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, and it is my worst so far (I am just dreading days 5-7 now!). Surprisingly though, no ear pain as I’ve heard others report. Throat pain is worse, and much more mucus. I had to cough several times due to choking on mucus. But no bleeding. Since I went off the Lortab due to dizziness and vomiting, I switched to taking Tylenol at the highest safe dose possible. That seems to be taking the edge off for now, along with ice packs, Cloraseptic spray, and ice water. Drinking tons and tons of water. Uvula is still the size of my thumb though! When will this go down!? Very hard to swallow anything. I’ve only had yogurt, frozen yogurt, and a freeze pops until now. I finally tried mashed potatoes and gravy, which were wonderful! (real food!!! yeah!), and just had some scrambled eggs. If you haven’t tried scrambled eggs, you need to!!! If you make them buttery, they slide right down, and also sort of coat your throat with the butter, so even drinking water, I found, was easier!!! Scrambled eggs will be one of my meals each day! 🙂
Had an episode of nausea last night- I think my mom pushed “nutritious” food too soon on me and my stomach rebelled. No vomiting but I wouldn’t take my percocets incase that made it worse. So today I just stuck with fruit pops and my mom got me wonton soup which really hit the spot. The pain is still mainly under control with the 2 percs every 4 hours; going to decrease to 1 every 4 tomorrow if I remain stable. I’m just plugging along, trying not to worry about complications. I feel I’ve been very lucky so far.
Yep, this fun adventure without proper painmeds continues. Today has been harder as expected. (See my posts from day 1 &2,) I’m a 38 year old female with allergy to pain medicine so I can only take 2 paracetamol / Tylenol every 6 hours. Let me tell you, it doesn’t cut it, not by far, but without anything would have been impossible so I guess I shouldn’t complain.
I woke up every hour last night just counting down the time to be able to take the stupid pain killers. I’m annoyed with everything. My sweet husband who is trying to help me, having to pee every 30 minutes or so, being a bit hungry despite the protein shakes etc.etc. Not a happy camper today. My ears get more involved by the hour and it is definitely a horror to swallow. On the up side I think my uvula is less swollen, I don’t gag so much anymore.
I went out for some air and throat lozenges today. A trip that normally takes 15-20 minutes return by foot, took over an hour today. I had to stop all the time for standing still when I swallowed and just feeling miserable in general. I will not leave the house tomorrow.
This is what I know after today:
Throat lozenges is a good idea, helps you swallow
Chewing gum not so much
Every thing makes me pissed, I have a very short fuse
My voice is feeling better
I miss being able to sleep more than 2 hours straight
I am a bit hungry despite the shakes
I’m happy I bought books and roses to look at during my healing time
I like jelly candy, they go smoothly and easily down my throat
My ears will probably get worse
Avoiding hiccups, yawning and coughing like the plague
Spitting and blowing is an acquired skill
I didn’t bleed having a shower, yay!!
Even if my painkillers are stupid and weak I’m still terrified of missing my window
Terrified of what is to come painwise without proper pills to help me deal with it
Counting down the hours and days for next weekend and trying to pass time
Decided to take meds every two hours throughout the night, instead of every four. It helped a lot to be waking up more often to medicate/hydrate. Woke up in a fair amount of pain, that peaked after being up for an hour or so. I started to panic. When my boyfriend wrapped some ice around my neck and came to help me, I was nearly delirious. I was getting paranoid, thinking there was someone in my head controlling the pain. He made me some scrambled eggs with extra salt and literally fed them to me. It tasted so smooth, slippery salty– delicious. Then, I had some salty warm chicken broth. I think the amount of water I’m drinking has just got me on a salt craze. The rest of the day was more pain off and on– it comes in waves.
People have been trying to get me into Breaking Bad. I tried watching it, but seeing someone’s family fall apart because a man is struggling with the pain and debilitation of lung cancer doesn’t exactly make you feel better when you’re writhing it pain. I mean, I know he’s worse off than me but… bring on the 30 rock.
It’s just as much my head, ears and jaw as it is my throat. Just everything hurts. I ran the risk of not having enough pain doses to get me through the night, so I went two hours without from 9:30-11:30. I woke up at 11:30 in a panic. Throwing the blankets off of me, afraid if I inhaled too deeply it would make it hurt worse. It was very difficult to calm down enough to fall asleep again. Pain at night was same as always– waking up evert two hours in pain, but getting back to sleep.
Today is day 3 (2 days since op) and has so far been The most painful! I woke up this morning after a good sleep and struggled to swallow anything! I’ve been like that pretty much the entire day. I haven’t eaten anything but Popsicles, jelly, frozen yoghurt and pudding for 3 days and my tummy is grumbling madly and I’m also burping a bit which is quite out of the ordinary.
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, and it is my worst so far (I am just dreading days 5-7 now!). Surprisingly though, no ear pain as I’ve heard others report. Throat pain is worse, and much more mucus. I had to cough several times due to choking on mucus. But no bleeding. Since I went off the Lortab due to dizziness and vomiting, I switched to taking Tylenol at the highest safe dose possible. That seems to be taking the edge off for now, along with ice packs, Cloraseptic spray, and ice water. Drinking tons and tons of water. Uvula is still the size of my thumb though! When will this go down!? Very hard to swallow anything. I’ve only had yogurt, frozen yogurt, and a freeze pops until now. I finally tried mashed potatoes and gravy, which were wonderful! (real food!!! yeah!), and just had some scrambled eggs. If you haven’t tried scrambled eggs, you need to!!! If you make them buttery, they slide right down, and also sort of coat your throat with the butter, so even drinking water, I found, was easier!!! Scrambled eggs will be one of my meals each day! 🙂
Had an episode of nausea last night- I think my mom pushed “nutritious” food too soon on me and my stomach rebelled. No vomiting but I wouldn’t take my percocets incase that made it worse. So today I just stuck with fruit pops and my mom got me wonton soup which really hit the spot. The pain is still mainly under control with the 2 percs every 4 hours; going to decrease to 1 every 4 tomorrow if I remain stable. I’m just plugging along, trying not to worry about complications. I feel I’ve been very lucky so far.
Yep, this fun adventure without proper painmeds continues. Today has been harder as expected. (See my posts from day 1 &2,) I’m a 38 year old female with allergy to pain medicine so I can only take 2 paracetamol / Tylenol every 6 hours. Let me tell you, it doesn’t cut it, not by far, but without anything would have been impossible so I guess I shouldn’t complain.
I woke up every hour last night just counting down the time to be able to take the stupid pain killers. I’m annoyed with everything. My sweet husband who is trying to help me, having to pee every 30 minutes or so, being a bit hungry despite the protein shakes etc.etc. Not a happy camper today. My ears get more involved by the hour and it is definitely a horror to swallow. On the up side I think my uvula is less swollen, I don’t gag so much anymore.
I went out for some air and throat lozenges today. A trip that normally takes 15-20 minutes return by foot, took over an hour today. I had to stop all the time for standing still when I swallowed and just feeling miserable in general. I will not leave the house tomorrow.
This is what I know after today:
Throat lozenges is a good idea, helps you swallow
Chewing gum not so much
Every thing makes me pissed, I have a very short fuse
My voice is feeling better
I miss being able to sleep more than 2 hours straight
I am a bit hungry despite the shakes
I’m happy I bought books and roses to look at during my healing time
I like jelly candy, they go smoothly and easily down my throat
My ears will probably get worse
Avoiding hiccups, yawning and coughing like the plague
Spitting and blowing is an acquired skill
I didn’t bleed having a shower, yay!!
Even if my painkillers are stupid and weak I’m still terrified of missing my window
Terrified of what is to come painwise without proper pills to help me deal with it
Counting down the hours and days for next weekend and trying to pass time
The good times continue…..
Decided to take meds every two hours throughout the night, instead of every four. It helped a lot to be waking up more often to medicate/hydrate. Woke up in a fair amount of pain, that peaked after being up for an hour or so. I started to panic. When my boyfriend wrapped some ice around my neck and came to help me, I was nearly delirious. I was getting paranoid, thinking there was someone in my head controlling the pain. He made me some scrambled eggs with extra salt and literally fed them to me. It tasted so smooth, slippery salty– delicious. Then, I had some salty warm chicken broth. I think the amount of water I’m drinking has just got me on a salt craze. The rest of the day was more pain off and on– it comes in waves.
People have been trying to get me into Breaking Bad. I tried watching it, but seeing someone’s family fall apart because a man is struggling with the pain and debilitation of lung cancer doesn’t exactly make you feel better when you’re writhing it pain. I mean, I know he’s worse off than me but… bring on the 30 rock.
It’s just as much my head, ears and jaw as it is my throat. Just everything hurts. I ran the risk of not having enough pain doses to get me through the night, so I went two hours without from 9:30-11:30. I woke up at 11:30 in a panic. Throwing the blankets off of me, afraid if I inhaled too deeply it would make it hurt worse. It was very difficult to calm down enough to fall asleep again. Pain at night was same as always– waking up evert two hours in pain, but getting back to sleep.
Today is day 3 (2 days since op) and has so far been The most painful! I woke up this morning after a good sleep and struggled to swallow anything! I’ve been like that pretty much the entire day. I haven’t eaten anything but Popsicles, jelly, frozen yoghurt and pudding for 3 days and my tummy is grumbling madly and I’m also burping a bit which is quite out of the ordinary.