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.
Well today is really starting to ache. I overslept, which sounds like a great thing. But it means that I was 2 and half hours late to get my pain killer dosage. So now I’m sitting around in some of the worst pain I have had yet. I still can’t lay on my back without the airway to my nose being blocked off. Very irritating. I think some of this I brought on myself, I tried to eat a little more normal last night and I am pretty sure I over did it just a little.
Day three was my best so far, but the first two hours were horrible.
So far there had been no real pain to speak of, but I woke up needing to cough and clear my throat, I knew I wasnt supposed to (as it can cause bleeding) but it really couldnt be helped.Cleared my throat about 4 times. I drank plenty of water, but still the dangling tickling feeling mixed with a foul taste was present at the back of my throat, like a soft scab flapping down my airway (yuck).
I ate three slices of bread, a banana, some malt loaf, and a cup of herbal tea, and every bit of it was heaven! there was no pain, and each swallow felt like it was helping to clear out the gunk/scab, in fact on day three I was happier when I was eating than when I wasnt eating.
Oh and it totally worked on clearing my throat by the way!
The rest of the day was quite easy, had scrambled eggs, and pasta with pesto. Took my meds, but not always on time, as the pain wasnt really showing itself at this point.
Day 3 is coming to an end for me. Last night i ate mashed potatoes dipped chicken soup to make it less sticky in my throat and it was good so I stuck with it again tonight. Any dairy at all gives me mucous and makes swallowing very uncomfortable but I feel like all the best soft foods have dairy… I tried cutting down my Percocet to just one pill every 4 hours last night. Woke up with a terrible scratchy feeling and a cough, so i had to take 2 pills again. The perks have been giving me a headache and making me sooo itchy. But I’m not planning on stopping them because I know they are the only thing separating me from a hell of a lot of pain. I went from being constipated to having extreme diarrhea but I think that’s because I’ve been eating a ton of apple sauce because it’s the only thing I can take my pills in. Anyways, overall if I stick to my medicine and drink a lot of water I feel MUCH better then I thought I would.
Today was day 3 for me, and it was definitely harder than days 1 and 2, as I expected it to be. it wasnt horrible though, so I’m kinda expecting tomorrow to be worse. I have been taking liquid pain killers since the surgery, and I am running low on those, so I have to take pills until I can get the liquids refilled on Tuesday. Right now it hurts to swollow and talk. I find that if I need to swollow saliva, it helps to take a sip of water, and then lean my head forward so that my uvula is out of the way. It feels better anyway. Im not really looking forward to day 4 as of right now.
I had my tonsillectomy on July 6th, 2012 at 12PM. So I guess I am in day 3 recovery, perhaps just day 2. So far it has just been a really bad sore throat. Still able to eat solids as long as they are soft, such as ramen noodles, eggs, etc. That night after surgery wife made some sauteed chicken sausage, onions, peppers and thyme and tossed it in rotini pasta. I had a huge plate and it hurt to swallow but I still ate it all. Forced myself to have the leftovers the next day even though it hurt even more to swallow. My thought process is that I should eat as much as possible while I still can. Constantly drinking water, apple juice, and coke with lots of ice. Chewing ice has always been a habit of mine and it is helping out here. Taking 10 to 15 ml of Lortab every 4 hours depending on pain. Also sleeping with a cool air humidifier. So far this has not been bad at all, but I understand that a really painful check may be in the mail for me. Just curious if there is anything else I should be doing? I here that being somewhat active helps? When should I start that? Right now I’ve just been taking it easy. Hope everyone else going through this is having an easy go of it.
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.
Well today is really starting to ache. I overslept, which sounds like a great thing. But it means that I was 2 and half hours late to get my pain killer dosage. So now I’m sitting around in some of the worst pain I have had yet. I still can’t lay on my back without the airway to my nose being blocked off. Very irritating. I think some of this I brought on myself, I tried to eat a little more normal last night and I am pretty sure I over did it just a little.
-Matt F.
Day three was my best so far, but the first two hours were horrible.
So far there had been no real pain to speak of, but I woke up needing to cough and clear my throat, I knew I wasnt supposed to (as it can cause bleeding) but it really couldnt be helped.Cleared my throat about 4 times. I drank plenty of water, but still the dangling tickling feeling mixed with a foul taste was present at the back of my throat, like a soft scab flapping down my airway (yuck).
I ate three slices of bread, a banana, some malt loaf, and a cup of herbal tea, and every bit of it was heaven! there was no pain, and each swallow felt like it was helping to clear out the gunk/scab, in fact on day three I was happier when I was eating than when I wasnt eating.
Oh and it totally worked on clearing my throat by the way!
The rest of the day was quite easy, had scrambled eggs, and pasta with pesto. Took my meds, but not always on time, as the pain wasnt really showing itself at this point.
Day 3 is coming to an end for me. Last night i ate mashed potatoes dipped chicken soup to make it less sticky in my throat and it was good so I stuck with it again tonight. Any dairy at all gives me mucous and makes swallowing very uncomfortable but I feel like all the best soft foods have dairy… I tried cutting down my Percocet to just one pill every 4 hours last night. Woke up with a terrible scratchy feeling and a cough, so i had to take 2 pills again. The perks have been giving me a headache and making me sooo itchy. But I’m not planning on stopping them because I know they are the only thing separating me from a hell of a lot of pain. I went from being constipated to having extreme diarrhea but I think that’s because I’ve been eating a ton of apple sauce because it’s the only thing I can take my pills in. Anyways, overall if I stick to my medicine and drink a lot of water I feel MUCH better then I thought I would.
Today was day 3 for me, and it was definitely harder than days 1 and 2, as I expected it to be. it wasnt horrible though, so I’m kinda expecting tomorrow to be worse. I have been taking liquid pain killers since the surgery, and I am running low on those, so I have to take pills until I can get the liquids refilled on Tuesday. Right now it hurts to swollow and talk. I find that if I need to swollow saliva, it helps to take a sip of water, and then lean my head forward so that my uvula is out of the way. It feels better anyway. Im not really looking forward to day 4 as of right now.
I had my tonsillectomy on July 6th, 2012 at 12PM. So I guess I am in day 3 recovery, perhaps just day 2. So far it has just been a really bad sore throat. Still able to eat solids as long as they are soft, such as ramen noodles, eggs, etc. That night after surgery wife made some sauteed chicken sausage, onions, peppers and thyme and tossed it in rotini pasta. I had a huge plate and it hurt to swallow but I still ate it all. Forced myself to have the leftovers the next day even though it hurt even more to swallow. My thought process is that I should eat as much as possible while I still can. Constantly drinking water, apple juice, and coke with lots of ice. Chewing ice has always been a habit of mine and it is helping out here. Taking 10 to 15 ml of Lortab every 4 hours depending on pain. Also sleeping with a cool air humidifier. So far this has not been bad at all, but I understand that a really painful check may be in the mail for me. Just curious if there is anything else I should be doing? I here that being somewhat active helps? When should I start that? Right now I’ve just been taking it easy. Hope everyone else going through this is having an easy go of it.