I suffer from bad motion sickness, the anesthesiologist gave me a patch to put behind my ear). I told the nurses I was feeling fine and they brought me a Ginger Ale with ice (surprising because the Doctor said no carbonated beverages…but the nurse said it’s “whatever you can tolerate”).
I had been having problems with tonsil stones for years, and when I talked with my doctor on the phone later that day, he mentioned how a whole bunch of them came up when he was cutting the right tonsil. Disgusting. Surprisingly, I didn’t sleep at all throughout the day and I went to bed after midnight. I did wake myself up every 2 hours during the night to drink water and once to take pain medicine.
Day 1 for me really wasn’t as bad as I expected. I have been drinking plenty of fluids, and taking my medicine as prescribed. I did feel nauseated at first, and actually did vomit once about 2 hours post op. The ice packs have helped which I have applied
constantly.
Day 1, June 22, 2012. Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy were performed. When I woke up after surgery my mouth was dry, I was shaking in pain, and could barely get enough oxygen to calm down. Ice chips weren’t doing it for me, so i asked for a toothette to help moisten my mouth. That was a saving grace. Pain was an 8, swallowing was 10+. The gave me more IV pain killers, phenergan, tylenol #3, and some anti nausea meds. In the recovery room I had 3 lime popsicles, they clamped my tongue hard and I have two sore spots on the left side. I had only cried twice up to this point. On to Day 2.
Day 1.
I had my tonsils removed today. I woke up from the anesthesia with a terrible sore in my throat.
The first sip of water I had after the surgery was UNBEARABLY EXCRUCIATING!!! I was writhing & shaken by the pain so terribly that it forced the doctor to inject morphine to ease the pain.
Throughout the day, I could barely eat or drink, even swallowing liquid/water was very very painful.
I stayed a night at the hospital. They served me dinner consisted of potato puree & very soft boiled shredded chicken meat. I could barely eat them. The potato puree felt like coarse sand grinding against the inner walls of my throat, and the chicken shreds felt like rough sand paper scraping my wounded throat. The only things that I could managed to swallow that night were jello & a few spoons of vanilla ice cream.
I didn’t get much sleep throughout the night. The pain kept me awake. Despite of taking pain-killers every 2-3 hours, they seemed to not working at all, even if they did, they could only reduce the pain slightly for not more than half an hour.
I am 29/F. I am on day 2.. Day one was harder than day two for sure. I think whats helped me is stay on top oc my pain meds and having my humidifier in my room 24/7. Ice cream does create a film, but I find the coating soothing. I am terrified of day 3-5 which I have heard were the worst. So far I’ve been able to clean my house and cook for my 6 year old. Just hoping my recovery stays on track. Crossing my fingers!
I had my tonsils out yesterday. I am 17 years old, almost 18. When I got to the hospital, the nurse set up my IV and started administering saline and antibiotics. My doctor/surgeon came in shortly. We talked about the surgery and about what to eat/do afterwards. I had read something on a UK website that says that tonsillectomy patients are asked to return to solid food almost immediately (whereas in the US, they are encouraged to eat only soft foods), and I asked him what he thoughts about this. He said he wasn’t sure, and I decided it would be best to follow his instructions (soft only).
The anesthesiologist had mentioned that I would receive a “cocktail” to relax as I was being taken in for surgery, and I was paying attention to see if that was taking effect. I was still conscious as I went into the operating room and they asked me to climb onto another bed. They then got me to breathe oxygen through a mask, and presumably that is when they administered the anesthesia because that is the last thing I remember.
Next thing I knew I was waking up. I felt groggy and my neck felt very stiff. I later learned that my doctor had been in to see my and we had had a whole conversation (but I remember nothing of that!). I was very, very pleased that I was not nauseous (since I suffer from bad motion sickness, the anesthesiologist gave me a patch to put behind my ear). I told the nurses I was feeling fine and they brought me a Ginger Ale with ice (surprising because the Doctor said no carbonated beverages…but the nurse said it’s “whatever you can tolerate”).
I had been having problems with tonsil stones for years, and when I talked with my doctor on the phone later that day, he mentioned how a whole bunch of them came up when he was cutting the right tonsil. Disgusting. Surprisingly, I didn’t sleep at all throughout the day and I went to bed after midnight. I did wake myself up every 2 hours during the night to drink water and once to take pain medicine.