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.
I am on day 3. Woke up in the most pain yet. I must of not drank enough over the night and barely slept and my ears keep crackling. Then pain has stayed about a 4. And my jaw and tongue hurt more and my mouth has an awful taste. My eyes are dry and heavy and Im hungry for food. I had some mashed potatoes and chicken gravy it went down alright. Thinking about making some scrambled eggs and then a nap. My eyelids are so dry from the tape. I will update more tomorrow.
I am on day 3. I have suffered from tonsil stones and sore tonsils all of my life. The day of my surgery I arrived at the hospital at 11:35am on 9-14. The hospital actually called me at 9:30 begging me to come right then. Told them my ride wasn’t there and my husband was working and couldn’t leave. My mom got here about 1125. I got checked in and then the nurses came and got other people and seemed to keep putting the paper with my info down. So they finally bring us back. They tell me to change into a gown and then pee in a cup. Then she started asking a ton of questions and then people kept coming in and out of theroom
I’m on day 3 of recovery (Day 1 being the day of the operation). I feel completely exhausted and dizzy but I really don’t have much pain at all. It’s difficult and uncomfortable to swallow but not all that painful. It’s 14:30 now and I last took pain relief at 7am.. Surely I should be in agony by now. I’m thinking it might be because my tonsils were quite small so I perhaps have a smaller wound..? Or is worse to come?
Hi joy, i sound very similar to you. I had my tonil out on Thursday the 13th July 2017! Just wondering how your recovery went? I had mine removed due to tonsil stones but they weret at all swollen beforehand. Did it get easier?
Day 1 and day 2 were great days. I had friends over- talked a lot, I was eating scrambled eggs, soft breads, applesauce, and water. I automatically assumed that this recovery would be smooth sailing. But no, ohhhh no. I hit the 3rd day with a bang. I woke up and swallowed for the first time and it felt like knives traveling through my throat. My mom quickly got me ice cold water – drank that – it hurt terribly! She gave me my narcotics… And now I’m sitting here only taking in applesause and pudding. May need a whiteboard for communication today. Hopefully this will be my worst day!
Had small achievements today. I was able to eat chicken noodle soup with some of the noodles and pieces of chicken in it and I got several hours of sleep finally. Also had a Snoic blast which tasted extra good. Hoping to make more progress and out this behind me.
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.
I am on day 3. Woke up in the most pain yet. I must of not drank enough over the night and barely slept and my ears keep crackling. Then pain has stayed about a 4. And my jaw and tongue hurt more and my mouth has an awful taste. My eyes are dry and heavy and Im hungry for food. I had some mashed potatoes and chicken gravy it went down alright. Thinking about making some scrambled eggs and then a nap. My eyelids are so dry from the tape. I will update more tomorrow.
I am on day 3. I have suffered from tonsil stones and sore tonsils all of my life. The day of my surgery I arrived at the hospital at 11:35am on 9-14. The hospital actually called me at 9:30 begging me to come right then. Told them my ride wasn’t there and my husband was working and couldn’t leave. My mom got here about 1125. I got checked in and then the nurses came and got other people and seemed to keep putting the paper with my info down. So they finally bring us back. They tell me to change into a gown and then pee in a cup. Then she started asking a ton of questions and then people kept coming in and out of theroom
I’m on day 3 of recovery (Day 1 being the day of the operation). I feel completely exhausted and dizzy but I really don’t have much pain at all. It’s difficult and uncomfortable to swallow but not all that painful. It’s 14:30 now and I last took pain relief at 7am.. Surely I should be in agony by now. I’m thinking it might be because my tonsils were quite small so I perhaps have a smaller wound..? Or is worse to come?
Hi joy, i sound very similar to you. I had my tonil out on Thursday the 13th July 2017! Just wondering how your recovery went? I had mine removed due to tonsil stones but they weret at all swollen beforehand. Did it get easier?
Day 1 and day 2 were great days. I had friends over- talked a lot, I was eating scrambled eggs, soft breads, applesauce, and water. I automatically assumed that this recovery would be smooth sailing. But no, ohhhh no. I hit the 3rd day with a bang. I woke up and swallowed for the first time and it felt like knives traveling through my throat. My mom quickly got me ice cold water – drank that – it hurt terribly! She gave me my narcotics… And now I’m sitting here only taking in applesause and pudding. May need a whiteboard for communication today. Hopefully this will be my worst day!
Had small achievements today. I was able to eat chicken noodle soup with some of the noodles and pieces of chicken in it and I got several hours of sleep finally. Also had a Snoic blast which tasted extra good. Hoping to make more progress and out this behind me.