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 everyone. I am currently on day 6, and a tsunami of serious pain has swept over me, washing away the sense of slightly smug optimism I was feeling up until yesterday. From the start I have felt pretty good, and have been eating 3 meals a day; so I thought I was one of the lucky ones. However, at about 3am last night I awoke with that elusive 9/10 pain. The humidifier is blasting and Paracetamol is in full effect. I also have Endone (Oxycodeine) if I absolutely need it, but am trying to stay away as it’s pretty heavy stuff and will probably leave me feeling rotten.
Day 1: Woke up and ate a beef curry, bread and cornflakes within a few hours. Surprised at how good I felt. Taking 2 Paracetamol every 6 hours. Pain 2/10.
Day 2 – 5: Getting better each day and only painful when I swallow. Eating is ok but can’t really speak. Day 5 was actually quite relaxing with pain down to 1/10 at points. Have been drinking litres upon litres of room temp water. Eschewing ice as I don’t want to constrict the capillaries too much and risk infection from a lack of blood circulation. Slowly tapering off medication – feeling lucky! Pain 3/10
Day 6: ARGH! OUCH! It’s happening! Back onto the meds. Wound looks OK (lots of smooth white gunk) but ears and throat are in agony, especially in the morning when swallowing. Ears even make a weird noise (rushing sound?). Almost no sleep. Just want this whole experience to be over. So tired and dreaming of schnitzel. Pain 7/10 with dry mouth spikes up to 9.
Each day feels like an achievement, I think we should receive little ribbons at midnight. Hang in there everyone – every day is a step closer to feeling better.
And thank you to Greg for this site; it’s been such a help and comfort.
I am on day 6 and not at all good today, found this website and this is the first information I have had to how I should feel, no info given on leaving the hospital, had earache today, so glad to know in a funny sort of way this is a symptom . I’m quite annoyed I’m having to find out info on the net. I’m 51 and had a palateoplasty too, which has just added to the pain. The first couple of days were ok and definitely lulls you into a false sense of security. Don’t really want to look at my throat , the feel of it is enough. My tongue on day three was awful and I could barely talk, so looking to being another week on
Mid 40s, just underwent a tonsillectomy on Tuesday. The first couple of days were deceiving. I almost felt guilty for taking the time off work. Then Saturday hit with a vengeance. I’ve been overhydrating with ice water, and it helps. Ice packs are a god-send. The worst part of the last few days has been the nerve inflammation that happens when I try to eat or drink. There’s a sore spot at the base/side of my tongue. When anything touches that Katie bar the door. A radiating pulsating wave of agony begins and nothing touches the pain besides an ice pack on my neck. This pain will break through any medication that might be working at the time, and is easily an 8 or 9 on a scale of 10.
If this ever subsides, the rest of the ride was a walk in the park.
Im a 19 year old female I got my tonsils out on july 29th 2014 it sucks so bad im on day 6 of recovery and the pain just seems to come and go I feel like it will never go away fully everytime I start feeling good the pain flares up again. Ive never felt this much pain in my life. Im so sick of not being able to eat real solid foods sometimes I can barely drink water I hate this I hope it will be worth all the pain..
I got mine out the same day as you. Are you feeling any better? I’m still in a lot of pain and it’s already day 10. It’s so annoying!! And sooo painful!!!
Day 6 after coblation tonsillectomy on 6/20/14. I overdid it last night with trying to eat some real food (even well-chewed) and had a very raw-feeling throat overnight and for most of the morning. I decided to quit the oxycodone today because the nausea was getting to be too much for me. I’ve managed all right on 2 ES Tylenol every six hours. I’ve been able to drink more and eat more, which isn’t saying much but which feels like an improvement. I overdid it again tonight, once my throat had improved, by trying to eat soggy breakfast cereal in milk. I guess it was still too crunchy/sharp. The swelling in my tongue is down. There are still scabs on the back of my throat/tonsil beds, but parts of them may have come off – I am not sure. I’m tired of being inside all day – I haven’t put on shoes since I came back from the surgery center last Fri. – but I get fatigued so easily. I’ve just been watching the World Cup and Netflix and taking two naps a day. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, I think, as long as I avoid major bleeding when the scabs really fall off. I feel much better in terms of nausea and overall brain function now that I’m off the oxycodone, even if the throat pain is a little worse. I still haven’t had much in the way of ear pain – hope that continues.
Oxycodone is the WORST. I’m so glad i found this thread bc the nausea and vomiting was so unbearable that i went off it and decided to just power thru the pain with only children’s Tylenol…on day 5 ->. God when will this end
Day 6 after coblation tonsillectomy: I finally ate some food. 1.5 slices of pizza for supper. It didn’t hurt really. It was a satisfying kind of pain, like scratching an itch.
At bedtime I was unfortunate enough to suck a piece of a scab out of my throat. Gross. Now I can feel a giant blob hanging on back there, but I am fighting the urge to suction that off because I worry about bleeding. If I can just fall asleep and then swallow that thing in my sleep, I’ll be happy.
I quit taking the Percocet today because I am ready to have a good bowel movement. Instead of my regularly scheduled dose, I took 3 ibuprofen. That was 7 hours ago now, and I’ve not noticed any change in pain. No difference between taking the Percocet or the ibuprofen, and no change when the ibuprofen should have worn off. I’m a little upset now, thinking that these pills may have been doing nothing other than constipating me and making me nauseous.
At least I am med-free, and pain isn’t worse than before. Well, in honesty, I think the pain level has been decreasing over the last two days, but the discomfort level in general has increased. I can’t say today was better than yesterday, just different, I’m still miserable, but in a different way.
For those needing to hear it, pain was better today, especially once I got some food going down. It was hardly painful at all, and like I said, it felt satisfying in some way. End of day 6 could be the turn around for many of you. Hang in there!
Hi everyone. I am currently on day 6, and a tsunami of serious pain has swept over me, washing away the sense of slightly smug optimism I was feeling up until yesterday. From the start I have felt pretty good, and have been eating 3 meals a day; so I thought I was one of the lucky ones. However, at about 3am last night I awoke with that elusive 9/10 pain. The humidifier is blasting and Paracetamol is in full effect. I also have Endone (Oxycodeine) if I absolutely need it, but am trying to stay away as it’s pretty heavy stuff and will probably leave me feeling rotten.
Day 1: Woke up and ate a beef curry, bread and cornflakes within a few hours. Surprised at how good I felt. Taking 2 Paracetamol every 6 hours. Pain 2/10.
Day 2 – 5: Getting better each day and only painful when I swallow. Eating is ok but can’t really speak. Day 5 was actually quite relaxing with pain down to 1/10 at points. Have been drinking litres upon litres of room temp water. Eschewing ice as I don’t want to constrict the capillaries too much and risk infection from a lack of blood circulation. Slowly tapering off medication – feeling lucky! Pain 3/10
Day 6: ARGH! OUCH! It’s happening! Back onto the meds. Wound looks OK (lots of smooth white gunk) but ears and throat are in agony, especially in the morning when swallowing. Ears even make a weird noise (rushing sound?). Almost no sleep. Just want this whole experience to be over. So tired and dreaming of schnitzel. Pain 7/10 with dry mouth spikes up to 9.
Each day feels like an achievement, I think we should receive little ribbons at midnight. Hang in there everyone – every day is a step closer to feeling better.
And thank you to Greg for this site; it’s been such a help and comfort.
Thanks for posting. I’m glad the site has helped. You are nearing the end of the tunnel- Hang in there!
I am on day 6 and not at all good today, found this website and this is the first information I have had to how I should feel, no info given on leaving the hospital, had earache today, so glad to know in a funny sort of way this is a symptom . I’m quite annoyed I’m having to find out info on the net. I’m 51 and had a palateoplasty too, which has just added to the pain. The first couple of days were ok and definitely lulls you into a false sense of security. Don’t really want to look at my throat , the feel of it is enough. My tongue on day three was awful and I could barely talk, so looking to being another week on
Hang in there. You are in the worst of it. Watch out for oral thrush.
Mid 40s, just underwent a tonsillectomy on Tuesday. The first couple of days were deceiving. I almost felt guilty for taking the time off work. Then Saturday hit with a vengeance. I’ve been overhydrating with ice water, and it helps. Ice packs are a god-send. The worst part of the last few days has been the nerve inflammation that happens when I try to eat or drink. There’s a sore spot at the base/side of my tongue. When anything touches that Katie bar the door. A radiating pulsating wave of agony begins and nothing touches the pain besides an ice pack on my neck. This pain will break through any medication that might be working at the time, and is easily an 8 or 9 on a scale of 10.
If this ever subsides, the rest of the ride was a walk in the park.
Im a 19 year old female I got my tonsils out on july 29th 2014 it sucks so bad im on day 6 of recovery and the pain just seems to come and go I feel like it will never go away fully everytime I start feeling good the pain flares up again. Ive never felt this much pain in my life. Im so sick of not being able to eat real solid foods sometimes I can barely drink water I hate this I hope it will be worth all the pain..
I got mine out the same day as you. Are you feeling any better? I’m still in a lot of pain and it’s already day 10. It’s so annoying!! And sooo painful!!!
Day 6 after coblation tonsillectomy on 6/20/14. I overdid it last night with trying to eat some real food (even well-chewed) and had a very raw-feeling throat overnight and for most of the morning. I decided to quit the oxycodone today because the nausea was getting to be too much for me. I’ve managed all right on 2 ES Tylenol every six hours. I’ve been able to drink more and eat more, which isn’t saying much but which feels like an improvement. I overdid it again tonight, once my throat had improved, by trying to eat soggy breakfast cereal in milk. I guess it was still too crunchy/sharp. The swelling in my tongue is down. There are still scabs on the back of my throat/tonsil beds, but parts of them may have come off – I am not sure. I’m tired of being inside all day – I haven’t put on shoes since I came back from the surgery center last Fri. – but I get fatigued so easily. I’ve just been watching the World Cup and Netflix and taking two naps a day. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, I think, as long as I avoid major bleeding when the scabs really fall off. I feel much better in terms of nausea and overall brain function now that I’m off the oxycodone, even if the throat pain is a little worse. I still haven’t had much in the way of ear pain – hope that continues.
Oxycodone is the WORST. I’m so glad i found this thread bc the nausea and vomiting was so unbearable that i went off it and decided to just power thru the pain with only children’s Tylenol…on day 5 ->. God when will this end
Day 6 after coblation tonsillectomy: I finally ate some food. 1.5 slices of pizza for supper. It didn’t hurt really. It was a satisfying kind of pain, like scratching an itch.
At bedtime I was unfortunate enough to suck a piece of a scab out of my throat. Gross. Now I can feel a giant blob hanging on back there, but I am fighting the urge to suction that off because I worry about bleeding. If I can just fall asleep and then swallow that thing in my sleep, I’ll be happy.
I quit taking the Percocet today because I am ready to have a good bowel movement. Instead of my regularly scheduled dose, I took 3 ibuprofen. That was 7 hours ago now, and I’ve not noticed any change in pain. No difference between taking the Percocet or the ibuprofen, and no change when the ibuprofen should have worn off. I’m a little upset now, thinking that these pills may have been doing nothing other than constipating me and making me nauseous.
At least I am med-free, and pain isn’t worse than before. Well, in honesty, I think the pain level has been decreasing over the last two days, but the discomfort level in general has increased. I can’t say today was better than yesterday, just different, I’m still miserable, but in a different way.
For those needing to hear it, pain was better today, especially once I got some food going down. It was hardly painful at all, and like I said, it felt satisfying in some way. End of day 6 could be the turn around for many of you. Hang in there!