Tonsillectomy Recovery Day Ten
A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their tenth 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. Below I share comments about tonsillectomy day 10. 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.
Many will experience depression toward the end of of their tonsillectomy recovery.
Please feel free to add your own experience with tonsillectomy day 10.
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- Tonsillectomy Day 10 :First day of narcotic withdrawl. This lasts thru day 14 or 15
- Tonsillectomy Day 10 : day 11, 12 if you count surgery day, and my throat still feels enough pain that I only want liquids and super-mushy things. After the scrambled-egg attempt two days ago I got a little downhearted… like, Can’t I even eat THIS? Maybe I will try them again today.
- Tonsillectomy Day 10 : Post-Op: Day Ten
- I actually got sleep again last night. All in all, I’m feeling pretty good today. It feels like most of my scabs are gone, so that’s a plus. I went out for the majority of the day. Like I said before, it feels awesome to get out after being secluded in my house for such a long time! I took Tylenol at 12:00am and I’m feeling pretty good. By pretty good, I mean I can swallow pretty well, but now what it feels like is a bad case of strep throat (yes, that is a good thing)! Still couldn’t eat much today. I guess I could physically eat soft food (pasta, soft bread, etc.) but since I’m not fully healed yet, I’m a little scared to do something that will push me back in recovery. So I stuck to peaches, yogurt drinks, water, etc…all of the usual stuff!
- Post-Op: Day Eleven
- Well, I did pretty good medication wise. I took my meds again at 12:00am; that means I waited 24hours between 2 doses of meds. It feels like I took a step back in my recovery process. My sleep was scattered and after waking up every hour to drink water, I was beyond exhausted when I woke up this morning. Even though I did drink a lot last night, my throat was still very dry. And swallowing today is a little harder than yesterday; it still feels like there is a ball in my throat. So, as you can imagine, I haven’t eaten much today either. I’m a little tired of not being able to eat as I sit on the couch, watching my family eat all of my favorite meals – what can I say, I’m a little hostile at this point! The pain isn’t bad enough that I need to take medication again, it’s just very uncomfortable. Well, I decided after 11 days, I was able to drive today and that felt good also (not having to rely on people feels awesome). When I was in the car, I decided to look into my throat (because the natural light made it easier for me too see) and I still see A LOT of white! I’m not sure why I have so many scabs left at day 11, but it sucks. Why can’t I be one of those lucky people that loose all of their scabs on day 8! I wish! Other than that, I’m not that miserable today.
- Tonsillectomy Day 10 : day 10-, 12 if you count surgery day, and my throat still feels enough pain that I only want liquids and super-mushy things. After the scrambled-egg attempt two days ago I got a little downhearted… like, Can’t I even eat THIS? Maybe I will try them again today.
- Tonsillectomy Day 10 : day 10 (40/f). took lortab last night at 9 p.m. and have taken nothing since. not to say it doesn’t hurt, but it feels more like a normal sore throat, and let’s face it, i’ve been dealing with that for years w/out relying on tylenol or meds
- Tonsillectomy Day 10 :Day 10,
- Feeling much better now, thanks. Still a little pain in the ears, but bearable. Seriously , If you can get a hold of Tylenol Liquid Rapid Blast in your neck of the woods, get it. goes down easily. And eating much more now, try to gain back a few of the 20 lbs. I lost, course some things still taste funny / odd. And I can start to sing again. (actually better than before). Hopefully My tongue swelling will go down.
- Tonsillectomy Day 10 : Day 10–my boyfriend ordered pizza for us. I had to eat some real food and this is what I was craving. BEST PIZZA EVER!! Couldn’t eat the crunchy edge pieces like I like, but the soft middle pieces were amazing. Throat still hurts a lot, especially in the middle of the night, but only taking advil at this point, every 6 hours.
- Tonsillectomy Day 10 (post-op day 11) and beyond:
- From here every day had less pain and discomfort. I was able to slowly return to a regular diet. It took few more days to get my throat muscles to become less tired when swallowing, My uvula and soft palate still felt weird for a while.
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I hope this was all worth it so far I have not used my cpap machine to many days as the air scares me and i really dries out my throat but day 10 still a little tender especially in the mornings. the doctors all said it would hurt but i guess you need to try it yourself I thought i could handle it having 2 c-sections i thought there would be no problem i was wrong i would never have this done ever again I just hope it will help me hear and breathe better in the long run.
I’m on day 10 of recovery, I posted a few days ago saying that I never regretted getting them out however I’ve changed my mind now lol. My throat is STILL sore, and my jaw hurts when I swallow. The most annoying thing though is that I’ve lost my sense of taste =( Everything I’ve eaten so far doesn’t taste the same or has no taste, and upon researching this it can apparently take months/years/if at all to come back! I’m pretty sure nobody mentioned this to me before I had the OP, and I’m so hoping that is doesn’t take long to return to normal. I’m a very slim person so I can’t afford to be put off food and I love to eat! At the moment, I’m eating some soggy cornflakes…yum. I can still only manage soft foods like custard, rice pudding, fish pie, pasta, had some chicken stir fry the other day but the chicken was hard to swallow. Made noodles yesterday which ended up in the toilet as they tasted horrible! I was at the Docs on Friday to check how things were getting on and she said I’m healing well and it’s clean, but it has felt like the longest 10 days of my life. Signed off work till Monday so fingers crossed I will be all good by then. Oh another thing, I was never told that there would be a chance of my Tonsils growing back again either? They should really tell you these things…I for sure won’t be getting them removed again if they do!
Nobody told me about the taste thing either ! 🙁 I have eaten pretty much nothing in the last few days because everything tastes absolutely horrible, I would be eating anything and everything despite the pain if it tasted the same by now, and i’m dreading it, i hope it comes back to normal in the next few days 🙁 I need my taste. It better be worth it !!
Try biotine, mouth wash! It helps with dry mouth but I’ve only used it 2x today , this morning nothing had taste. I just drank juice that actually tastes like apple juice!
Depends how old you are. Old procedures made that possible (tonsils degenerating) coz some tissues were left. Newer procedures, not gonna happen.
A rash marks an infection. You should be on antibiotics which should control this, but if a rash has developed something isn’t working and you should seek medical help to rectify the situation. Your face hurting can be normal, but it can also signify infection. The combination of the two leads me to believe you have an infection and need to see your doctor.
Day 10 for me now… Pain hasn’t lessened in the least. I am still on a liquid diet, water, chx broth mostly. I am severly lactose intolerant which has made this process even more of an inconvenience. There is no sleeping for me whatsoever. At the very least I get short 15-20 min naps where i wake up to the searing pain caused by the cold air passing over my wounds. I am also starting to feel withdrawals from the pain medications prescribed to me and am going back to the doctor today for more.
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throat and ears hurt more today then yesterday. really hurt. and i have a rash on one side of my face. why do i have a rash?
Carmichael is that you???? Its Trish…had mine out on the 15th so this is day 7 for me and to be honest with you day 7 is no different than day 2. The rash means your having an allergic reaction to one of the meds…go see doc asap