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.
I am 26 years old I am I day 6 of my recovery. No pain meds the ent said I may take ibuprofen for the swelling helped a lot. I started a slight cough today an I had some tissue or scab come off it is now making me cough a lot due to it touching that part that makes u want to throw up. That has made my ears hurt so bad. I drink herbalife protein shakes which has helped me so much.
Day 6, 37yo – I woke up at 3am sobbing in pain and forced some medication down while pacing the house and praying for relief. I vastly underestimated the amount of pain I would be in – it’s not just the acid feel of swallowing, but my tongue hurts, my teeth hurt, my cheeks hurt, my jaw hurts and worst of all my ears feel like I’m being stabbed through the ear drum! Some of the caked white slough has come away and I feel less obstacles when I swallow. I avoided my Endone today as this gives me a shocking headache and I feel confused, but the paracetamol/nurofen was just not touching the pain. I took Endone twice today and used Ice packs for not only my throat, but relief from the headache. I brushed my teeth before bed tonight and noticed some blood – I have a sharp pain on my right side and looked in my throat and saw some bleeding. It’s not gushing, but I’ll keep an eye on it. I’m currently drinking iced water. I’m so hungry and miserable. Thank God my husband is entertaining our 19 month old as I am unable to do much at all, I can’t even have a proper conversation with my little darling 🙁
I am 25 and on day 6 post Opp and in the exact same condition. I am in agony and would say pain is at a 9/10. My ears are killing me and I can’t swallow anything. I woke up at 2am after having panadine forte at 10:30 and thought I can’t have anymore as it will be an overdose so waited in pain crying till 4:15 and took an endone. Struggled a lot to take the endone and really don’t feel that much better. Called the hospital they recmended coming in to see the surgeon. Tell me you got better soon please. This is the most excruciating thing I have ever done.
I had my tonsils out on new years eve, exactly a week ago. Last night i had the worst night sleep ever, my throat felt like it was on fire and my ears killed i would not stop screaming! If i knew a tonsillectomy was going to be this painful i would have never had it done. I havent eaten for 3days because it feels like im swallowing glass, even drinking water burns, day 6 is definitely the worst day!
I had my surgery January 30th, 2014 and its day six for me. I’ve been having trouble brushing my teeth..gross I know. Last night i was having sharp pain as if someone was poking me with a sharp object and I’m still having that issues. I haven’t eaten much but I am drinking lots of fluids. I can’t really see where my tonsils were because it hurts too much to open my mouth that wide…I’m just ready for this to be over!!
I am 26 years old I am I day 6 of my recovery. No pain meds the ent said I may take ibuprofen for the swelling helped a lot. I started a slight cough today an I had some tissue or scab come off it is now making me cough a lot due to it touching that part that makes u want to throw up. That has made my ears hurt so bad. I drink herbalife protein shakes which has helped me so much.
Day 6, 37yo – I woke up at 3am sobbing in pain and forced some medication down while pacing the house and praying for relief. I vastly underestimated the amount of pain I would be in – it’s not just the acid feel of swallowing, but my tongue hurts, my teeth hurt, my cheeks hurt, my jaw hurts and worst of all my ears feel like I’m being stabbed through the ear drum! Some of the caked white slough has come away and I feel less obstacles when I swallow. I avoided my Endone today as this gives me a shocking headache and I feel confused, but the paracetamol/nurofen was just not touching the pain. I took Endone twice today and used Ice packs for not only my throat, but relief from the headache. I brushed my teeth before bed tonight and noticed some blood – I have a sharp pain on my right side and looked in my throat and saw some bleeding. It’s not gushing, but I’ll keep an eye on it. I’m currently drinking iced water. I’m so hungry and miserable. Thank God my husband is entertaining our 19 month old as I am unable to do much at all, I can’t even have a proper conversation with my little darling 🙁
I am 25 and on day 6 post Opp and in the exact same condition. I am in agony and would say pain is at a 9/10. My ears are killing me and I can’t swallow anything. I woke up at 2am after having panadine forte at 10:30 and thought I can’t have anymore as it will be an overdose so waited in pain crying till 4:15 and took an endone. Struggled a lot to take the endone and really don’t feel that much better. Called the hospital they recmended coming in to see the surgeon. Tell me you got better soon please. This is the most excruciating thing I have ever done.
They say days 5-7 is the worst day. Day 6 was the worst for me too coz scab is coming off. Keep drinking cold water is my advice
I had my tonsils out on new years eve, exactly a week ago. Last night i had the worst night sleep ever, my throat felt like it was on fire and my ears killed i would not stop screaming! If i knew a tonsillectomy was going to be this painful i would have never had it done. I havent eaten for 3days because it feels like im swallowing glass, even drinking water burns, day 6 is definitely the worst day!
I had my surgery January 30th, 2014 and its day six for me. I’ve been having trouble brushing my teeth..gross I know. Last night i was having sharp pain as if someone was poking me with a sharp object and I’m still having that issues. I haven’t eaten much but I am drinking lots of fluids. I can’t really see where my tonsils were because it hurts too much to open my mouth that wide…I’m just ready for this to be over!!