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.
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Hi all, 46 y/o female, 10 days post op. All previous days seem to be following suit as far as 3-7 being most painful, ill include day eight though. My turning point was likely day 9. Feeling ok day 10, but the scabs/white stuff in my throat is still quite heavy, primarily on the left side. I can eat soft food, today I had a tuna salad sandwich on soft white bread. It was so nice to eat! My swallowing is still quite sore, earache and some neck pain still prominent. One thing I find is that there seems to be pockets, or holes where my tonsils were. Food seems to collect there, so it’s mind over matter to get the meal down. Then drink plenty of fluids to flush. It’s a weird feeling–so looking forward to feeling normal again. Thanks for this site, it has made me feel more confident in my recovery 🙂
Okay today was day 10, nighttime was miserable as usual. I can’t wait to have 1 good night. I haven’t even had it as bad as most people but ahhhhhh!!!! Today was a little better than yesterday, my voice was pretty stable and normal. I somehow got the energy to throw my brother a birthday party and went grocery shopping and made lasagna from scratch and panda cupcakes! I was shaking violently the whole time. Is anyone else shaking a lot? Malnutrition I guess. Anyway I ate everything I just mentioned plus salad and the inside of the garlic bread (not the crust.) the white scab is getting thinner but its nighttime again and I can already tell its going to be another painful one. It just keeps going…. It’s like even when your 1000 x’s better you still feel like crap! And for me what I thought was the light at the end of the tunnel just turned out to be constipation. First time in my life to experience this horror. I had diarrhea at the same time so that was fun. I think my biggest suggestions for everyone is: 1. Stay hydrated (most important) 2. Buy a humidifier pre surgery 3. Sleep slightly sitting up 4. When you are off you meds (especially if your doctor had you on antibiotics) get on probiotics immediately!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why is there no day 11 12 13 14 15 is this ever going to be really 100% over?
Day 10 was pretty good compared to the others. It’s nice to actually feel that you’re going to get better now!! Still pretty painful waking up in the night & swallowing..but not unbearable. Still on pain meds though and almost out. Tomorrow i’m going to try liquid tylenol at least during the day. I’m hoping it will work for me like it does with others or i’m in trouble. I spaced out my doses today longer finally. Mainly by 5 hours. I’m ready to be off of this stuff! I also couldn’t handle it and ate a cheeseburger from mcdonalds…okay…i ate 2…lol. One for lunch & one for dinner. It tasted amazingggg but i think i should of waited a little bit longer. I took baby bites and chewed it completely but i think it still irritated my throat so tomorrow i will stick with soft again. My advice to everyone? Keep hope and STAY HYDRATED! I think i did a really good job of that because i only spit up a few tiny, tiny scabs and the rest dissolved. Oh & i finally looked in my throat. Holy cow i think my tonsils were like 3 inches big!!! It looks so weird without those things in there. But im loving it i don’t look like i’m gonna choke to death 😛 still have the mucousy stuff back there and it’s still pretty red in some spots but i think it looks pretty good. Check up appointment in 3 days..can’t wait to see what they say! Good luck everyone! 🙂
Im on day 11 and am really excited for this whole procedure to be over with! Days 1 and 2 weren’t as bad as i thought they would be.. Days 3-6 were miserable… I was dehydrated and one of my blood vessels opened up so i started throwing up blood. They did another surgery to stop the bleeding and kept me over night to get rehydrated. Days 8-10 were alot easier once I got back home… the key to this whole surgery is to stay hydrated!!! Drink whatever you can, Water, Gatorade, Tea, and clear juices. I was having some issues with nausea while on the loritab, so my doctor gave me demerol which is a lot easier to function on and helped a lot better with the pain, making drinking and eating soup a 100% easier. So here we are on day 11, I have been off the heavy pain meds for the most part. Im only taking the demerol when the pain is super intense, other wise i just stick with extra strength tylenol. I’ve been drinking alot of water and gatorade, some ensure, but it leaves a ton of flem in the back of my throat and has a terrible after taste, mostly because of the scabs. I can drive and eat most normal foods again.. I tried to have a big mac today, but wasn’t able to open my mouth wide enough to consume the darn thing, so i just munched on fries… This week should be a bit easier eating and speaking wise. Looking forward to being normal again!
I’m now on dat 10 , day 8-9 was awesome i finally qot a chance to eat some Ramen noodles. I only take Pain meds Once a day. & today its fine i ate some pizza bread (One) . & a chocolate cookie
I still have the burning sensation in my ears. but I brush it away. Because out of a 10 its Like a 5 . But I REALLY CANT WAIT TO EAT Solid foods. My Checkup on Thursday Hopefully it’s all qood news. GOODLUCK EVERYBODY