A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their sixth day of recovery
From thousands of post comments to the forum I have assembled a sampling of various accounts and impressions of tonsillectomy recovery for each day. Below I share comments about tonsillectomy day 6. 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.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 Scabs bleeding! : I can only eat popsicles. That is all.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : At 5:30am, I started to panic because I coughed a lot and when I spit up some saliva in a tissue (which I have a habit of doing to see if there is any blood); I saw a slight hue of red. RED=BLOOD! So, of course I got nervous. After drinking some water, I tasted some blood but I didn’t see anymore and I was able to swallow with a bit more ease. It wasn’t the full scab that came off, but a piece of the scab on the right side. When I woke up, I drank water and felt a burst of pain in my ear and stinging in my throat for a couple minutes. When I brushed my teeth this morning, there was a little more blood when I spit into the sink, so I’m assuming I lost a little more of the scab. I’ve been sucking on ice chips the past few days and it really feels nice on my throat. I ate applesauce and soup today with a little ease. I’ve notice my ears get worse when I eat. I was craving pizza tonight and it was sitting on the counter (my family had it for dinner), so, I decided to be a champ and try it. I was able to eat all of the toppings off of a slice of pizza minus the spicy pepperoni. Let me tell you, it was a blessing! I tried gargling with cold water and even though I refuse to look at my throat, I can tell that it feel fresher and cleaner. Good news – I was able to swallow the amoxicillin today; it feels awesome because if I had to eat another cup of jell-o and medication, I’d die! Fifth day post-op and I actually stepped foot out of my house today. Since we have a huge snow storm, I had to make sure I was fully covered. Nevertheless, even though I only sat in the car, it felt good – it was progress! I was told that taking a warm shower before bed will help moisten my throat and potentially prevent coughing at night, so I tried it.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 scabs Healing
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Day 6 and the pain is just about the same as yesterday, but that relentless ache is exhausting. I know there’s a light at the end of the tunnel (and it’s not a train) but when I am tired and weak and freaking out because my Mom went home and my husband decided to sleep in this morning leaving me to take care of my nearly 7 year old son…. Well, I got a little teary.
My husband took a gander at my throat today and declared it “gross, but healing.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Day 6 = Ouch
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : day 6 here and I have to say, it definitely has been the hardest two days so far. I am spent and am sick of not eating the way i want to. I have been sticking to cold drinks and liquid meals. Spoke with my PA today and she said to do my best to keep the scabs on for a minimum 10days by drinking tons of liquids. The longer they stay on, the better the new skin underneath will be…so I am doing all I can to keep these puppies attached. I have given up on eating anything warm or slightly solid,I just want this over with!!
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Yeah, so I slept for about 12 hours. But now I think sleeping that long was the worst idea ever! My hot pot ran out of water and I wasn’t sipping on water for those 12 hours. I just drank a smoothie mix every 4 hours to take my meds. I woke up with about 8/10 pain, tried to get up and passed out in the hallway. Oh Joy! My ears are killing me!
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Side note, i have lost like 12 lbs. Probably not healthily as all i have consumed it water, gatorade, jello and apple sauce. Those products are not known for their nutritional content. I have made two healthy juice drinks using my juicer, but don’t think that compensates for the lack of nutrients for the last week.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : The pain is rather terrible today, it was much worse last night.
At about 3am i woke up with pain, it was as if someone was stabbing my throat with a needle or pin
and i woke up this morning with blood in my mouth. Not a lot but it still scared me! I rinsed my mouth with ice water and sucked a piece of ice and it stopped.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Day 6- good morning, post op app’t- stints in nose removed, I can BREATHE again 🙂 went shopping at the mall for a few hours after- got home exhausted & later in pain ;(
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Recovery Day 6 (post-op day 7):
Another day filled with pain. Was able to drink an ensure today but did not eat much. Was able to eat some popsicles. During the evening time had horrible pain shooting from the right side of my throat and it felt like a burning feeling when I would drink anything almost as if I was drinking acid even when I drank water. Had to take a bit more Lortab to curve the pain. Looked at my throat with a flashlight for the first time since the surgery and it looked like a battle zone in there. Lots of white coating all over the tonsil beds and my uvula is still swollen very large and kind of sticking to one of the sides of my throat. Could see the white scabs as well.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 : Day 6: I cried over applesauce and pudding. It hurts to swallow, I can’t yawn and just try to blow your nose without wanting to fall over and die. This pain is ridiculous. I woke up in the middle of the night with a dry throat and more pain than I could imagine so I dragged myself downstairs and forced down some pain meds to help me take the pain.
Tonsillectomy Day 6 :day 6 of my recovery and in the worst pain ever. I thought I was on the mend, only having pain on the one side but then I started to cough, and it kept me up all of last night and all of that white membrane over the surgery site is starting to come off as well as some of the scabs… is that normal? I am very scared that with my coughing it’s going to cause issues that will result in another surgery.
I wish I would have seen this sooner. I had my tonsils out Dec. 26th so this is day 6 for me. I’m up at 2-3 am everything morning becauae the pain is so bad. I just wanna sleep. I have no energy at all. And my ears are killing me. I’m 26 years old and I have a two year old. My mom kept my son for the first four days while my husband took.care of me. But now I have to go back to work tomorrow where I talk on the phone all day and I don’t think i can do it. I have been eating pretty well. I don’t feel like my pain is as bad as others have posted. I drink constantly ( Dr told me I would heal faster) and I’ve eaten since the day of surgery. Ive had ramen noodles. Mac and cheese, soup, fish, lots of ice cream and jello. But i want a cheeseburger and pizza really bad lol!
Day 6:
It’s CHRISTMAS! Happy holidays, everyone! So I took it easy yesterday (partly because of the agonizing pain and party because I was prepping for Christmas dinner) I think today went well. All I ate for dinner was mashed potatoes and corn. I was okay with this and had hardly any pain swallowing… until I decided to add turkey to the mix. Why must I always overdo it? Well, I added turkey and that’s when I started getting the scrapey feeling when I swallowed. I waited a little while to let my throat cool off (I did this while drinking plenty of ice water) and after that had some apple pie with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. I only allowed myself to eat apple pie because I knew the ice cream would cool off my throat and would let the pie slide down my throat easily, which it did.
I was a happy camper.
I’ve stuck to my new routine of taking my liquid vicodin in the mornings after I wake up and at night right before I go to bed. During the day all I do is drink lots of ice water, which seems to be doing the trick. I don’t think it hurt that today I also got to open my Christmas presents. That definitely put me in a good mood.
Overall, I’m not getting nauseous anymore (even without taking my anti-nausea pills) and eating and swallowing in general is getting better.
Could this be the beginning of the light at the end of the tunnel?? I’m not saying I see the light yet, because this still sucks, but maybe I’m getting there!
Went back to work today. I make a living from speaking on the phone and today was a little rough. After several phone conversations my voice was shot. I lasted 6 hours and had to call it a day. Not a bad decision as the weather is dreadful with snow, sleet and freezing rain.
Again it’s the pain meds that make this tolerable. I’m exhausted from lack of good sleep but I believe I’m right at the turning point and I should be better tomorrow. Hang in there folks, it does get better.
Definatly think I overdid things yesterday. Last night after we got back home the pain increased dramatically. I continued taking 5 ml of roxicet every 3 hours and added 1 50 mg tramadon every 6 hours, kept my ice packs on and kept the humidifier on.
Waking up this morning to day 6 pain is still high but noticed it has changed. It must be something with the scabs. All I know is it’s intense with incredible ear pain. Continuing my med schedule, ice pack regimine, back to liquids, and no talking.
I don’t know if the increase in psi is from overdoing it yesterday with our Christmas at the inlaws or if I’m just at that point in my recovery. Either way, I know it will pass in time so I’m just gonna take it easy and take it day by day.
Just looked at my scabs and have come to the conclusion that they are workin on comming off. There are areas that have a bright red appearance ( explaining why water stings). The worst part I’m finding is the taste that belching brings up. Yuck!!! The taste from the scabs makes me nauseous . Any suggestions??
I’m 19 years old and today is day 6. After the morphine fully left my system during day 2, it was evident how painful this would be. Everyone said how the older you were the more painful it is and boy were they right. I’ve broken my collar bone twice and have torn my labrum and neither of those could compare to the amount of physical pain this tonsillectomy is causing. Haven’t eaten to much but I find things like bread (Loaded with butter, even though I’m not a fan) is easy to eat very soft and provides you with a ton of calories. It sucks it’s Christmas Eve and I won’t be able to eat any regular food or Christmas candy. But every minute is a minute closer to being done.
and a HUMIDIFIER has proven to be the best thing I have bought all year. It keeps the air in your room moist especially over night, which will keep your throat moist. This prevents “dagger-swallowing” pain in the morning and can even lead to a slightly quicker recovery. The more moist the throat stays the quicker it can heal
I wish I would have seen this sooner. I had my tonsils out Dec. 26th so this is day 6 for me. I’m up at 2-3 am everything morning becauae the pain is so bad. I just wanna sleep. I have no energy at all. And my ears are killing me. I’m 26 years old and I have a two year old. My mom kept my son for the first four days while my husband took.care of me. But now I have to go back to work tomorrow where I talk on the phone all day and I don’t think i can do it. I have been eating pretty well. I don’t feel like my pain is as bad as others have posted. I drink constantly ( Dr told me I would heal faster) and I’ve eaten since the day of surgery. Ive had ramen noodles. Mac and cheese, soup, fish, lots of ice cream and jello. But i want a cheeseburger and pizza really bad lol!
Day 6:
It’s CHRISTMAS! Happy holidays, everyone! So I took it easy yesterday (partly because of the agonizing pain and party because I was prepping for Christmas dinner) I think today went well. All I ate for dinner was mashed potatoes and corn. I was okay with this and had hardly any pain swallowing… until I decided to add turkey to the mix. Why must I always overdo it? Well, I added turkey and that’s when I started getting the scrapey feeling when I swallowed. I waited a little while to let my throat cool off (I did this while drinking plenty of ice water) and after that had some apple pie with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. I only allowed myself to eat apple pie because I knew the ice cream would cool off my throat and would let the pie slide down my throat easily, which it did.
I was a happy camper.
I’ve stuck to my new routine of taking my liquid vicodin in the mornings after I wake up and at night right before I go to bed. During the day all I do is drink lots of ice water, which seems to be doing the trick. I don’t think it hurt that today I also got to open my Christmas presents. That definitely put me in a good mood.
Overall, I’m not getting nauseous anymore (even without taking my anti-nausea pills) and eating and swallowing in general is getting better.
Could this be the beginning of the light at the end of the tunnel?? I’m not saying I see the light yet, because this still sucks, but maybe I’m getting there!
December 26, Day 6:
Went back to work today. I make a living from speaking on the phone and today was a little rough. After several phone conversations my voice was shot. I lasted 6 hours and had to call it a day. Not a bad decision as the weather is dreadful with snow, sleet and freezing rain.
Again it’s the pain meds that make this tolerable. I’m exhausted from lack of good sleep but I believe I’m right at the turning point and I should be better tomorrow. Hang in there folks, it does get better.
Definatly think I overdid things yesterday. Last night after we got back home the pain increased dramatically. I continued taking 5 ml of roxicet every 3 hours and added 1 50 mg tramadon every 6 hours, kept my ice packs on and kept the humidifier on.
Waking up this morning to day 6 pain is still high but noticed it has changed. It must be something with the scabs. All I know is it’s intense with incredible ear pain. Continuing my med schedule, ice pack regimine, back to liquids, and no talking.
I don’t know if the increase in psi is from overdoing it yesterday with our Christmas at the inlaws or if I’m just at that point in my recovery. Either way, I know it will pass in time so I’m just gonna take it easy and take it day by day.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Just looked at my scabs and have come to the conclusion that they are workin on comming off. There are areas that have a bright red appearance ( explaining why water stings). The worst part I’m finding is the taste that belching brings up. Yuck!!! The taste from the scabs makes me nauseous . Any suggestions??
try gently gargling with 1 tablespoon salt dissolved into 8 oz cool water add 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 2-3 times daily.
I’m 19 years old and today is day 6. After the morphine fully left my system during day 2, it was evident how painful this would be. Everyone said how the older you were the more painful it is and boy were they right. I’ve broken my collar bone twice and have torn my labrum and neither of those could compare to the amount of physical pain this tonsillectomy is causing. Haven’t eaten to much but I find things like bread (Loaded with butter, even though I’m not a fan) is easy to eat very soft and provides you with a ton of calories. It sucks it’s Christmas Eve and I won’t be able to eat any regular food or Christmas candy. But every minute is a minute closer to being done.
and a HUMIDIFIER has proven to be the best thing I have bought all year. It keeps the air in your room moist especially over night, which will keep your throat moist. This prevents “dagger-swallowing” pain in the morning and can even lead to a slightly quicker recovery. The more moist the throat stays the quicker it can heal