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.
Well i ate everything since coming out of theater….
That ended yesterday….I’m now on day 5 and in very much pain…..every 5 hours….
Hiccups….coughing….but sneezing is the worst….OMG…
I know this is day six……and i’m on day 5…..lord help me 🙂
I can report on day 6…..very bad….only slept 2 hours or so last night….
the meds says take every 6 hours but I couldn’t….took at 12….3…and 6….
feeling better now…all my other meds are finished now….just the painkillers left.
Can’t drink my morning coffee 🙁
Let’s hope today is better…at least i can watch dexter season finale! 🙂
Day 6 – Can only sleep in my lazy-b chair sitting up. Laying down in bed is hard to breathe and very uncomfortable.
Dr. prescribed a numbing mouthwash which I was very excited about using. I thought it would numb the pain for awhile.
It did. For about 2 hours. I slept.
Then awoke in moaning agony! My throat was on fire with pain! For 2 whole hours I was on cloud 9 with no pain. But man, I paid for it.
I brushed my teeth. Drank cold water. And finally, took a dose of my pain medicine (that’s separate from the numbing mouthwash).
For a good 30 – 45 mins. I sat on my couch in total agony waiting for my pain medicine to kick in.
Today is day 6 pain is still there I find myself waking every 4 hours to take pain meds scabs r still yhere and only thing I am able to eat is milkshakes jello pudding slimfast n ooo my mashed potatoes where my enemy I think I cried about an hour after trying that.. I. Am so ready for this to b over I still have scabs but I heard things get easier asfter they fall.I’m just ready to recover n get rid of pain especially n my ears grrr is that aggrivating.
Day 6 and I definitely felt more pain today than I have any other day. I took a long nap and woke uo to a dry angry throat. I also had some ear pain, and my tongue hurt as well. I still ate normaly, and went on with my normal activities. Most of the day when I swallowed the pain was about 4/10. During the painful bouts I’d say the pain was a 7/10 when I swallowed or spoke. Fortunately the pain was easily brought under control with medicine. Even with today’s ups and downs I’d still call this an easy recovery. I hope it stays that way. All the best to the ones in the thick of recovery.
Day 6: still just Tylenol (since the day after surgery) and the pain was almost unmanageable when I ate. The pain was out of my imagination but I still kept on eating normal food. Nuts I know but I made it. I used cold therapy for the first time on my throat and ears and it worked very well. The pain comes and goes and the only pattern seems to be it getting worse while and 10 minutes after I ate. I use salt water after every meal and one piece of the scab (it could be scrambled eggs) came out with my mouth rinsing. Well I tried to sleep for one hour at a time the a sip of cold water but slept for 2 hours and I woke up by my own coughing. It was itchy and painful at the same time Rhein tasted blood. I spit a little blood out, but I didn’t panic I just got some ice water and era slowly. The blood stopped after a while and I didn’t get more sleep. Dang it. It was the first day I went out on my regular walk and I was just fine.
Well i ate everything since coming out of theater….
That ended yesterday….I’m now on day 5 and in very much pain…..every 5 hours….
Hiccups….coughing….but sneezing is the worst….OMG…
I know this is day six……and i’m on day 5…..lord help me 🙂
I can report on day 6…..very bad….only slept 2 hours or so last night….
the meds says take every 6 hours but I couldn’t….took at 12….3…and 6….
feeling better now…all my other meds are finished now….just the painkillers left.
Can’t drink my morning coffee 🙁
Let’s hope today is better…at least i can watch dexter season finale! 🙂
Day 6 – Can only sleep in my lazy-b chair sitting up. Laying down in bed is hard to breathe and very uncomfortable.
Dr. prescribed a numbing mouthwash which I was very excited about using. I thought it would numb the pain for awhile.
It did. For about 2 hours. I slept.
Then awoke in moaning agony! My throat was on fire with pain! For 2 whole hours I was on cloud 9 with no pain. But man, I paid for it.
I brushed my teeth. Drank cold water. And finally, took a dose of my pain medicine (that’s separate from the numbing mouthwash).
For a good 30 – 45 mins. I sat on my couch in total agony waiting for my pain medicine to kick in.
Today is day 6 pain is still there I find myself waking every 4 hours to take pain meds scabs r still yhere and only thing I am able to eat is milkshakes jello pudding slimfast n ooo my mashed potatoes where my enemy I think I cried about an hour after trying that.. I. Am so ready for this to b over I still have scabs but I heard things get easier asfter they fall.I’m just ready to recover n get rid of pain especially n my ears grrr is that aggrivating.
Hang in there. You are in the worst of it. Try chewing sugar-free gum to alleviate that ear pain. Take care
I know exactly what you mean. I hate eating food. . it is so painful.
I’m soooo ready for this to be over with, as well.
Day 6 and I definitely felt more pain today than I have any other day. I took a long nap and woke uo to a dry angry throat. I also had some ear pain, and my tongue hurt as well. I still ate normaly, and went on with my normal activities. Most of the day when I swallowed the pain was about 4/10. During the painful bouts I’d say the pain was a 7/10 when I swallowed or spoke. Fortunately the pain was easily brought under control with medicine. Even with today’s ups and downs I’d still call this an easy recovery. I hope it stays that way. All the best to the ones in the thick of recovery.
Tonsillectomy method- tissue/thermal welding
Meds- Percocet & ibuprofen
Day 6: still just Tylenol (since the day after surgery) and the pain was almost unmanageable when I ate. The pain was out of my imagination but I still kept on eating normal food. Nuts I know but I made it. I used cold therapy for the first time on my throat and ears and it worked very well. The pain comes and goes and the only pattern seems to be it getting worse while and 10 minutes after I ate. I use salt water after every meal and one piece of the scab (it could be scrambled eggs) came out with my mouth rinsing. Well I tried to sleep for one hour at a time the a sip of cold water but slept for 2 hours and I woke up by my own coughing. It was itchy and painful at the same time Rhein tasted blood. I spit a little blood out, but I didn’t panic I just got some ice water and era slowly. The blood stopped after a while and I didn’t get more sleep. Dang it. It was the first day I went out on my regular walk and I was just fine.