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 realized that eating a white soft bread is less painful than anything semisolid that has a flavour – it’ s the vegetables, salt and fruit that hurts when it touches the scabs. I almost cried over a mixed vegetable soup or banana smoothie but bread seems ok. Glad that I won’t die from hunger afterall. Lost around 4 kilograms but I was a skinny girl already before the op.
My advice to you who don’t have the humifidier: hold a wet towel in front of your mouth when you go to sleep. It helped me a lot, your mouth and nose cavity will stay moist. I also hanged wet towels in the room to make the air colder and less dry.
My fifth- sixth day’s night was horrible. I havent had any big pains before but last night i woke up with ridiculous pain on one side, shooting to jaw, tongue and ear. My jaw was swollen so i couldn’t open my mouth properly and drinking water was pure hell. Painkillers didn’t help so i panicked and went to the hospital. They said i developed an inflamation on one of the scabs and gave me a penicillin shot and something else to stop the swelling. I must go there tommorow again for the shot. I wonder why the hell doctors don’t prescribe antibiotics right away after the surgery, so people can avoid this. I have been eating quite normally before that, and now I’m again on clear boujon, popsicles and ice tea.
My right side still hurts and I am on day 12! It has really only been the right side for the last week that has hurt. Seems odd, but I have read the same thing from so many other people that it sounds normal…. Just not fun =(
Smell is so bad!!! I can’t sleep because of the smell coming from my throat! Pain is still at like 6 and trying not to take as much pain meds (liquid roxicet) which I think at this point is just contributing to the terrible smell. Ears and jaw are still killing me but finally able to drink cold water without wanting to die. Any suggestions for the smell? I’ve been brushing my teeth as often as possible and gargling with salt water and alcohol free mouth wash (which hurts like hell afterwards). I also can barely open my mouth, I’ve tried to look in my throat, but I can barely open it enough to see anything. From what I can see, it is still VERY white and swollen.
It’s so great to read all this. I had my tonsils removed the 27th and even though everyone is very supporting and sweet and caring etc. They also all seem to think it’s a very simple procedure with a short recovery time. Which is not true, i now know. I do not recognise any of the meds discribed here, i only got paracetamol but ive been mixing it with diclofenac which sometimes helps and sometimes well, just doesnt…. And i find myself crying but… Not to hard because crying also hurts like hell!
Glad that ive been able to eat ‘vla’ which is dutch custard but after this i dont think i will eat it ever again 🙂
I am also at day 6 and I feel like my family members are very much “over” this recovery, like they can’t figure out why I am still in pain. Kind of sad that after like day 4 everybody seems to care a lot less… =(. Though, my boyfriend has remained to be amazing!!!!
So funny, I totally agree! My husband has been great and pushing for me to rest but I feel like everyone else is like, ok it’s been 5 days, shouldn’t u be out of bed by now? What’s the big deal, little kids have it done all the time… Ha if they only knew the excruciating pain involved w this procedure!
I’m on Dafalgan Codeïne 500 mg, which is paracetemol with codeïne, and it works for me, although on a really painful day i take six (1 every 4 hours) of them which is really the maximum amount you can take…
I realized that eating a white soft bread is less painful than anything semisolid that has a flavour – it’ s the vegetables, salt and fruit that hurts when it touches the scabs. I almost cried over a mixed vegetable soup or banana smoothie but bread seems ok. Glad that I won’t die from hunger afterall. Lost around 4 kilograms but I was a skinny girl already before the op.
My advice to you who don’t have the humifidier: hold a wet towel in front of your mouth when you go to sleep. It helped me a lot, your mouth and nose cavity will stay moist. I also hanged wet towels in the room to make the air colder and less dry.
My fifth- sixth day’s night was horrible. I havent had any big pains before but last night i woke up with ridiculous pain on one side, shooting to jaw, tongue and ear. My jaw was swollen so i couldn’t open my mouth properly and drinking water was pure hell. Painkillers didn’t help so i panicked and went to the hospital. They said i developed an inflamation on one of the scabs and gave me a penicillin shot and something else to stop the swelling. I must go there tommorow again for the shot. I wonder why the hell doctors don’t prescribe antibiotics right away after the surgery, so people can avoid this. I have been eating quite normally before that, and now I’m again on clear boujon, popsicles and ice tea.
That’s crazy! My doctor gave me antibiotics to take…I’m still crazy miserable on day 6 tho!
My right side still hurts and I am on day 12! It has really only been the right side for the last week that has hurt. Seems odd, but I have read the same thing from so many other people that it sounds normal…. Just not fun =(
Smell is so bad!!! I can’t sleep because of the smell coming from my throat! Pain is still at like 6 and trying not to take as much pain meds (liquid roxicet) which I think at this point is just contributing to the terrible smell. Ears and jaw are still killing me but finally able to drink cold water without wanting to die. Any suggestions for the smell? I’ve been brushing my teeth as often as possible and gargling with salt water and alcohol free mouth wash (which hurts like hell afterwards). I also can barely open my mouth, I’ve tried to look in my throat, but I can barely open it enough to see anything. From what I can see, it is still VERY white and swollen.
Try chewing gum..
It’s so great to read all this. I had my tonsils removed the 27th and even though everyone is very supporting and sweet and caring etc. They also all seem to think it’s a very simple procedure with a short recovery time. Which is not true, i now know. I do not recognise any of the meds discribed here, i only got paracetamol but ive been mixing it with diclofenac which sometimes helps and sometimes well, just doesnt…. And i find myself crying but… Not to hard because crying also hurts like hell!
Glad that ive been able to eat ‘vla’ which is dutch custard but after this i dont think i will eat it ever again 🙂
Maybe ask your doctor for stronger meds? Paracetamol is good but you need stronger
I am also at day 6 and I feel like my family members are very much “over” this recovery, like they can’t figure out why I am still in pain. Kind of sad that after like day 4 everybody seems to care a lot less… =(. Though, my boyfriend has remained to be amazing!!!!
So funny, I totally agree! My husband has been great and pushing for me to rest but I feel like everyone else is like, ok it’s been 5 days, shouldn’t u be out of bed by now? What’s the big deal, little kids have it done all the time… Ha if they only knew the excruciating pain involved w this procedure!
I’m on Dafalgan Codeïne 500 mg, which is paracetemol with codeïne, and it works for me, although on a really painful day i take six (1 every 4 hours) of them which is really the maximum amount you can take…