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 one for me, i had my surgery at around 1 pm.. (doctor was running late). Procedure went well, i was a bit nervous but the staff made me feel very comfortable. Got home and slept for a few hours, but as the pain meds wore off i started to feel like throwing up. as of right now, i can’t keep anything down… threw up twice already, just from trying to take pain meds, antibiotics, and gatorade.
not looking forward to tomorrow, from what ive read its supposed to be worse..?
ps, i haven’t had any issues with constipation but the side effects of the anesthesia and lortab made it hard to urinate. Just a heads up for anyone else going through day 1. This will get better as the meds wear off. I suggest going to the bathroom as the edge comes off of the meds, its difficult, but it can be done.
Also, i tried eating soup, but my wounds (scabs or whatever you wanna call the huge gaping holes where my tonsils used to be, lol) are very large and the noodles/food gets stuck there. Jello and Pudding have been very tasty and easy to swallow and also keep down. Also been drinking a ton of gatorade and boost or ensure protein drinks to keep me hydrated as well as nourished.
22 year old female surgery day 08-20-2012. Coblation tonsillectomy my throat was white not black
Tuesday day 2 08-21-2012 i was alright just antsy after my boyfriend left for work and school think I had a panick attack because the mucus got bad after attempting to eat ice cream ICE CREAM IS BAD DO NOT EAT IT NO MATTER WHO TELL YOU ITS GOOD FOR YOU WHAT THE HECK? ANY DAIRY PRODUCTS IS A NO NO. i tried to drink white grape juice I drunk a lot of water and ate ice chips and popcicles really helped out with mucus build up…for the rest of that day I was just waiting on boyfriend to come so I can sleep seem like he make sleep better I can sleep longer hours with him and feel good be held by him and to have his support 🙂 the pain wasn’t there I stayed on top of my meds Hydro/Acetamin 7.5-500MG 3 teaspons every 4 hours
I’m a 22 year old female and I had the coblation tonsillectomy my throat wasn’t balck it is white Monday Day 1 the day of surgery after surgery i felt nausous they gave me meds i went home and drink water my boyfriend came over i felt better was not in too much pain uvulva was so swollen i could swallow it but i can talk and sing normal but low felt good
Day 1 Thursday
I had my tonsillectomy at 1:30pm. When I awoke and came to I wasn’t in much pain at all. My grandmother was with me but I was feeling a tad emotional because my boyfriend had to work and I was hoping to see him. The nurse brought me 4 cups: a cup of ice, a cup of ice water, a cup of apple juice and a cup with a Popsicle. At 4pm she wanted me to take a dose of liquid Tylenol with codeine so I ate the popsicle and took the medicine. I felt almost immediate relief. I attempted to chase it with apple juice because I’m not big on liquid meds but the apple juice seemed to burn my throat. I was continually asking for bread due to being so hungry-I had no food for 17 hours prior to surgery-however they brought me jello instead and I was discharged. When I got home I had some iced apple juice and decided to eat something substantial. I tried a few bites of chicken and stars earths best baby food but it burned my throat so I made white cheddar macaroni and cheese slightly overlooked and mashed. That seemed to go down much better and settled in my stomach nicely. I drank a sip of water after almost every bite because it felt as though some of the food was getting stuck in my throat. I also felt the need to spit every few bites from phlegm. After I felt I’d had enough “real food” I decided a Popsicle might feel nice to calm my throat. I had a strawberry weight watchers yogurt pop and that seemed to help the pain. Im still in quite a bit of pain and I take my next dose of Tylenol at 8pm.
I took 2tbsp of Tylenol w codeine at 8pm. I ate a bowl of vanilla pudding and some lukewarm chicken and stars soup. The pudding was good and felt good on my throat. I couldn’t eat a lot of the soup because the stars seemed to stick and get caught in the back of my throat.
day one for me, i had my surgery at around 1 pm.. (doctor was running late). Procedure went well, i was a bit nervous but the staff made me feel very comfortable. Got home and slept for a few hours, but as the pain meds wore off i started to feel like throwing up. as of right now, i can’t keep anything down… threw up twice already, just from trying to take pain meds, antibiotics, and gatorade.
not looking forward to tomorrow, from what ive read its supposed to be worse..?
ps, i haven’t had any issues with constipation but the side effects of the anesthesia and lortab made it hard to urinate. Just a heads up for anyone else going through day 1. This will get better as the meds wear off. I suggest going to the bathroom as the edge comes off of the meds, its difficult, but it can be done.
Also, i tried eating soup, but my wounds (scabs or whatever you wanna call the huge gaping holes where my tonsils used to be, lol) are very large and the noodles/food gets stuck there. Jello and Pudding have been very tasty and easy to swallow and also keep down. Also been drinking a ton of gatorade and boost or ensure protein drinks to keep me hydrated as well as nourished.
Bring on day 2…
22 year old female surgery day 08-20-2012. Coblation tonsillectomy my throat was white not black
Tuesday day 2 08-21-2012 i was alright just antsy after my boyfriend left for work and school think I had a panick attack because the mucus got bad after attempting to eat ice cream ICE CREAM IS BAD DO NOT EAT IT NO MATTER WHO TELL YOU ITS GOOD FOR YOU WHAT THE HECK? ANY DAIRY PRODUCTS IS A NO NO. i tried to drink white grape juice I drunk a lot of water and ate ice chips and popcicles really helped out with mucus build up…for the rest of that day I was just waiting on boyfriend to come so I can sleep seem like he make sleep better I can sleep longer hours with him and feel good be held by him and to have his support 🙂 the pain wasn’t there I stayed on top of my meds Hydro/Acetamin 7.5-500MG 3 teaspons every 4 hours
I’m a 22 year old female and I had the coblation tonsillectomy my throat wasn’t balck it is white Monday Day 1 the day of surgery after surgery i felt nausous they gave me meds i went home and drink water my boyfriend came over i felt better was not in too much pain uvulva was so swollen i could swallow it but i can talk and sing normal but low felt good
Day 1 Thursday
I had my tonsillectomy at 1:30pm. When I awoke and came to I wasn’t in much pain at all. My grandmother was with me but I was feeling a tad emotional because my boyfriend had to work and I was hoping to see him. The nurse brought me 4 cups: a cup of ice, a cup of ice water, a cup of apple juice and a cup with a Popsicle. At 4pm she wanted me to take a dose of liquid Tylenol with codeine so I ate the popsicle and took the medicine. I felt almost immediate relief. I attempted to chase it with apple juice because I’m not big on liquid meds but the apple juice seemed to burn my throat. I was continually asking for bread due to being so hungry-I had no food for 17 hours prior to surgery-however they brought me jello instead and I was discharged. When I got home I had some iced apple juice and decided to eat something substantial. I tried a few bites of chicken and stars earths best baby food but it burned my throat so I made white cheddar macaroni and cheese slightly overlooked and mashed. That seemed to go down much better and settled in my stomach nicely. I drank a sip of water after almost every bite because it felt as though some of the food was getting stuck in my throat. I also felt the need to spit every few bites from phlegm. After I felt I’d had enough “real food” I decided a Popsicle might feel nice to calm my throat. I had a strawberry weight watchers yogurt pop and that seemed to help the pain. Im still in quite a bit of pain and I take my next dose of Tylenol at 8pm.
I took 2tbsp of Tylenol w codeine at 8pm. I ate a bowl of vanilla pudding and some lukewarm chicken and stars soup. The pudding was good and felt good on my throat. I couldn’t eat a lot of the soup because the stars seemed to stick and get caught in the back of my throat.
Day 1 was easy (I can say that now, at day 7). I was wondering what all the fuss was about. I even ate food and went to the store.