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.
Ok, Day6 – food has become my enemy. The thought of it recoils me! Eating was one thing I did so well and it’s gone!! I’m horrified!
The pain each time I swallow is horrendous, stabbing and sharp. I’ve also got sore teeth and my mouth tastes vile!
I spoke to the ENT nurse today, she told that I need to eat ‘normal’ food, it helps with the scabs….I tried! I had a KFC burger (it’s usually my fav and as a treat!) but it took me nearly 2 hrs to eat.
I wonder what days 7, 8, 9 and 10 have in store! I’m hoping for the sensations of little kisses from angles and smooth relaxing sensations each time I swallow. (I’m so not in denial! :0 )
Stinky mouth, ear pain, and cannot eat without stabbing my throat. Cannot talk, can’t sleep coz of the pain and any noise from tv or computer give me headache. Mouth tastes awful. There is no way I am looking at my throat the next month or so.
Well it’s the old guy again I’ve made it thru day 6 .Got my biosey report back to day and thank god there’s no cancer .The only part of my day that was good I’ve been doing real good but today I was having a lot of ear pain and my throat was hurting pretty bad.Im on 2 different pain meds but they didn’t seen to help today my scabs are still no coming and I hope they don’t for a few more days . I think it all depends on the dr that you have mine told me up front that there would be good and really bad days and this is not my good one .He told my wife on my surgery day that I was the oldest person that he had taken their tonsils out of he tricked me didn’t he but I stil think he’s the best dr I could have had .well till tomorrow good nite and have a better tomorrow.
I am 21 year old female who had my tonsils out on the 24th. Today is day 6, almost day 7. I woke up feeling marginally better. Made sure I ate toast and fruit and committed to a larger than normal dinner. Right now I almost feel back to normal. The throbbing pain in my ears has subsided and swallowing has become less painful. I am now producing less saliva thus am needing to spit a lot less (yay!). I have been bed ridden the past week and it has been an agonizing 6 days. The first two were bearable but then it was all down hill. Day 5 was easily the worst day. The pain became so unmanageable I had a panic attack due to stress.
I’ve been switching between strong codeine tablets and endone throughout my recovery. Endone made me too nauseous so I stuck with Panadeine Forte. I took an anti inflammatory about 3 hours ago and it really accelerated things some more. I’ve been cautious to take them because of their blood thinning effect, but my GP said I would be okay at this stage. Hopefully the rest of recovery is smooth sailing from here.
Also 21 years old on day 6…. Days 1-5 were pretty easy but today I’m convinced I would just like to have my tonsils back :/ The pain is just now escalating and I am completely miserable. I’ve been eating normal foods the whole time but all I’ve wanted today was Popsicles and icees. Sigh 🙁
ICE CREAM!! Eat it by the bucket and think positive thoughts that’s all I have the energy to do right now!
Ok, Day6 – food has become my enemy. The thought of it recoils me! Eating was one thing I did so well and it’s gone!! I’m horrified!
The pain each time I swallow is horrendous, stabbing and sharp. I’ve also got sore teeth and my mouth tastes vile!
I spoke to the ENT nurse today, she told that I need to eat ‘normal’ food, it helps with the scabs….I tried! I had a KFC burger (it’s usually my fav and as a treat!) but it took me nearly 2 hrs to eat.
I wonder what days 7, 8, 9 and 10 have in store! I’m hoping for the sensations of little kisses from angles and smooth relaxing sensations each time I swallow. (I’m so not in denial! :0 )
Stinky mouth, ear pain, and cannot eat without stabbing my throat. Cannot talk, can’t sleep coz of the pain and any noise from tv or computer give me headache. Mouth tastes awful. There is no way I am looking at my throat the next month or so.
Well it’s the old guy again I’ve made it thru day 6 .Got my biosey report back to day and thank god there’s no cancer .The only part of my day that was good I’ve been doing real good but today I was having a lot of ear pain and my throat was hurting pretty bad.Im on 2 different pain meds but they didn’t seen to help today my scabs are still no coming and I hope they don’t for a few more days . I think it all depends on the dr that you have mine told me up front that there would be good and really bad days and this is not my good one .He told my wife on my surgery day that I was the oldest person that he had taken their tonsils out of he tricked me didn’t he but I stil think he’s the best dr I could have had .well till tomorrow good nite and have a better tomorrow.
I am 21 year old female who had my tonsils out on the 24th. Today is day 6, almost day 7. I woke up feeling marginally better. Made sure I ate toast and fruit and committed to a larger than normal dinner. Right now I almost feel back to normal. The throbbing pain in my ears has subsided and swallowing has become less painful. I am now producing less saliva thus am needing to spit a lot less (yay!). I have been bed ridden the past week and it has been an agonizing 6 days. The first two were bearable but then it was all down hill. Day 5 was easily the worst day. The pain became so unmanageable I had a panic attack due to stress.
I’ve been switching between strong codeine tablets and endone throughout my recovery. Endone made me too nauseous so I stuck with Panadeine Forte. I took an anti inflammatory about 3 hours ago and it really accelerated things some more. I’ve been cautious to take them because of their blood thinning effect, but my GP said I would be okay at this stage. Hopefully the rest of recovery is smooth sailing from here.
Also 21 years old on day 6…. Days 1-5 were pretty easy but today I’m convinced I would just like to have my tonsils back :/ The pain is just now escalating and I am completely miserable. I’ve been eating normal foods the whole time but all I’ve wanted today was Popsicles and icees. Sigh 🙁