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 is here…I would say so far the pain is the same…maybe slightly better than yesterday. I slept almost 8 hours last night waking up for an hour from 3 to 4 am to drink and take meds. My throat was a 7 on pain scale when I woke but i can usually get it to a 4/5 which is what i have been at the past 3 days. Praying for two things…..that the pain does not get worse…and no bleeding. One of my tonsils had a bad infection behind it and the Dr. had to keep going back further…I feel more pain on that side and it feels like food is stuck there(probably the infection still clearing up). I hear day 2 is really difficult for lots of people but not as much for me.
I ate pancakes for breakfast and continue to drink water like its going out of style. Have not gone to the bathroom since before surgery, just took something to help with that. Wish it was 10 days from now!
Going to try and watch a movie today or something.
It is easier to talk today. My kids really missed me not being able to talk the past two days. My 3 year old ran around so happy when I said hi to him today!
Hey Russ! Sounds like you’re on the right track. Do you have help with those little ones? Hope so. Keep drinking and don’t over-do on the talking. (no singing opera just yet!)
Best of health to you.
Day 3 – Pain increasing, especially after sleeping for 3 hours. Consistently waking up about 60-90 minutes before next dosing. Using full dose of percocet at night. I can feel the awful taste in my mouth from the scabbing. At least I have been able to brush my teeth and gargle some light salt water.
Hey Tom. I hope it never comes! Some people DO have an easier time of it. Nonetheless, be sure to stay hydrated, take the pain med’s, run a humidifier, etc… Best of luck to you sir!
So I’m on day 3. This morning I managed a half hearted listerine gargle which felt amazing even if I did swallow half of it and feel sick :S. Pain is probably about a 4 after meds so not too bad. Biggest problem is not being able to open my jaw and the mouth full of slime that won’t go away! The sleeping isn’t too bad as I’m off work so can potter around for an hour and then nap for an hour. The days are going quite slowly. I spent the day of my operation being lectured by nurses on how if I don’t eat I will get an infection and end up back in hospital. They made me eat toast a few hours after (Bastards) but I’m doing it. It’s murder but I’m eating toast and cornflakes every day and I even had crisps yesterday!
Well day 3 was Definitely worse than day 2, I slept all night peacefully and woke up with a stabbing pain my my throat. I ran to my Percocet and it helped take off the edge but I been high all day and no more than temporary relief in patches. I know from this forum this gets worse and I can see I am on my way to much worse. I just feel fortunate I was able to eat oatmeal and jello today for some real nutrition and sipping on ice cubes for pain relief.
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 is here…I would say so far the pain is the same…maybe slightly better than yesterday. I slept almost 8 hours last night waking up for an hour from 3 to 4 am to drink and take meds. My throat was a 7 on pain scale when I woke but i can usually get it to a 4/5 which is what i have been at the past 3 days. Praying for two things…..that the pain does not get worse…and no bleeding. One of my tonsils had a bad infection behind it and the Dr. had to keep going back further…I feel more pain on that side and it feels like food is stuck there(probably the infection still clearing up). I hear day 2 is really difficult for lots of people but not as much for me.
I ate pancakes for breakfast and continue to drink water like its going out of style. Have not gone to the bathroom since before surgery, just took something to help with that. Wish it was 10 days from now!
Going to try and watch a movie today or something.
It is easier to talk today. My kids really missed me not being able to talk the past two days. My 3 year old ran around so happy when I said hi to him today!
Hey Russ! Sounds like you’re on the right track. Do you have help with those little ones? Hope so. Keep drinking and don’t over-do on the talking. (no singing opera just yet!)
Best of health to you.
Day 3 – Pain increasing, especially after sleeping for 3 hours. Consistently waking up about 60-90 minutes before next dosing. Using full dose of percocet at night. I can feel the awful taste in my mouth from the scabbing. At least I have been able to brush my teeth and gargle some light salt water.
Day 3 not so bad waiting for all this pain everybody is talking about .
Hey Tom. I hope it never comes! Some people DO have an easier time of it. Nonetheless, be sure to stay hydrated, take the pain med’s, run a humidifier, etc… Best of luck to you sir!
So I’m on day 3. This morning I managed a half hearted listerine gargle which felt amazing even if I did swallow half of it and feel sick :S. Pain is probably about a 4 after meds so not too bad. Biggest problem is not being able to open my jaw and the mouth full of slime that won’t go away! The sleeping isn’t too bad as I’m off work so can potter around for an hour and then nap for an hour. The days are going quite slowly. I spent the day of my operation being lectured by nurses on how if I don’t eat I will get an infection and end up back in hospital. They made me eat toast a few hours after (Bastards) but I’m doing it. It’s murder but I’m eating toast and cornflakes every day and I even had crisps yesterday!
Well day 3 was Definitely worse than day 2, I slept all night peacefully and woke up with a stabbing pain my my throat. I ran to my Percocet and it helped take off the edge but I been high all day and no more than temporary relief in patches. I know from this forum this gets worse and I can see I am on my way to much worse. I just feel fortunate I was able to eat oatmeal and jello today for some real nutrition and sipping on ice cubes for pain relief.