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: 12/22/12
Cannot even keep water down today. ;( I got released from the hospital today even though I was still fighting a little bit of a fever and my blood pressure. The pain got worse even time I would swallow and of course throw up. I can’t wait to feel better with Christmas coming up.
Day3. Still taking the colace. The Dr. wrote for my antibiotic (Biaxin) to be liquid form. OMG!!!! Give me a tablet. Its horrid. Chalky, grainy, supposed to taste like Fruit punch. But totally doesnt. If your getting ready for surgery- get tablet or pill form! I have to take 1/4 or 1/2 a tablet of percocet about 30-45 minutes before I try to take my antibiotic. I also try to eat something at the same time, works better that way. I was trying to be strong still (still stupid) and go for hours and hours like 9 or so between pain pills. not a good idea. So, what Ive started doing is taking 1/2 or 1/4 of a percocet about every 4 hours. I dont expect to be pain free, but I expect the percocet to take the edge off and make it tolerable. Which it does. This timing and amount works great for me.
My husband can set a clock by my bathroom movements. So I’m worried about not mooning john and making him flush- so I started to sip 2tsp of mag citrate couple times today. Didnt want a mass exodus, just a lil. Maybe TMI, but I’m sure I’m not the only one. Didnt work today.
Day 3:
After spending literally all night throwing up the nothingness that was in my stomach, I took a good long nap on day three. Since I switched to the advil instead of the vicodin, and started taking anti-nausea pills every six hours, day three is really okay. Which doesn’t sound so great, but I’m good with okay right now. I’ll take it.
The only downside to day three (and it only lasted a few hours) was the extremely sore throat I woke up with from all the vomiting last night. I hardly ate anything or talked to anyone all day, and I even asked them not to talk to me unless it was necessary. I kept drinking ice water, although it stung all the way down. My mom also made me some really yummy soup, but I only ate a few spoonfuls before I gave up from the pain. It wasn’t worth it to me.
However, after the advil kicked in and a good nap, I was able to get down about five M&Ms!
I was able to call some more family members, and talked to a few of my friends.
Day three was sort of boring. Nothing exciting; just watched TV, read, slept, and barely ate.
Today has been Truly awful! The pain in my throat and ears has reached a nearly untolerable level. I’m taking the roxicet every 3 hours, but I’m getting to where I dread taking it because it burns so bad!
The bright spot in my day was a smoothie (strawberry, bandanna, and apple juice with vanilla protein powder) I was only able to get about 4 oz down, but I figures better than nothing. I tried chocolate pudding but it also felt like acid going down.
My biggest concern tonight is I keep coughing. The kind of cough where you think you can’t breathe if you don’t get out whatever it is that is blocking the airway. I desperately try not to since it seems an Inhumane form of torture.
I have made a collar out of ice bags, this way everything gets cold and gets some minor relief.
Sorry if I am complaining to much, but no one here understands why I’m not talking and eating yet. This is the one place I feel people understand what I’m going thru.
Hope everyone manages to get some rest. I’ll be on day 4 tomorrow….. I’m hoping for a better day while trying to mentally prepare for worse.
Ugh last night didn’t go as well as the previous 2 nights. Pain keeps getting worse and no my ears and jaw are joining in. I also have a feeling of needing to cough to clear my throat and chest, but I keep not doing it. Don’t want to do anything that would increase my risk for bleeding.
Tried some Mac and cheese last night, who would ave thought it would be so evil to have ha few pieces! I won’t be trying that again for awhile!!
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: 12/22/12
Cannot even keep water down today. ;( I got released from the hospital today even though I was still fighting a little bit of a fever and my blood pressure. The pain got worse even time I would swallow and of course throw up. I can’t wait to feel better with Christmas coming up.
Day3. Still taking the colace. The Dr. wrote for my antibiotic (Biaxin) to be liquid form. OMG!!!! Give me a tablet. Its horrid. Chalky, grainy, supposed to taste like Fruit punch. But totally doesnt. If your getting ready for surgery- get tablet or pill form! I have to take 1/4 or 1/2 a tablet of percocet about 30-45 minutes before I try to take my antibiotic. I also try to eat something at the same time, works better that way. I was trying to be strong still (still stupid) and go for hours and hours like 9 or so between pain pills. not a good idea. So, what Ive started doing is taking 1/2 or 1/4 of a percocet about every 4 hours. I dont expect to be pain free, but I expect the percocet to take the edge off and make it tolerable. Which it does. This timing and amount works great for me.
My husband can set a clock by my bathroom movements. So I’m worried about not mooning john and making him flush- so I started to sip 2tsp of mag citrate couple times today. Didnt want a mass exodus, just a lil. Maybe TMI, but I’m sure I’m not the only one. Didnt work today.
Day 3:
After spending literally all night throwing up the nothingness that was in my stomach, I took a good long nap on day three. Since I switched to the advil instead of the vicodin, and started taking anti-nausea pills every six hours, day three is really okay. Which doesn’t sound so great, but I’m good with okay right now. I’ll take it.
The only downside to day three (and it only lasted a few hours) was the extremely sore throat I woke up with from all the vomiting last night. I hardly ate anything or talked to anyone all day, and I even asked them not to talk to me unless it was necessary. I kept drinking ice water, although it stung all the way down. My mom also made me some really yummy soup, but I only ate a few spoonfuls before I gave up from the pain. It wasn’t worth it to me.
However, after the advil kicked in and a good nap, I was able to get down about five M&Ms!
I was able to call some more family members, and talked to a few of my friends.
Day three was sort of boring. Nothing exciting; just watched TV, read, slept, and barely ate.
Today has been Truly awful! The pain in my throat and ears has reached a nearly untolerable level. I’m taking the roxicet every 3 hours, but I’m getting to where I dread taking it because it burns so bad!
The bright spot in my day was a smoothie (strawberry, bandanna, and apple juice with vanilla protein powder) I was only able to get about 4 oz down, but I figures better than nothing. I tried chocolate pudding but it also felt like acid going down.
My biggest concern tonight is I keep coughing. The kind of cough where you think you can’t breathe if you don’t get out whatever it is that is blocking the airway. I desperately try not to since it seems an Inhumane form of torture.
I have made a collar out of ice bags, this way everything gets cold and gets some minor relief.
Sorry if I am complaining to much, but no one here understands why I’m not talking and eating yet. This is the one place I feel people understand what I’m going thru.
Hope everyone manages to get some rest. I’ll be on day 4 tomorrow….. I’m hoping for a better day while trying to mentally prepare for worse.
Ugh last night didn’t go as well as the previous 2 nights. Pain keeps getting worse and no my ears and jaw are joining in. I also have a feeling of needing to cough to clear my throat and chest, but I keep not doing it. Don’t want to do anything that would increase my risk for bleeding.
Tried some Mac and cheese last night, who would ave thought it would be so evil to have ha few pieces! I won’t be trying that again for awhile!!
Pain meds are kicking in, so will be back later.
Wishing everyone a speedy recovery