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.
POD #6 was by far THEE worst day ever!!!! I couldn’t hold anything down over the last 12 hours due to nausea/vomiting (oh the burn 🙁
Started feeling dizzy, weak, and concerned about dehydration (I wasn’t able to take in much anyway), I went to the ER. Toradol (pain med) land Phenegran (anti-nausea) and 3L of fluid were a God-send!!!! I went from faintly speaking to almost 90% of my normal voice and tolerating water/cool green tea. Most soups/broths taste horrible (now), pudding is too sticky, and most water ice are causing reflux. We should seriously get a meddle after this.
hello, I am a 43 yr old female, day 6 just ended, had my tonsils out this past monday as well as a biopsy on my right lingual tonsil because it has been enlarged for some time now. Experiencing some majorly intense stabbing needle tickle pains where my left lingual tonsil is and can feel the swelling of these lingual guys rubbing against the surgery areas when I swallow.
the stabbing tickle I have felt on and off since before surgery and it makes me cough a lot, but now it makes me panic because I dont want to cough post surgery and cause any further issues. I’d say those have been my biggest pains, and it seems like I dont have a whole lot of scabbing for this stage which concerns me too cause I dont want the healing to take longer than what I’ve set my expectations to. Eating is uncomfortable but thanks to Monica on youtube I tried the packs of Lipton chicken noodle (has chicken broth, really small and smooth noodles and no pieces of chicken) which went down great and is the only substantial food I can tolerate right now.
Im glad to have found this forum, and hope we all heal quickly and uneventfully <3
Hi everyone just a little bit about my recovery so far,wellim on day 5 po and really haven’t had any severe pain so far.the first night home I did everything for myself but the second day it hurt a little more but wasn’t unbearable I could tell there was some swelling I drank a lot of ice water and still do I have only been eating jello and pudding until today I was able to eat some Mac n cheese.also I have had some slight ear pain but nothing I couldn’t handle I take my pain med every four hours and sometimes I take liquid Tylenol also which to me that helped the pain I was feeling in my throat.my tongue is very sore I think it bothers me more than the pain in my throat.well I give God all the thanks for how well I’m doing recovering.The night before my surgery they prayed for me at church and the morning of my surgery a couple from church came and prayed with me before I went back for surgery.so I’m taking my recovery one day at a time and I’m not going by others recoveries because so far mines hasn’t been that bad.I also was prepared I got everything I needed ahead of time which was a cool mist humidifer,liquid Tylenol,soups,lots of water,Gatorade ,Popsicles,chloresptic throat spray the only thing I didn’t get that my husband had to get for me was boost or ensure because I’m not eating very much and really have no appetite at all.i pray that this information helps and that everyone has a speedy recovery
Thanks for sharing Leeann. Glad things are moving along fairly smoothly. Your tongue was probably bruised during surgery- very common. Keep doing what you’re doing! It seems to be working. Take care.
Dana curious how the rest of your recovery went. My husband is on day 6 and has a bad gag reflex. He can’t drink enough fluids because of it much less food. No food since the surgery I am worried about dehydration since he only drinks 20-30 oz a day. How was it when the scabs came off? He has very little pain just the swollen throat (on steroids too) I am worried about the next faze. Long recovery for nigh of us. Thanks. Christine
I’m just starting day 6 and all I can say is the only real problem I’ve been having is sleep. I can’t sleep longer than an hour or else my throat will be hurting something fierce the moment I begin to sip on my water bottle. I have my pillows stacked and a humidifier running but it’s a gamble no matter what the moment my eyes start to close and my breathing deepens. I generally breathe through my mouth when I sleep and although I had my adenoids removed as well to help eliminate that problem it hasn’t made it any easier. So, forcing myself to sleep with my mouth shut is an experience all in itself. I’m so hungry! I’ve noticed all I want to eat is soup and even then just the broth. Applesauce I can only handle for like 4 spoonfuls before the texture begins to irritate my throat. Same with noodles and even pudding. The only remedy to this is chugging that water between huge bites. So I’ve been experiencing some weird nausea and headaches simply due to starving. I should get some ensure… I keep forgetting to ask my husband. As far as pain goes during the day it’s a general 5 with moments hitting an 8. It’s at night when it can reach that 8-9 and stay there for a little bit. I’m staggering 300mg of ibuprofen in between hydrocodene/acetaminophen liquid medicine every 4 hours and it does me fine for the most part. I also use throat numbing spray if it seriously needs it.
POD #6 was by far THEE worst day ever!!!! I couldn’t hold anything down over the last 12 hours due to nausea/vomiting (oh the burn 🙁
Started feeling dizzy, weak, and concerned about dehydration (I wasn’t able to take in much anyway), I went to the ER. Toradol (pain med) land Phenegran (anti-nausea) and 3L of fluid were a God-send!!!! I went from faintly speaking to almost 90% of my normal voice and tolerating water/cool green tea. Most soups/broths taste horrible (now), pudding is too sticky, and most water ice are causing reflux. We should seriously get a meddle after this.
Hang in there Nattashia. I’ll work on getting those medals made up. 😉
Oops, I meant medal (damn auto-correct and drugs). Thanks for this page! It really help me get through the hellish first week.
hello, I am a 43 yr old female, day 6 just ended, had my tonsils out this past monday as well as a biopsy on my right lingual tonsil because it has been enlarged for some time now. Experiencing some majorly intense stabbing needle tickle pains where my left lingual tonsil is and can feel the swelling of these lingual guys rubbing against the surgery areas when I swallow.
the stabbing tickle I have felt on and off since before surgery and it makes me cough a lot, but now it makes me panic because I dont want to cough post surgery and cause any further issues. I’d say those have been my biggest pains, and it seems like I dont have a whole lot of scabbing for this stage which concerns me too cause I dont want the healing to take longer than what I’ve set my expectations to. Eating is uncomfortable but thanks to Monica on youtube I tried the packs of Lipton chicken noodle (has chicken broth, really small and smooth noodles and no pieces of chicken) which went down great and is the only substantial food I can tolerate right now.
Im glad to have found this forum, and hope we all heal quickly and uneventfully <3
Hi everyone just a little bit about my recovery so far,wellim on day 5 po and really haven’t had any severe pain so far.the first night home I did everything for myself but the second day it hurt a little more but wasn’t unbearable I could tell there was some swelling I drank a lot of ice water and still do I have only been eating jello and pudding until today I was able to eat some Mac n cheese.also I have had some slight ear pain but nothing I couldn’t handle I take my pain med every four hours and sometimes I take liquid Tylenol also which to me that helped the pain I was feeling in my throat.my tongue is very sore I think it bothers me more than the pain in my throat.well I give God all the thanks for how well I’m doing recovering.The night before my surgery they prayed for me at church and the morning of my surgery a couple from church came and prayed with me before I went back for surgery.so I’m taking my recovery one day at a time and I’m not going by others recoveries because so far mines hasn’t been that bad.I also was prepared I got everything I needed ahead of time which was a cool mist humidifer,liquid Tylenol,soups,lots of water,Gatorade ,Popsicles,chloresptic throat spray the only thing I didn’t get that my husband had to get for me was boost or ensure because I’m not eating very much and really have no appetite at all.i pray that this information helps and that everyone has a speedy recovery
Thanks for sharing Leeann. Glad things are moving along fairly smoothly. Your tongue was probably bruised during surgery- very common. Keep doing what you’re doing! It seems to be working. Take care.
I also had tongue pain that was worse than the throat pain, go figure. Speedy healing 🙂
Dana curious how the rest of your recovery went. My husband is on day 6 and has a bad gag reflex. He can’t drink enough fluids because of it much less food. No food since the surgery I am worried about dehydration since he only drinks 20-30 oz a day. How was it when the scabs came off? He has very little pain just the swollen throat (on steroids too) I am worried about the next faze. Long recovery for nigh of us. Thanks. Christine
I’m just starting day 6 and all I can say is the only real problem I’ve been having is sleep. I can’t sleep longer than an hour or else my throat will be hurting something fierce the moment I begin to sip on my water bottle. I have my pillows stacked and a humidifier running but it’s a gamble no matter what the moment my eyes start to close and my breathing deepens. I generally breathe through my mouth when I sleep and although I had my adenoids removed as well to help eliminate that problem it hasn’t made it any easier. So, forcing myself to sleep with my mouth shut is an experience all in itself. I’m so hungry! I’ve noticed all I want to eat is soup and even then just the broth. Applesauce I can only handle for like 4 spoonfuls before the texture begins to irritate my throat. Same with noodles and even pudding. The only remedy to this is chugging that water between huge bites. So I’ve been experiencing some weird nausea and headaches simply due to starving. I should get some ensure… I keep forgetting to ask my husband. As far as pain goes during the day it’s a general 5 with moments hitting an 8. It’s at night when it can reach that 8-9 and stay there for a little bit. I’m staggering 300mg of ibuprofen in between hydrocodene/acetaminophen liquid medicine every 4 hours and it does me fine for the most part. I also use throat numbing spray if it seriously needs it.