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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-Greg Tooke My short bio
- 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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Day 5, I woke up around 2 am with the hiccups, tried 1/2 dose of pain meds every 2 hours. All in all the hiccups went away, which I am most thankful for. Slept a few hours throughout the day. The throat and ear pain is intense today. Everything is very very sore – my mouth, gums, teeth, throat, tongue, face, etc. I am concerned that this pain is going to remain this intense and I am almost out of pain meds. Picked up liquid Tylenol just in case. Scabs look ok. Very painful to swallow anything, but frozen Popsicles and refrigerated pudding are good. Also tried room temp beef broth.
Well I am starting into day 5. Day 4 was really rough, some of it was probably because I was late on some of my pain meds but there must have been other things… I went 8 hours without my pain meds over the night and it was not too bad so I am going to try to back off to half doses of my pain meds to see if I can get rid of my nausea. So far the pain seems to be just fine as long as I keep to soft foods. We will see as the day goes on. My sleep schedule is now a complete mess but you know as long as I recover I’m ok with that.
-Matt F.
Day 5… was ay-ok!!
As far as pain goes, it was peaking at 3.5 / 10 whilst swallowing, and very little discomfort the rest of the time. I have not been taking my meds on time, but luckily today that doesnt seem to have effected the pain in any way.
I have been continuing to force down ‘solids’, I ate a banana, shredded wheat (cereal), and a fish pie, and all went down easily. Which I am thankful for, because if I was on soups and ice cream all day then the hunger would probably make me feel sick. I really cant stress how much eating solids has helped my recovery so far.
Seem to be in a bad routine of falling alseep (uncontrollably) around 5-6pm, and waking up in some pain, it is the only part of the day when I dont feel great. Im not sure if napping is helpful at all.
All in all, the worst apect so far is STILL the putrid taste coming from the ‘healing area’… but I’m too scared to gargle, I just know I’ll end up swallowing it all and coughing up a gut.
Bring on day 6, Ive been advised the pain is going to intensify over the next two days, but so far so good.
Hi Samantha, Don’t be afraid of gargling…i did for the first time yesterday day 3 for me at the advice of my surgeons nurse. I had/have a lot of thick saliva and mucus that was driving me nuts so she said to gargle w/ warm salt water and it has been helping. Just do a little if you’re afraid. Its better to practice with the salt water in case you have to stop the bleeding later on and have to use the peroxide solution (you don’t want to swallow that by accident). I hope this has helped!!! I’m glad to be able to help someone…
Best of luck and keep positing!!!
The night of day three I got very little sleep, then (against my doctors orders) took a 13 hour car ride to CT to be with family for the rest of my recovery. I did pretty well during the trip, kept up with the pain meds, talked too much and ate very little. Last night the pain came back pretty strong and was hit with a wave of exhaustion and hunger. I cried and that made everything so much worse. All night and so far today (day 5) have been by far the worst. I’m on very strong meds which make my stomach feel so sick. I already struggle with stomach issues so eating nothing but apple sauce and soup broth is causing me so much problems. But if I try to put off taking my meds to give my stomach a break the pain in my throat, neck, and ears becomes so overwhelming that just opening my mouth to eat my pills in apple sauce makes me cry. This is my own fault for not just staying put and resting, the first couple days didn’t seem that unbearable but I am reallllly paying for over doing it yesterday.
So here i am on day five and I have to say this hasn’t been as bad I as expected, I wud say its a horrible thing to go through but the pain is managable imo! I did however call my doctors on day 2 and said i wasn’t coping with the pain very well, so they would give me stronger painmeds! This wasnt the case I was infact coping ok but fromwot I had read about the pain becoming unbearable by day 5, i wanted to b prepared for this! I would advise everybody to do this, you don’t get anything if you dont ask! Without hestitation they prescribed me tramodol and Naproxen, although I waited for my pain to become very bad before i switched and by day 4 i was ready let me tell you lol! These drugs are amaxing for me, when they have kicked in i barely feel any pain and they last rite up until my last hour of taking next pills! They have been great they just knock me out fr 2-3 hours, going into lovely deep sleep! So anybody out there not coping very well dont just suffer, call your docs demand stronger pain meds! I have managed to eat dinner and tea everyday and have been eating toast every day which i think really helps your recovery, it is strongly advised here in the UK! I must say I dont think I wud of coped very well just on the codeine, paracetamol and ibuprofen! Then again I wouldnt go as far to say I would rather go through child birth again! hell no lol! Wish everybody a speedy recovery!
(god my phn hates this site, it goes crazy! So annoying it jumps all over! Only took me half hr to post comment Haha!). Xx