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.
-Greg Tooke My short bio
- 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.
>> Next Days 11, 12, and Beyond >>>
Holy tonsillectomy batman! Today I am on day 10. I feel 8.5 out of a 10 today. This was the worst experience in my entire life! But the misery is almost over. I am looking forward to day 11 and on when I will feel normal again. I thought I was going to die. My recovery was really rough. I ended up with a urinary tract infection due to lack of hydration. I was severly dehydrated and needed IV fluids to prevent me from getting worse. For another woman who might be reading this, hydration hydration hydration and. if you can, try to eat yogurt to prevent a UTI or a yeast infection, and if you can tolerate it, try cranberry juice to help your body heal your UTI. (sorry girls, our bodies tend to react worse when we are given antibiotics). So if I had to give you advice, point blank it would be: FLUIDS FLUIDS FLUIDS! Stay on top of your pain medication, rest, sleep when you can, let others help you and don’t be afraid to ask for it, and more fluids. No beating around the bush, there isn’t a whole lot to do to to stop the pain. It will be there. I had to be told that this will NOT be forever. You might feel that you will break down emotionally. I was at the cusp of madness, but with support it was prevented. This is no fun. Do not minimize this procedure. It is sound like its easy breezy, but I will be totally honest with you, you will be miserable 2-3 weeks, do not take this procedure lightly. If I had a do-over, I wouldn’t have done it. So now, I’m just hoping that the surgery was worth it. Take heed and make sure you are 100% in need of this procedure.
I too developed a UTI, which was no fun at all! I am on day 10 of healing as well. It was by far the most excruciating pain I’ve ever endured and I’ve had 3 kids and a hysterectomy and thyroidectomy. If I had it to do over, I wouldn’t of done it! :0(
I am so thankful for this forum! My entire family was over, my husband and friends and ALL of them still have there tonsils so it was literally impossible to explain to them that this was literally the worst experience of my life. I feel like they all thinking exaggerating and there is really no way to explain the emotional and physical toll it has on your body and how close you come to cracking up and losing all hope that there is an end. As much as I hate the fact that other people have to go through this pain… I’m so glad I had the company of this forum. I’ve never really had anything to compare it to so I keep making people read when you guys say like “it was worse than giving birth” haha. Thank you so much for giving me hope!
Ears hurt like crazy, kinda hurts to talk, and hurts to swallow anything, including water now. Pain is manageable with medications, thankfully, but there are peak times in between doses that are pretty miserable. However, I was able to stay out of bed for the most part for the first time today and I ate a Taco Bell plain bean burrito with cheese and did ok with that! Progress thru the pain! 🙂
My throat feels as if the skin is ready to fall off. It feels raw in some areas, but the medication helps a lot. I have now been able to eat pizza and spaghetti as long as I’m careful to chew the food really well. Blow Pops have been soothing on my throat. I’m hoping I will be back to normal within another few days.
I was in so much pain after my surgery. I could barely open my mouth, and even after taking my lortab I had a hard time even drinking. I felt like my first 3 days post-op were not too bad, but as the days went on, the pain was so excruciating. I was physically and mentally exhausted and just cried. I never had any problems with bleeding whatsoever, but the swelling in my throat was terrible!!!!! I would take my pain meds every 4 hours as directed, but by day 8, I was needing more pain meds after an hour of taking them. I called my ENT in tears, and they called me in an RX for a steroid dose pack. Best thing ever!!!!! Withing a couple hours of starting the dose pack I was able to drink with minimal pain!!!!! I still have to take my pain med every 4 hours, but overall I’m feeling much better physically and mentally. I was able to eat more foods…. I actually had a PB&J sandwich yesterday!!!! Prior to that, all I could get down was broth and Popsicles. I’m on day 10 now, and I’m slowly eating more foods (still soft) and am able to move around and actually SLEEP!!!! I still have the scabs but things are looking up! I’m hoping to go back to work on Day 12. We will see how I’m feeling. This has really been a roller coaster ride post-op. you really don’t know how you will feel every hour; just when you think you doing ok at one point, immediately after the pain would kick in and gets so discouraging. Just hang in there…. It will be a long, painful ride. In the end it will be worth it not having to deal with multiple infections every year. This website is so wonderful and had helped me know that I’m not alone. I’m so glad others were having the same issues I did. This has really helped me mentally to read everyone’s experiences. Thank you!!!!!
I’m actually on day 11 now but I am completely off the codeine at this point. I am on to liquid tylenol now. Things are going well. I can eat anything I want and have little to no pain. The only time I run into serious pain is when I yawn. I am getting intermittent ear pain from time to time. I am chewing a lot of gum to manage that. I am also still going through some mild tongue swelling making talking a bit of an adventure from time to time…
-Matt F.