A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their third 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 3. 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 3
Tonsillectomy Day 3 : It’s starting to hurt a little worse for some reason. Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Drugs aren’t working – help, Doc! …Yay, new drugs! What to eat? Thoughts on the post tonsillectomy diet
Tonsillectomy Day 3 : I guess what I wanted didn’t matter, because at 1:30am I rushed to the bathroom and began to vomit. After the first time, I absolutely panicked, because I saw red and figured I was bleeding – just my luck! It turned out to be the children’s Tylenol melt away caplets – which were bubblegum flavored and therefore pinkish red in color! Whew! After getting back in bed, I felt a little better and decided to keep drinking water.
An hour later I rushed back to the bathroom, and christened the majestic bowl a second time. After getting sick the second time, my throat felt very raw, but no more painful than before. The only good part of getting sick is that it removed all of the phlegm that was built up in my throat. I went back to bed, grabbed my laptop and came right to www.mybigfattonsillectomy.com, where I posted my guts out! Sleep? What’s sleep? I stayed up all night trying to find something other than an infomercial on television – if you’ve ever watched television at 5:00am; you know how difficult that is! In the morning I began chewing gum to get my muscles working again; my teeth and jaw have been so sensitive. Eating wise, I was able to work in applesauce today, which is a big step up from frozen treats and jell-o. This reminds me, mark my words, after the recovery, I will never be able to eat jell-o again – the taste of it mixed with amoxicillin is haunting me in my dreams! Pain wise, today is definitely the worst by far. The throat is very sore, but the worst is the ear pain; it’s so intense! Today I also had to call my doctor and let him know that the codeine wasn’t working with my empty stomach. He sent my mom out to buy gravol (an anti-nausea medication) to take before the codeine. Turns out, it didn’t help. I found myself dry heaving over that same majestic bowl (I apologize; I know that is not the most pleasant picture). I didn’t actually vomit, but that feeling was definitely worse. As stubborn as I am, I decided to play doctor and call it quits on both the gravol and the codeine. As a result – I’d have to make it through on children’s Tylenol? What was I thinking?
Tonsillectomy Day 3 : day 4 post tonsillectomy and sinus surgery (turbinoplasty, septoplasty, antrostomy, the works), 31 years old. I am still glad that I got both surgeries done at once, since I’ll only have 1 recovery, but WOW. If one thing doesn’t hurt, something else does. I now know why my surgeon works with Ears, Nose and Throat… they are definitely all connected!
Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Day 3-4: I woke up both mornings at 5am with really bad pain, my ears were aching and my throat was on fire and i could barely get my pills to go down my throat. I went back to bed until about 930am. When i woke up again i had to have ice chips, jello and a popsicle to sooth my throat. drank lots of water and some coca-cola and ate some noodles with Parmesan cheese.took my meds like clockwork so i wouldnt be in excruciating pain. although the pain was still pretty bad. Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Surgery day up until the 3rd day, was like, WHAT what surgery..pshhhh smooth sailing…and then Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Day 3 – 7 – Wham! And I mean WHAM! The pain steadily increased with day 7 taking the cake as WORST DAY EVER.
Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Had a pretty decent nights sleep. I think the humidifier helped keep my throat and nose damp over night, and i tried to keep on my pain management by taking a percocet about every four hours. I have started clearing my throat of bloody phlegm, drainage from my nose i believe as i do not see any bleeding form my throat. Pain level is still very tolerable. Drinking fluids is sill a bit difficult, i did start eating popsicles which are nice and soothing. Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Day three–felt better, due to the anti-nausea drugs in my opinion. Taking pain meds was good again, eating still not so good as jello was the only thing I could eat. Drank lots of water, even though it hurt. Worst part, in my opinion, was the swollen tongue and uvula, which no one ever mentioned. Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Day 3 post op (72 hours) . Drooling when i sleep that causes me to choke and cough. I dont know why im not swallowing when i sleep. Ear pain now and sometimes cold doesnt feel good. Im still hanging out in bed and pretty much in a daze after my meds. Im taking one hysrocodone pill every 3 hours. I eat before my meds and it sometimes makes me late to take my meds. That causes more pain. I am drinking trying to eat eggs, pasta, and soup. Sick of popsicles and sweets.
Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Day 3- painful morning, went home ate chicken noodle soup. My mom decided to let me sleep…big mistake! Woke up in horrible pain, stay on TOP With your PAIN MEDS!
Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Recovery Day 3 (post-op day 4): I stopped taking the Lortab because of the slight overdose and the scary side effects (paranoia, mood swings, fidgety, sweating feeling un-easy) and I began to take 2 tablespoons of Tylenol Sore Throat liquid 500mg per tablespoon about every 5 hours or so. It curves the pain slightly without diving back into the Lortab. I did however need a teaspoon of Lortab just so I could eat some soup. I then drank an Ensure plus in the shower while banging on the wall after each sip because swallowing it hurt so bad. I also discovered that drinking some children’s benadryl (double the child dose which is an adult dose) it helps me relax and sleep for a little bit. Noticed a white coating on my tongue. Been using colgate peroxyl mouthwash to get ride of any sores and possible Thrush in my mouth. Also began taking acidophilus probiotic supplement to get rid of any Thrush that may have developed.
Tonsillectomy Day 3 : Day 3: I feel no better than I did the day of surgery. I am pretty disgusted. I thought that I would be feeling better by day 3, but I am not. At this point I am just trying to muster the energy to get through another day.
DAY 3: 30 years old and had tonsillectomy (with adenoids removed too).
Tonsillectomy Recovery Day 3: Today sucked, plain and simple. I had 2 episodes of bleeding this morning (that made 4 since the surgery) so they were able to fit me in to see the surgeon today instead of waiting until tomorrow. On the way to his office I had another (3rd for day) and was bleeding when we arrived. He cauterized the area thought to be causing the bleeding and said to come back if it happened again today. I would describe cauterizing as some sticking a lit sparkler in your mouth and holding it there. Plus I got a couple burn marks on my lips from it. Anyway, my boyfriend (my nurse) was going to go to work today after that appointment but decided to hang out with me for a few hours first. Good thing he did because around 4pm I had THE WORST episode of bleeding thus far. We couldn’t get it stopped and headed back over to the office. There were so many people in the waiting room and I looked like such a bloody mess that of course they ushered me too the back. They numbed up the inside of my mouth and he got out some machine to do precision cauterization lines and found a spot further down from the one he had done earlier. Through crying and bleeding I asked him why this was happening and he said that about 1-2% of adults that have tonsillectomy’s have bleeding like this and if it continues after the cauterization today I may have to go back into surgery.
They told me to expect a little more bleeding as scabs form and fall off but if anything starts up like it did today again, I will be looking at surgery for sure, so fingers crossed we got it this time.
Day 3 and I still have no meds due to the stupid pharmacy and I’m in intece pain I broke down and hit a cigerette a few times. Which didn’t hurt to bad. I tried cloreseptic throat spray. And it helped a little bit. But all i want to do is sleep but i keep choking and it sucks
Day 3 has by far been the worst. Woke up in excruciating pain. I wanted to scream and cry, but couldn’t even open my mouth to let out a whimper. One of my best friends came over and brought movies, popsicles, and ice cream. I was just happy to have company, even though I could barely talk to her while she was visiting…
Days 3/4 have truly been a breeze. The biggest discomforts I’ve experienced is nausea and dizziness from percocet, and my mouth burning after eating. My diet hasn’t changed so I’m eating what the rest of my family is eating. Sometimes the seasoning irritates me. Outside of that I’m fine. Yes my throat hurts, but I’m definitely not in the worst pain of my life. Hopefully I don’t take a painful turn, but if I do I’ve already made peace with it.
What has helped so far is:
*Eating like normal. My doctor wanted me to eat soft foods day of surgery then return to my regular diet the next day.
*Staying hydrated
*Cool mist humidifier while I sleep
*Chewing gum.
*STAYING ON TOP OF MY MEDS!!! I stagger percocet with ibuprofen. This has been a great combo. When one is starting to wear off, its already time to take another.
The method I went with for my tonsillectomy is tissue welding or thermal welding. I think this is the biggest reason my recovery has been easy. Won’t get too confident yet, I’m not quite of the woods!
Day3 postop: I am following this regimen as well and feel about the same as you report. Some soreness/discomfort but manageable. Staggering meds and humidifier during sleep appear to help. I guess now I wait for the scabs to fall off and hope I’m not in the 1-2% who bleeds…
I had my surgery sept 4th… Day 3 I was and still is in pain.. It hurts worse when I wake up in the am… The mess prescribed hydro condone burns when taking it as we’ll as the amoxicillin…. I was told to only eat soft foods… Well I can’t…. Applesauce and jello scratch my throat going down and the Popsicles and Italian ice leaves a thick mucus which causes me to choke or over do the spitting… So I’ve been only eating ice chips and drinking water.. I’ve now began to feel pain in my ears as well… I’ve coughed up blood 3 times from the scabs (came from eating applesauce and jello).. And I’ve had plenty people tell me my voice has changed…I’m miserable.. Good thing is I’ve lost 13 pounds since the 4th!!!!!!
Tonsillectomy Day 3 : I guess what I wanted didn’t matter, because at 1:30am I rushed to the bathroom and began to vomit. After the first time, I absolutely panicked, because I saw red and figured I was bleeding – just my luck! It turned out to be the children’s Tylenol melt away caplets – which were bubblegum flavored and therefore pinkish red in color! Whew! After getting back in bed, I felt a little better and decided to keep drinking water.
DAY 3: 30 years old and had tonsillectomy (with adenoids removed too).
Tonsillectomy Recovery Day 3: Today sucked, plain and simple. I had 2 episodes of bleeding this morning (that made 4 since the surgery) so they were able to fit me in to see the surgeon today instead of waiting until tomorrow. On the way to his office I had another (3rd for day) and was bleeding when we arrived. He cauterized the area thought to be causing the bleeding and said to come back if it happened again today. I would describe cauterizing as some sticking a lit sparkler in your mouth and holding it there. Plus I got a couple burn marks on my lips from it. Anyway, my boyfriend (my nurse) was going to go to work today after that appointment but decided to hang out with me for a few hours first. Good thing he did because around 4pm I had THE WORST episode of bleeding thus far. We couldn’t get it stopped and headed back over to the office. There were so many people in the waiting room and I looked like such a bloody mess that of course they ushered me too the back. They numbed up the inside of my mouth and he got out some machine to do precision cauterization lines and found a spot further down from the one he had done earlier. Through crying and bleeding I asked him why this was happening and he said that about 1-2% of adults that have tonsillectomy’s have bleeding like this and if it continues after the cauterization today I may have to go back into surgery.
They told me to expect a little more bleeding as scabs form and fall off but if anything starts up like it did today again, I will be looking at surgery for sure, so fingers crossed we got it this time.
Day 3 and I still have no meds due to the stupid pharmacy and I’m in intece pain I broke down and hit a cigerette a few times. Which didn’t hurt to bad. I tried cloreseptic throat spray. And it helped a little bit. But all i want to do is sleep but i keep choking and it sucks
Day 3 has by far been the worst. Woke up in excruciating pain. I wanted to scream and cry, but couldn’t even open my mouth to let out a whimper. One of my best friends came over and brought movies, popsicles, and ice cream. I was just happy to have company, even though I could barely talk to her while she was visiting…
Days 3/4 have truly been a breeze. The biggest discomforts I’ve experienced is nausea and dizziness from percocet, and my mouth burning after eating. My diet hasn’t changed so I’m eating what the rest of my family is eating. Sometimes the seasoning irritates me. Outside of that I’m fine. Yes my throat hurts, but I’m definitely not in the worst pain of my life. Hopefully I don’t take a painful turn, but if I do I’ve already made peace with it.
What has helped so far is:
*Eating like normal. My doctor wanted me to eat soft foods day of surgery then return to my regular diet the next day.
*Staying hydrated
*Cool mist humidifier while I sleep
*Chewing gum.
*STAYING ON TOP OF MY MEDS!!! I stagger percocet with ibuprofen. This has been a great combo. When one is starting to wear off, its already time to take another.
The method I went with for my tonsillectomy is tissue welding or thermal welding. I think this is the biggest reason my recovery has been easy. Won’t get too confident yet, I’m not quite of the woods!
Day3 postop: I am following this regimen as well and feel about the same as you report. Some soreness/discomfort but manageable. Staggering meds and humidifier during sleep appear to help. I guess now I wait for the scabs to fall off and hope I’m not in the 1-2% who bleeds…
I had my surgery sept 4th… Day 3 I was and still is in pain.. It hurts worse when I wake up in the am… The mess prescribed hydro condone burns when taking it as we’ll as the amoxicillin…. I was told to only eat soft foods… Well I can’t…. Applesauce and jello scratch my throat going down and the Popsicles and Italian ice leaves a thick mucus which causes me to choke or over do the spitting… So I’ve been only eating ice chips and drinking water.. I’ve now began to feel pain in my ears as well… I’ve coughed up blood 3 times from the scabs (came from eating applesauce and jello).. And I’ve had plenty people tell me my voice has changed…I’m miserable.. Good thing is I’ve lost 13 pounds since the 4th!!!!!!
Hang in there and keep drinking. You are in the worst of it right now. Things WILL get better!!