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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I had my surgery on November 27, 2012. The information all of you have shared has been very helpful and has reassured that this is a terrible experience! I am 56 and do not have a history of illness. I did snore bad but the apnia test were negative. On October 30th I had emergency surgery for a peritonsillar absess-just thought I had a sore throat. After this surgery my ENT surgeon put me on antibiotics but my tonsil was not healing so out they go! You all know pretty much how the rest of the tonsillectomy process goes. The last couple days I have been an emotional train wreck! So on top of all the other issues in this process I’m a mess. Has anyone else experienced this? I’m off my prescription pain killers, my husband has taken FMLA to help me and I do not expect to go back to work until Wednesday December 12th.
Yup. I had my surgery on Nov 30 and up until Saturday, I was an emotional train wreck. Mainly because I’m always out and about and very active so being bound to my bed 24/7 and in pain and zombies out on vicodin was rough, but now is day 2 of no pain meds at all and everything is looking UP. Don’t worry, you will be fine! Just stay positive and keep busy, mentally 🙂
I’m in a terrible way on day 11. My surgery was the result of my first case of strep at 34. The surgery followed 5 weeks of antibiotic treatment of the lovely tonsilor abscess that just wouldn’t die. I’m still not eating solids and had a 30 minute bleed that produced massive clots and necessitated a trip to the ER to get suctioned just e days ago. I am crossing my fingers for the leap of improvement I have been reading about looking forward to narcotic withdrawal. Overall weight loss from sickness onset until today 25 pounds. Nope I didn’t have extra to lose. I am a circus performer (aerials) and lost a lot of muscle. I have managed over the course of an hour to eat a quarter cup of chicken shredded and mashed into mayonnaise. You do what you’ve got to do. So when does the pain ebb?
day 5: staying up all night cause I can’t sleep. 🙁 switching between painkillers every two hours. today I coughed up a scab or two… so now I feel a stinging pain in the back of my throat. right now I seriously want some accual food like a chicken sandwich… but NNOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I am on day 10 today, surgery day was Nov,20th 2012. I switched from hydrocodone to Tylenol on the 24th and off all meds on the 26th.
This surgery was pretty bad I would say I went to work the day after surgery I was pretty tired being almost no rest that night before, but I got through it.
I had thanksgiving off with the weekend so I rested and back to work Monday day 6, and I’m workin today. It has been rough but need the money.
The first night was the worst of it for me I would say. Today I am feeling pretty good had pizza yesterday, my uvula is very swollen still hopping it goes down soon. I am not eating solids just semi solid like pizza, and after I eat I get sore. All my white is about gone and still have a few scans left.
I hope this helps someone.
Day 10- I’m finally seeing some improvement, but this is still very painful. I couldn’t eat anything the past two days, but I was able to choke down a protein drink, some jello, and a little yogart earlier today. I was finally Able to rehydrate myself after getting dehydrated on day 8. Gargling with salt water is my hobby and I do it before and after swallowing anything more than water to minimize the pain. I was having a great recovery until day 8. Day 10 is still worse than days 1-7, but it is much better than day 8. I really thought I’d be back to work on day 7 or 8, now I’m hoping to go back to work day 14. It’s going to be worth it. No more strep throat or tonsillitis and this is going to help my snoring and sleep apnea. And I’m down 18 pounds!
Day 10. After a most painful overnight and early morning (filled with ice packs and pain meds), I found that the pain seems to be decreasing!!! Could this really be!?!? So it seems that days 9-10 were the worst out of them all for me (as I am posting this from my day 11). I am still taking my Tylenol Jr. rapid melt tabs, which go down SO easily. It still hurts to swallow, but it does not seem as excrutiating at it was yesterday. I may be starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel after all!!! I managed to swallow a bowl of soggy cornflakes in cold milk without cringing, because the past few days anything cold just killed my throat, and I could really only tolerate warm foods. I have been taking gummy vitamins (kids), which are pretty easy to swallow if chewed up really small, and they slide right down without any effort. I still occasionally choke/cough whenever swallowing (even water!). I hope this goes away soon, as it is embarassing if I am out somewhere!! I’ve been out of the house for the last two days, and boy does it feel good to drive again! Trying not to overdo it though, because by evening I feel exhausted. Must save energy for recovering! The scabs look thinner, almost see-through in some places on my throat. And the uvula looks almost normal size again, except for huge scab still on left side (right side scab is gone). I feel like I am healing so much slower than most people.. but maybe that is because I am 50. ?