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’m not sure what daybthisbis exactly for me but I’m going to go with 5-6. Last night was the worst night yet and had a hard time getting comfortable. Woke up in the middle of the night with pretty bad (but still manageable pain) I had a little bleeding last night after a dinner of mashed potatoes and mashed up carrots. Freaked me out a little bit but after some ice chips, ice water and an ice pack it stopped. Today has been ok, not too much pain and am still doing only 1/4 doses of the pain meds during the day. I’m down 8 pounds as of now and am pretty hungry which is annoying. Still surprised its been as easy as it has been!
I’m on day six of my tonsillectomy recovery, and my throat is feeling fine! Not a ton of pain, I am able to eat solid foods (like toast). The only thing thats absolutely killing me is the god awful taste and smell I’m experiencing from the scabs. I’ve never dealt with anything so gruesome and revolting before, in my entire life. It’s absolutely dreadful. I can’t eat anything without smelling it and tasting it. Gum and mints mask it for a little while, but then when I have to blow my nose or cough up phlegm, it comes back. It is SO DISGUSTING and I am counting down the seconds until these scabs fall off. I don’t even care about the little bit of pain, or the fatigue or stomach problems (from the opiates), I just want these scabs OUT! How long will it last? My dad is a doctor, and he said up to two weeks – I started crying. They should fall off soon…right?
Day 6: Last night at around 1 am i cleared my throat and spit up blood. It is probably because i ate a slice of bbq chicken pizza from Jet’s a few hours previous to the blood. I freaked out and went to my mom’s bed side and said ” I have blood”…. seriously… that is a direct quote. I sat at the kitchen table for about 2 hours sucking on ice from Sonic and pop sickles. I also drank three bottles of water. I suppose that the blood i coughed up was not a major problem because i have not seen anymore blood since then.
All-in-all day 6 has not been awful. I ate mac and cheese and top roman. My stomach was really upset and (the following is not for the faint of heart) i finally took my second poop since the surgery. The BM situation has been one of the hardest things for me to adjust to. It is really strange to go from pooing once a day to only going once every three or four days.
My pain is minimal and i only have taken one loratab today. I want to eat real food so bad. I am freaking out. I want it to end. Good Luck All.
I’m a 28 yr old female now on day 6 after my surgery I woke a 4 am with a pain that brought me to tears I’ve been trying to sparingly take my pain meds and bare through the pain but I immediately scuffled down 15 ml of lortab elixir and eagerly waited 30 mins for the shrieking pain to go away. I then fell asleep only to wake again at 9:45 am with the exact pain. The pain in my left ear is the worst by far of all of my post op days combined. I’ve only been able to consume pudding and jello sip apple juice and drink ice cold wAter. Yesterday I ventured off and tried mashed potatoes which were so delicious but now I regret eating because I think I over did it. I am praying that I will have less painful days from here on out I just can’t bare another early morning pain streak such as this one. Best wishes to all who are in the same boat as I
It is now day six of my recovery. Straight after my op, the nurse said I HAD to eat to make my throat heal quicker. About an hour after surgery I layed in the hospital bed and ate a bag of crisps, a white chocolate chip cookie, a turkey sandwich and a small slice of cake. After a few hours in recovery I was discharged from the hospital. The pain was around the same pain as i’d experience if I had tonsilitis. When I got home I was able to eat dinner easily, there was some pain with swallowing food but it was tollerable.
The day after my surgery up until day 6 have been okay so far. The pain isn’t as bad as I expected it to be. It is about the same amount of pain as one of my worst cases of tonsilitis i’ve had in the past. The only time when the pain is simply unbearable is when I consume things like orange juice or tomatoes.
The pain killers I have been given have made me drousy, tired and easily annoyed. This has been my main concern during my recovery.
The only thing I would say brace yourself for is the bad breath. Oh, dear god. I am not able to open my mouth wide enough to get to the back of my mouth when I’m brushing my teeth, nor am I able to give my tongue a good scrub.
Other than that, I have been fine! I’ve been able to eat, smoke, talk, and even sing at times. I guess I’m just having one of those good recoverys.
Too anyone who is debating whether to have a tonsillectomy or not – it’s defo worth it!
I’m not sure what daybthisbis exactly for me but I’m going to go with 5-6. Last night was the worst night yet and had a hard time getting comfortable. Woke up in the middle of the night with pretty bad (but still manageable pain) I had a little bleeding last night after a dinner of mashed potatoes and mashed up carrots. Freaked me out a little bit but after some ice chips, ice water and an ice pack it stopped. Today has been ok, not too much pain and am still doing only 1/4 doses of the pain meds during the day. I’m down 8 pounds as of now and am pretty hungry which is annoying. Still surprised its been as easy as it has been!
I’m on day six of my tonsillectomy recovery, and my throat is feeling fine! Not a ton of pain, I am able to eat solid foods (like toast). The only thing thats absolutely killing me is the god awful taste and smell I’m experiencing from the scabs. I’ve never dealt with anything so gruesome and revolting before, in my entire life. It’s absolutely dreadful. I can’t eat anything without smelling it and tasting it. Gum and mints mask it for a little while, but then when I have to blow my nose or cough up phlegm, it comes back. It is SO DISGUSTING and I am counting down the seconds until these scabs fall off. I don’t even care about the little bit of pain, or the fatigue or stomach problems (from the opiates), I just want these scabs OUT! How long will it last? My dad is a doctor, and he said up to two weeks – I started crying. They should fall off soon…right?
Day 6: Last night at around 1 am i cleared my throat and spit up blood. It is probably because i ate a slice of bbq chicken pizza from Jet’s a few hours previous to the blood. I freaked out and went to my mom’s bed side and said ” I have blood”…. seriously… that is a direct quote. I sat at the kitchen table for about 2 hours sucking on ice from Sonic and pop sickles. I also drank three bottles of water. I suppose that the blood i coughed up was not a major problem because i have not seen anymore blood since then.
All-in-all day 6 has not been awful. I ate mac and cheese and top roman. My stomach was really upset and (the following is not for the faint of heart) i finally took my second poop since the surgery. The BM situation has been one of the hardest things for me to adjust to. It is really strange to go from pooing once a day to only going once every three or four days.
My pain is minimal and i only have taken one loratab today. I want to eat real food so bad. I am freaking out. I want it to end. Good Luck All.
You did the right thing Todd. Glad you’re ok. hang in there man
I’m a 28 yr old female now on day 6 after my surgery I woke a 4 am with a pain that brought me to tears I’ve been trying to sparingly take my pain meds and bare through the pain but I immediately scuffled down 15 ml of lortab elixir and eagerly waited 30 mins for the shrieking pain to go away. I then fell asleep only to wake again at 9:45 am with the exact pain. The pain in my left ear is the worst by far of all of my post op days combined. I’ve only been able to consume pudding and jello sip apple juice and drink ice cold wAter. Yesterday I ventured off and tried mashed potatoes which were so delicious but now I regret eating because I think I over did it. I am praying that I will have less painful days from here on out I just can’t bare another early morning pain streak such as this one. Best wishes to all who are in the same boat as I
It is now day six of my recovery. Straight after my op, the nurse said I HAD to eat to make my throat heal quicker. About an hour after surgery I layed in the hospital bed and ate a bag of crisps, a white chocolate chip cookie, a turkey sandwich and a small slice of cake. After a few hours in recovery I was discharged from the hospital. The pain was around the same pain as i’d experience if I had tonsilitis. When I got home I was able to eat dinner easily, there was some pain with swallowing food but it was tollerable.
The day after my surgery up until day 6 have been okay so far. The pain isn’t as bad as I expected it to be. It is about the same amount of pain as one of my worst cases of tonsilitis i’ve had in the past. The only time when the pain is simply unbearable is when I consume things like orange juice or tomatoes.
The pain killers I have been given have made me drousy, tired and easily annoyed. This has been my main concern during my recovery.
The only thing I would say brace yourself for is the bad breath. Oh, dear god. I am not able to open my mouth wide enough to get to the back of my mouth when I’m brushing my teeth, nor am I able to give my tongue a good scrub.
Other than that, I have been fine! I’ve been able to eat, smoke, talk, and even sing at times. I guess I’m just having one of those good recoverys.
Too anyone who is debating whether to have a tonsillectomy or not – it’s defo worth it!
You are lying… lol. No way this is true…lol.