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.
Hi there. I just came across this website while searching low and high for info about my surgery. I’m currently on day 6 and everyone’s comments have been so helpful. I don’t think my family can really understand how painful this is. Anyway, I wanted to share with you some of my experiences. First all my life saver has been miso soup with pastina in it (very tiny star shaped noodles) you don’t even need to chew and the salt from the broth sooths your throat tremendously. I think today some tiny pieces of scab fell off Becuase I have become very sensitive to cold things where before it was very soothing to suck on ice or Popsicles. I’ve been living on hard boiled eggs and Campbell’s as well. I’m very nervous for when the scabs begin to come off Becuase I don’t want to bleed. I threw up two days ago from taking my medicine on an empty stomach (always eat before!) and I just want this to be over! I havent been able to talk since day 2. Did anyone else encounter this? when did you regain your voice? Good luck to anyone else suffering with me at the moment and I hope to get some feedback! 🙂
Hey gays! Sorry to ask…. But is anyone else constipated from the pain meds? I’m taking Percocet (oxycodone) tablets, and I’m having a hard time! I was just wondering if anyone else is expieranceing this?
I feel alright overall except when I wake up from naps. I haven’t been able to get a good nighs rest, only 1-4 hour naps. Then I wake up in excruciating pain! I’m in the wagon with ya! All in all I just want to say its not that bad, except for certain times.(:
Just throwing some hope out there. Drink, drink, DRINK lots an lots of water! It helps!
Im 33 and i also had nasal surgery at the same time as my tonsillectomy, big mistake!
6th day, very bad day similar to 5. Can’t tolerate anything cold. I’m a jerk to people around me. Pain meds every 6 hours and down to 15mL from 20. eat some potatoes and mac and cheese, little bit of chicken. Doze a lot of the day and feel miserable like I have a fever but no fever. Pain is bad and nothing helps but the tetracaine pops. Feeling very nauseous and dizzy. Can’t walk around much. Email the doc and he tells me it’s normal.
Ps I am writing all this on my 9th day and I realized that we neglected to use the humidifier for days 5,6,7
Are any of y’all getting acne? I’m getting little bumps around my face but not sure why? I’m 14 and don’t get acne very often! So I’m just wondering what’s happening.. also, my eyelids are itchy!!!!
If you’ve been drooling in your sleep, which I have been, I’m on my 6th day now and every night so far I’ve woken up in a puddle, it will cause whiteheads on and around the area, normal don’t worry and if you’re taking a narcotic like percocet/oxycodone that’s why you’re itchy.
Here I am morning of day 6, just took another dose of my nasty liquid hydrocodone. Let me tell you this stuff burns like hell going down. I’ve come to the realization that my sleeping schedule revolves around me taking medication. I’m on 2 so it creates madness in the middle of the night. Ill sleep for 2.5-3 hours wake up in pain wait till I can take meds the take my meds but then I can’t call back to sleep right away because I wait for them to kick in.
When it comes to eating I don’t eat much, the easiest for me to actually eat is bread, weird? Probably. All my clothes are increasingly becoming baggies it feels by the hour but I know that’s not possible.
Basically I’m tired hungry, crabby, and impossible to deal with cant wait for this to be over with!
I’m glad I found this site and can relate to so many people because everyone around me at home really doesn’t understand how painful this experience truly is.
Thanks!
Stephanie
Hi there. I just came across this website while searching low and high for info about my surgery. I’m currently on day 6 and everyone’s comments have been so helpful. I don’t think my family can really understand how painful this is. Anyway, I wanted to share with you some of my experiences. First all my life saver has been miso soup with pastina in it (very tiny star shaped noodles) you don’t even need to chew and the salt from the broth sooths your throat tremendously. I think today some tiny pieces of scab fell off Becuase I have become very sensitive to cold things where before it was very soothing to suck on ice or Popsicles. I’ve been living on hard boiled eggs and Campbell’s as well. I’m very nervous for when the scabs begin to come off Becuase I don’t want to bleed. I threw up two days ago from taking my medicine on an empty stomach (always eat before!) and I just want this to be over! I havent been able to talk since day 2. Did anyone else encounter this? when did you regain your voice? Good luck to anyone else suffering with me at the moment and I hope to get some feedback! 🙂
Hey gays! Sorry to ask…. But is anyone else constipated from the pain meds? I’m taking Percocet (oxycodone) tablets, and I’m having a hard time! I was just wondering if anyone else is expieranceing this?
I feel alright overall except when I wake up from naps. I haven’t been able to get a good nighs rest, only 1-4 hour naps. Then I wake up in excruciating pain! I’m in the wagon with ya! All in all I just want to say its not that bad, except for certain times.(:
Just throwing some hope out there. Drink, drink, DRINK lots an lots of water! It helps!
Im 33 and i also had nasal surgery at the same time as my tonsillectomy, big mistake!
6th day, very bad day similar to 5. Can’t tolerate anything cold. I’m a jerk to people around me. Pain meds every 6 hours and down to 15mL from 20. eat some potatoes and mac and cheese, little bit of chicken. Doze a lot of the day and feel miserable like I have a fever but no fever. Pain is bad and nothing helps but the tetracaine pops. Feeling very nauseous and dizzy. Can’t walk around much. Email the doc and he tells me it’s normal.
Ps I am writing all this on my 9th day and I realized that we neglected to use the humidifier for days 5,6,7
Are any of y’all getting acne? I’m getting little bumps around my face but not sure why? I’m 14 and don’t get acne very often! So I’m just wondering what’s happening.. also, my eyelids are itchy!!!!
If you’ve been drooling in your sleep, which I have been, I’m on my 6th day now and every night so far I’ve woken up in a puddle, it will cause whiteheads on and around the area, normal don’t worry and if you’re taking a narcotic like percocet/oxycodone that’s why you’re itchy.
Here I am morning of day 6, just took another dose of my nasty liquid hydrocodone. Let me tell you this stuff burns like hell going down. I’ve come to the realization that my sleeping schedule revolves around me taking medication. I’m on 2 so it creates madness in the middle of the night. Ill sleep for 2.5-3 hours wake up in pain wait till I can take meds the take my meds but then I can’t call back to sleep right away because I wait for them to kick in.
When it comes to eating I don’t eat much, the easiest for me to actually eat is bread, weird? Probably. All my clothes are increasingly becoming baggies it feels by the hour but I know that’s not possible.
Basically I’m tired hungry, crabby, and impossible to deal with cant wait for this to be over with!
I’m glad I found this site and can relate to so many people because everyone around me at home really doesn’t understand how painful this experience truly is.
Thanks!
Stephanie