Tonsillectomy Recovery Day by Day
Day 5
A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their fifth 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 5. 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 5 : Can I take the pain killers every two hours?
- Oh God. PAIN. …And why am I constipated??
- So, the pain is a little better today. I took Tylenol at 2:00am and didn’t need it again until 12:00pm – I’d consider that progress! The coughing is still present. I’m trying to avoid it, but it’s harder than you think. There isn’t much to say about today. I’m talking a little more, but don’t want to strain my voice even more, so I’m still writing a lot down. I had soup again today and canned peaches are awesome – even though I had to puree them. All in all, the throat is feeling okay; the ears – still painful.
- Day 5 and so far it has been pretty tolerable
- Day 5: so today i woke up feeling pretty good, my throat was a little tender but once i took the meds the pain was almost gone and i didn’t need to have any ice or Popsicles. i ate some noodles and pesto sauce. drank water and coca-cola and had some ice cream. I ate potato smileys for dinner. they went down pretty well although thier was a little pain but once i drank some pop it went away. The scabs fell off today as well and i didn’t feel it at all just the occasional tickle and i could feel them hanging down but then i looked in the mirror and they were just gone, so i’m assuming that i just swallowed them :s ( kinda gross)
- Day 5 and still not getting better. When does it start getting better?! Im nauseous all the time because I have no food in my stomach but i have to take my pain meds because the pain is incredible! I started out weighing apprx 108lbs and weighed myself today and I weigh 101lbs. I hope I dont lose much more. This is depressing
- Day 5 for me and definitely the worst day yet…woke up so nauseated and was so nervous about throwing up and ripping a scab off..got a hold of my doctor who ordered me some anti Nausea med’s
- Day 5. I’m very thankful that I’ve had a great recovery so far. No major pain other than a sore throat. Today I substituted a dose of the Hydrocodone for a dose of ibuprofen and am doing well. I’ve been eating since the very first day (applesauce, grits, milkshake)
- Day 5 and I had my best night sleep yet last night. Had to stop by Drs office yesterday. My tongue felt swollen and getting a lot of itching with the Roxicet. He said I was doing fine. Still taking Benadryl at night though. I find if I talk I pay for it later on so trying to talk as little as possible. Went to my office for an hour to do payroll but had to leave as I wanted to talk. Still eating good and no stomach issues at all. Hoping to get out of the house tomorrow even just to take a short walk.
- Throat is a little more tender today, and ears hurt when i swallow now. From what i have read/heard it is just the progression of the healing.
- Day 5-7–nothing exciting to tell, tried to eat a few more interesting things, but throat hurt too much since I wasn’t taking pain meds. Soft boiled eggs were my friend. Getting bored being home by myself all day so I went shopping for an hour and had to come home and take a nap!
- day 5 and so far it has been pretty tolerable. First day I had only soft food and lots of coke and water but from day 2 I ate normally. Doctor prescribed Voltaren 100mg suppositories which works like a charm for 8 hours, the 4 hours before the next dose however is excrutiating to say the least.
- Day 5- horrible morning, good during day.
- Recovery Day 5 (post-op day 6):This day was pretty much a blur. More pain and not a lot of food or water. Was in too much agony to do much of anything. Taking the liquid Tylenol and chasing it with a teaspoon of lortab each dose time.
- Tonsillectomy Day 5 : Day 5: I am still trying to just get through the day. I sleep much better at night and have noticed a major difference in how I feel; I have more energy and I feel rested after sleeping. I cried today over mashed potatoes and small curd cottage cheese. I am not a happy camper.
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Am,chayan..today i have 6th day after tonsil surgery.i alwage want to cry and now i am writting and crying this comments.very pain and can’t eat anything.very difficult to swallow..”betadine and hydrogen peroxide prescribed me to girgle.my phone no is.. 919435002695 but i don’t know that i can talk.plz for how many days this pain will be during…
Chayan, make sure you call your doctor and see if there’s anything else they can prescribe for you. You should definitely have prescriptions for your pain and if it’s not working, they can increase the dose or give you something else.
Even after a late-night trip to the ER for morphine that dulled the pain, it was right back the next morning. My mom kept waking me up every hour to try to get me to drink 8+ ounces of water but it hurt so bad to swallow. Felt like someone was stabbing me in the neck/throat every time.
My mom updated my doctor and he called a pain management expert at the hospital for me to go see. He was great and understood the awful pain because he has gotten his tonsils out at 29 and still remembers it as the worst experience of his life. He gave me a nerve blocker injection in my neck to dull the pain on the worst side. The injection only took 10 minutes and didn’t hurt at all, although they did give me an IV with anesthesia and oxygen. It definitely dulled the shooting pains on my left side every time I swallow, so it was well worth it. Still hurts but maybe at a 6 or 7/10, rather than a 9.
I was able to eat some yogurt and some non-spicy meatballs, sliced into tiny pieces, along with some pastina (pasta shaped like teeny tiny stars) cooked with butter and olive oil. Since I haven’t been able to eat much, I’ve been drinking cans of Ensure to make sure I’m getting enough nutrients and not taking meds on an empty stomach. Other than that, I just keep drinking water, iced tea, Gatorade and apple juice.
My uvula is still really swollen. I can see the scabs forming on the white coating on the front part of my throat. The feeling of something stuck there is pretty annoying but I’m more scared about them coming off and causing bleeding and/or major pain. I’ve been gargling gently with lukewarm salt water a few times a day, to get any food/mucus out, but not much comes out.
Sounds like you’re doing it right. hang in there Alyssa
Well I made it thru day #5 things didn’t go to good today neck started to hurt really bad today and had some ear pain . I think it was because I had to stay in the house all day it was raining outside so I was pretty bored had a little trouble eating supper food did not want to go down and it hurt like hell to swallow .hopeing tomorrow will be a better day should get my tests back .at 62 you never no watts next just a Little scared to call dr will see all tomorrow .
I am currently on my 5th day of recovery. Had a rough night last nght. A lot of pain and swelling and this awful and I say awful taste in my mouth. It feel like im drowning in acid filth. I have been brushing my teeth several times just to help with smell and taste. I have been couhing just a little bit. Oatmeal have been my friend. Oatmeal and water. Eating the icecream is painful to me. I did have vomiting my second day had to call Dr. which presribe a anti nauseas med for me. i take that every 12hours if needed or not. just so that its in my system. HAPPY HEALING everyone. Another day is a day closer to this being behind us.
Hi Diane, I too have that horrible taste at the moment, any idea what it is, is it scabs forming?
I’m currently on day 5 of recovery. I slept quite well last night which ment I didn’t take my pain killers regulary & woke up in the worst pain this morning. After taking 2 lots of pain killers & sitting quietly for an hour I’m just starting to be able to sip on a little iced water which I find really helpful – makes my mouth feel fresher!
I’ve been coughing a lot the last couple of days which I’m finding quite worrying & incredibly painful. I’ve been coughing up a sort of pale greeny / brown mucus & since yesterday I’ve also been coughing up small bits of scab which is just so discusting! Is this normal? Trying to to cough as it can’t be good for my throught but it is so tickly all the time.
Going to take an anit-nausea pill soon & attempt to eat something for th day. I’m finding it easier to eat earlier on in the day as it seems I’m in more pain come the evening.
Also coughin quite a bit here flem. Called Dr and am waiting for his assistant to speak with him and call me back. Also, today I swished cold water around, did a light gargle and when I spit it out, small scabs came out as well. So it sounds normal. Yesterday I cut back on pain meds all day, but since 2:30 this morning I’m back to taking them every 4 hours…