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.
Wow, I feel like an idiot! I had no idea this website had different pages for each day of recovery on which to leave comments! I have no idea where I was posting before, I can’t even find it now! lol
Well, I’m just starting Day 6 and I have some concerns I was hoping someone might be able to address.
I woke up at 5am and spat up a small amount of blood that I was able to stop with cold water and an ice pack. My scabs seem to be sloughing off somewhat, leaving sore-looking patches that feel like they could start bleeding any second.
Is this normal?
I thought the scabs didn’t start coming off until around Day 10. I haven’t been eating or drinking anything unusual, still sticking to very soft things.
Day 6 was bad. I spent as much of the day sleeping as I could. The Lortab side effects got to be way too much for me, so tonight I’ve used extra strength tylonal instead. The shallow breathing was just too scary for me. My goal is to no longer use that pain medication at all. The pain is not unbearable with the tylonal, but it’s there, absolutely. It hurts to swallow but I am pushing myself. Ate nothing all day and then decided I HAD to, so I ate a bowl of Italian Wedding Soup (very mushy) and a lot of nice cold watermelon. The watermelon was very soothing. Tomorrow is Day 7, so I’m hoping that from here it only gets better, but we’ll see.
I wanted to post a follow-up to this. I’m on Day 10, and starting to feel a LOT better. But please, take it from someone who’s been there, do NOT change or stop your meds without speaking with your doctor first. I had a bad time with the Lortab, but without meds (just Tylenol) I was miserable. And then I got another medicine with Tramadol in it…which made me throw up. So the moral of the story- I personally am not great with pain medication, but it was STUPID to just stop taking anything. It was painful and unnecessary!!!!
Hi just wanted to everyone somewhat of a good story!!! I got my tonsils out last Wednesday its now day 6!! The first 2 days were pretty horrible and then kept getting a tiny bit better im on day 6 and im pretty much all better little soar throat and ear pain but for the most part up and about my advice to everyone is think POSITIVe take showers watch ur favorite shows. I wasn’t eating for about 4 days …. but it will get better I promice!!! I didn’t take very much medicine at all either because it hurt my stomach s bad but all these horrow stories just make it worse! Try to relax don’t cry its just puts strain on ur throat making everything!!! Ache horribly!! So don’t listen to everything u read I was terrified have been terrified but everyone diffrent try to eat alot of ice gadorade is great keeps you hydrated!! Also try eating to get stuff in your stomach yeaster I had pasta with butter, mashed potatoes and today eggs. Didn’t eat alot and took forever but its a start!!!!
Day 1 for me and you guys are really making me nervous! i had a lot of issues in the OR because i swelled up so bad i couldn’t breath and the mucus was terrible, but after going home i feel fine. I’m in no pain just a little uncomfortable from swelling and i even have yet to take my pain meds. I still can’t really swallow food, but its ok for now. If i’m doing this good now will it get as bad as what you are all describing or did you have it bad in the beginning too?
Anyone else have intense nausea alongside the normal healing process? Every time I try to eat my stomach does a somersault and I have been sick several times. Even when not taking the pain meds I have the nausea. Cannot eat anything. Anyone have A similar experience?
It’s very common Paul. It’s a side effect of the pain meds. Try getting something in your stomach before taking them. There are also anti-nausea meds that work well. Take care, Greg
Wow, I feel like an idiot! I had no idea this website had different pages for each day of recovery on which to leave comments! I have no idea where I was posting before, I can’t even find it now! lol
Well, I’m just starting Day 6 and I have some concerns I was hoping someone might be able to address.
I woke up at 5am and spat up a small amount of blood that I was able to stop with cold water and an ice pack. My scabs seem to be sloughing off somewhat, leaving sore-looking patches that feel like they could start bleeding any second.
Is this normal?
I thought the scabs didn’t start coming off until around Day 10. I haven’t been eating or drinking anything unusual, still sticking to very soft things.
Thanks.
Supposedly, the bleeding is from the scabs coming off. Sounds like you are healing quite well, just take it easy and behave, you should be just fine.
Day 6 was bad. I spent as much of the day sleeping as I could. The Lortab side effects got to be way too much for me, so tonight I’ve used extra strength tylonal instead. The shallow breathing was just too scary for me. My goal is to no longer use that pain medication at all. The pain is not unbearable with the tylonal, but it’s there, absolutely. It hurts to swallow but I am pushing myself. Ate nothing all day and then decided I HAD to, so I ate a bowl of Italian Wedding Soup (very mushy) and a lot of nice cold watermelon. The watermelon was very soothing. Tomorrow is Day 7, so I’m hoping that from here it only gets better, but we’ll see.
I wanted to post a follow-up to this. I’m on Day 10, and starting to feel a LOT better. But please, take it from someone who’s been there, do NOT change or stop your meds without speaking with your doctor first. I had a bad time with the Lortab, but without meds (just Tylenol) I was miserable. And then I got another medicine with Tramadol in it…which made me throw up. So the moral of the story- I personally am not great with pain medication, but it was STUPID to just stop taking anything. It was painful and unnecessary!!!!
Hi just wanted to everyone somewhat of a good story!!! I got my tonsils out last Wednesday its now day 6!! The first 2 days were pretty horrible and then kept getting a tiny bit better im on day 6 and im pretty much all better little soar throat and ear pain but for the most part up and about my advice to everyone is think POSITIVe take showers watch ur favorite shows. I wasn’t eating for about 4 days …. but it will get better I promice!!! I didn’t take very much medicine at all either because it hurt my stomach s bad but all these horrow stories just make it worse! Try to relax don’t cry its just puts strain on ur throat making everything!!! Ache horribly!! So don’t listen to everything u read I was terrified have been terrified but everyone diffrent try to eat alot of ice gadorade is great keeps you hydrated!! Also try eating to get stuff in your stomach yeaster I had pasta with butter, mashed potatoes and today eggs. Didn’t eat alot and took forever but its a start!!!!
Day 1 for me and you guys are really making me nervous! i had a lot of issues in the OR because i swelled up so bad i couldn’t breath and the mucus was terrible, but after going home i feel fine. I’m in no pain just a little uncomfortable from swelling and i even have yet to take my pain meds. I still can’t really swallow food, but its ok for now. If i’m doing this good now will it get as bad as what you are all describing or did you have it bad in the beginning too?
Anyone else have intense nausea alongside the normal healing process? Every time I try to eat my stomach does a somersault and I have been sick several times. Even when not taking the pain meds I have the nausea. Cannot eat anything. Anyone have A similar experience?
It’s very common Paul. It’s a side effect of the pain meds. Try getting something in your stomach before taking them. There are also anti-nausea meds that work well. Take care, Greg