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.
Day 6. I feel like my world is a 4 hour cycle of pain meds, sleeping, waking up from pain, then sipping cold fluids until it’s time to take another dose. The lortab doesn’t help past about 2.5 to 3 hours, so that’s the most I can sleep. I’m really tired of always being awake from 1:30 am to 2:30 am and again from 5:30 am to 6:30 am.
My pain level is between 7 and 8, depending on where I am in that cycle. I wouldn’t describe the pain as crushed glass in my throat. It’s more like my throat is on fire. I’ve stopped swallowing as much to avoid the pain, and when I do swallow it’s because I’m drinking something.
Hi there Vicky,
That’s exactly what’s I’m going through, too. The pain medicine does not take all the pain away & only lasts 2 – 3 hours, but I can’t take another dose until the 4 hour mark. By that point I’m in misery.
Day 6 so far has been miserable. I’d rate the pain a 9 out of 10. I will only award it a 10 out of 10 if and when I actually shed a tear. Woke up this morning and the percocet was no longer fighting the pain. I stupidly took some Tylenol with it hoping that would work better than Ibuprofen, which it worked for about 30 minutes before turning into utter pain again.
Throat feels like someone has been shoving glass down it all night, esophagus feels like I swallowed a fireball from all the acid trying to come up, stomach hurts from the lack of food (I’ve lost 10lbs already from this Jello only diet), and my ears…oh dear god my ears hurt so bad. All I can do to comfort myself is sit in an upright position with both hands cupped over my ears and try to enjoy what little quiet I can get…which is really difficult with the two puppies barking outside my window 24 hours a day.
I tried to take an anti-acid tablet earlier, smooshed it up really good and put it in pudding. I was only able to swallow two bites before giving up because my throat hurt so much. I think the most depressing part of it all is, everyone has told me that the 7th day is the worst, and the pain plateaus from there till the 10th day. I’m on day 6, so if I’m this miserable, I get to enjoy something worse for the next 4 days, are you kidding me?
HELP! I’m loosing my mind! Surgery was last Wednesday at 7am. Days 1/2 were pretty good, day 3 wasn’t bad. Pain has been tolerable. Now dealing gagging from what I think is thrush on my tongue or the scabs not sure which is the major cause. I’m back to only liquids, nothing taste good. Not sleeping, I fell asleep at 5am today and woke up gagging at 7. I’m at my wits end! When will this be over? Any suggestions for making it easier. I am mostly drinking smoothies and water just to get something in my stomach. Due to go back to work Thursday but unless something major flips thinking that won’t be happening. I know I needed this done but I am questioning myself now!
Are you there, God? It’s me, Little Miss Tonsillectomy.
If you’re listening, God, I’m over this. Please end this hell. I’ll even make you a deal. You make this better and I won’t curse my throat in your name anymore. Ok? Ok!
I can’t eat. I’m back to fluids only thanks to the razor blades in my throat and the screws in my jaw. Except now I prefer them slightly warm instead of cold. I also prefer a wheat bag/hot pack to the face and neck than a cold one. Is this progress???
I spent most of yesterday asleep. I missed an entire “weather event” (aka a “storm”). I woke to find half the city in darkness and trees and rooves down all over the place. It felt like the apocalypse inside my throat had started taking over the world.
I talked on the phone for about 10 minutes. BIG mistake.
I’m taking meds religiously, which helps me get a couple of hours sleep at a stretch, but my skin now looks like a junkie’s as a result.
Day 5-6: woke up in pain. This has been the most pain since day 2. Throughout the day, the pain eased. Started eating chilled applesauce; went down smoothly. Tried pureed baby food; this was all fruit and highly acidic, resulting in much pain. Took pain medicine an hour later (didn’t need this until now). It’s now noon and everything is well. Pureed some eggs, chicken, and Campbell’s chicken noodle soup. Ate this after chilling and it went down very smoothly. Late evening: took a one hour nap after second pain med regiment.. Woke up and hydrated. No pain experienced. This was the case for the rest of the night.
Some precautionary steps taken to this point: absolutely no dairy consumed (the second day, this resulted in bleeding and cauterization); little to no talking **It hurts worse to talk than it does to drink pureed food and eat/dink liquid based substances**; a routine pain medication schedule (although I have not had to take them all the time) might be good; a humidifier while sleeping ( I cannot stress how much this has helped from day two and so on; I recommend this to anyone who is thinking about getting a tonsillectomy – it makes a world of difference); a balanced sleep schedule (alarm is set for every two and a half hours; upon waking, hydration is necessary).
Day 6. I feel like my world is a 4 hour cycle of pain meds, sleeping, waking up from pain, then sipping cold fluids until it’s time to take another dose. The lortab doesn’t help past about 2.5 to 3 hours, so that’s the most I can sleep. I’m really tired of always being awake from 1:30 am to 2:30 am and again from 5:30 am to 6:30 am.
My pain level is between 7 and 8, depending on where I am in that cycle. I wouldn’t describe the pain as crushed glass in my throat. It’s more like my throat is on fire. I’ve stopped swallowing as much to avoid the pain, and when I do swallow it’s because I’m drinking something.
Hi there Vicky,
That’s exactly what’s I’m going through, too. The pain medicine does not take all the pain away & only lasts 2 – 3 hours, but I can’t take another dose until the 4 hour mark. By that point I’m in misery.
Day 6 so far has been miserable. I’d rate the pain a 9 out of 10. I will only award it a 10 out of 10 if and when I actually shed a tear. Woke up this morning and the percocet was no longer fighting the pain. I stupidly took some Tylenol with it hoping that would work better than Ibuprofen, which it worked for about 30 minutes before turning into utter pain again.
Throat feels like someone has been shoving glass down it all night, esophagus feels like I swallowed a fireball from all the acid trying to come up, stomach hurts from the lack of food (I’ve lost 10lbs already from this Jello only diet), and my ears…oh dear god my ears hurt so bad. All I can do to comfort myself is sit in an upright position with both hands cupped over my ears and try to enjoy what little quiet I can get…which is really difficult with the two puppies barking outside my window 24 hours a day.
I tried to take an anti-acid tablet earlier, smooshed it up really good and put it in pudding. I was only able to swallow two bites before giving up because my throat hurt so much. I think the most depressing part of it all is, everyone has told me that the 7th day is the worst, and the pain plateaus from there till the 10th day. I’m on day 6, so if I’m this miserable, I get to enjoy something worse for the next 4 days, are you kidding me?
HELP! I’m loosing my mind! Surgery was last Wednesday at 7am. Days 1/2 were pretty good, day 3 wasn’t bad. Pain has been tolerable. Now dealing gagging from what I think is thrush on my tongue or the scabs not sure which is the major cause. I’m back to only liquids, nothing taste good. Not sleeping, I fell asleep at 5am today and woke up gagging at 7. I’m at my wits end! When will this be over? Any suggestions for making it easier. I am mostly drinking smoothies and water just to get something in my stomach. Due to go back to work Thursday but unless something major flips thinking that won’t be happening. I know I needed this done but I am questioning myself now!
Are you there, God? It’s me, Little Miss Tonsillectomy.
If you’re listening, God, I’m over this. Please end this hell. I’ll even make you a deal. You make this better and I won’t curse my throat in your name anymore. Ok? Ok!
I can’t eat. I’m back to fluids only thanks to the razor blades in my throat and the screws in my jaw. Except now I prefer them slightly warm instead of cold. I also prefer a wheat bag/hot pack to the face and neck than a cold one. Is this progress???
I spent most of yesterday asleep. I missed an entire “weather event” (aka a “storm”). I woke to find half the city in darkness and trees and rooves down all over the place. It felt like the apocalypse inside my throat had started taking over the world.
I talked on the phone for about 10 minutes. BIG mistake.
I’m taking meds religiously, which helps me get a couple of hours sleep at a stretch, but my skin now looks like a junkie’s as a result.
Let this be over already. Please.
>:(
Day 5-6: woke up in pain. This has been the most pain since day 2. Throughout the day, the pain eased. Started eating chilled applesauce; went down smoothly. Tried pureed baby food; this was all fruit and highly acidic, resulting in much pain. Took pain medicine an hour later (didn’t need this until now). It’s now noon and everything is well. Pureed some eggs, chicken, and Campbell’s chicken noodle soup. Ate this after chilling and it went down very smoothly. Late evening: took a one hour nap after second pain med regiment.. Woke up and hydrated. No pain experienced. This was the case for the rest of the night.
Some precautionary steps taken to this point: absolutely no dairy consumed (the second day, this resulted in bleeding and cauterization); little to no talking **It hurts worse to talk than it does to drink pureed food and eat/dink liquid based substances**; a routine pain medication schedule (although I have not had to take them all the time) might be good; a humidifier while sleeping ( I cannot stress how much this has helped from day two and so on; I recommend this to anyone who is thinking about getting a tonsillectomy – it makes a world of difference); a balanced sleep schedule (alarm is set for every two and a half hours; upon waking, hydration is necessary).
This process is different for everyone.