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.
Im 19 and today is the absolute worst! I have been in pain for every day since the surgery but today is the worst. I woke up and my throat muscles hurt so bad and my ears hurt ridiculously today. I was in so much pain I nearly fainted when I went to take my pills. I was given elixir pain medicine which I took day 1-4 but the last two days I have been taking tylenol pills because the taste of liquid medicine was making me nauseous and giving me horrible headache side effects. I am thinking of going back to the hydrocodone just because the pain is so bad. I was eating eggs, soup, even fish before, today I can’t even get down juice. My muscles in my mouth and throat hurt horribly when I talk or move my neck. Is that even normal?
For the first time since my op, I woke up in the night with the pain. So took my meds and slept another 5 1/2 hours… making me late for my morning dose, which again was pretty painful to wake up to. I was hitting a 6/10 on the scale, which makes this the first ‘unpleasant’ morning so far (but still nothing close to what I have been bracing myself for).
Then, weirdly, the rest of the day was fine, with no pain at all. In fact I had a full evening meal and didnt limit myself food-wise. It was like tonsillectomy – what tonsillectomy! I skipped my afternoon painkillers, even did housework 🙂
Now it is close to bedtime, and I have crashed back down to square 1… OUCH! So my not-tonsils did a complete pain yo-yo on me.
I wish I could dispense some advise from this, some helpful ‘tips’, but no, it just sucked…. and caught me completely off guard.
Maybe the lesson is: dont over exert yourself / jump the gun just because you think youre fine. Take your prescription, and stay in bed!
44 year old, on day 6 of the recovery. It hasn’t been easy, but by the sound of it a lot easier than some. Day’s 1-2 weren’t too bad and I joined the family playing pool etc. Days 3-5 were the hardest days so far, with most of the time in bed or trying to push water down my neck. I stopped taking the pain medication yesterday morning due to the side effect of being constipated. Rather just deal with one type of pain! I was lucky enough not to suffer the nausea a lot of people are reporting here. Since stopping taking medication things have improved and I just put up with the headache, ear ache and sore throat. I was suppose to be back at work yesterday, but can’t talk easily so I am taking an extra day or two off until I can at least talk freely. It is an mental, physical and emotional journey and it isn’t over yet, but everyday is a step in the right direction. Best advice I can give is to read this very informative forum learn what works for you, keep drinking and keep hope. One final comment is I a UK citizen but had the tonsillectomy in the UK. The appears to be a big difference in advice from the countries, with the US going soft foods and the UK harsher foods. I stuck with the softer foods as I didn’t feel like explaining to my US ENT why I had been eating toast!
Im 20 and Its the morning of day 6 and the pain is pretty bad. It hurts worse in the ears. I’ve been using an icepack which is temporarily soothing the pain. I’ve been eating solids since day 3 and it hasn’t been too bad. Other than ice packs is there any other tips to relieve the ear pain?
When I woke up this morning, I was in the worst pain that ive had through this entire recovery. I think it was more where my adenoids were taken out than my tonsils, so ice water and italian ice werent helping it. I was eventually able to manage the pain and then I immedately called the doctor to see if they could give me something stronger for pain. They told me that there wasnt really anything else they could give me, but I could start taking ibuprofin regularly to help with the swelling. I got out of the house for a while today with friends, and felt pretty miserale the whole time, but hung in there for my friends. I had to take a lot of sit-down breaks. When I got home it was way past my next dose of pain meds so I was hurting. The rest of the day went pretty well after that, although around 11, I looked at my throat in the mirror to see what my throat looked like and saw that there was some blood on the left side. I woke my mom up in a panic and she told me not to worry and that I probably just lost a scab. I guess I will only worry about it if I start spitting up blood.
Im 19 and today is the absolute worst! I have been in pain for every day since the surgery but today is the worst. I woke up and my throat muscles hurt so bad and my ears hurt ridiculously today. I was in so much pain I nearly fainted when I went to take my pills. I was given elixir pain medicine which I took day 1-4 but the last two days I have been taking tylenol pills because the taste of liquid medicine was making me nauseous and giving me horrible headache side effects. I am thinking of going back to the hydrocodone just because the pain is so bad. I was eating eggs, soup, even fish before, today I can’t even get down juice. My muscles in my mouth and throat hurt horribly when I talk or move my neck. Is that even normal?
For the first time since my op, I woke up in the night with the pain. So took my meds and slept another 5 1/2 hours… making me late for my morning dose, which again was pretty painful to wake up to. I was hitting a 6/10 on the scale, which makes this the first ‘unpleasant’ morning so far (but still nothing close to what I have been bracing myself for).
Then, weirdly, the rest of the day was fine, with no pain at all. In fact I had a full evening meal and didnt limit myself food-wise. It was like tonsillectomy – what tonsillectomy! I skipped my afternoon painkillers, even did housework 🙂
Now it is close to bedtime, and I have crashed back down to square 1… OUCH! So my not-tonsils did a complete pain yo-yo on me.
I wish I could dispense some advise from this, some helpful ‘tips’, but no, it just sucked…. and caught me completely off guard.
Maybe the lesson is: dont over exert yourself / jump the gun just because you think youre fine. Take your prescription, and stay in bed!
44 year old, on day 6 of the recovery. It hasn’t been easy, but by the sound of it a lot easier than some. Day’s 1-2 weren’t too bad and I joined the family playing pool etc. Days 3-5 were the hardest days so far, with most of the time in bed or trying to push water down my neck. I stopped taking the pain medication yesterday morning due to the side effect of being constipated. Rather just deal with one type of pain! I was lucky enough not to suffer the nausea a lot of people are reporting here. Since stopping taking medication things have improved and I just put up with the headache, ear ache and sore throat. I was suppose to be back at work yesterday, but can’t talk easily so I am taking an extra day or two off until I can at least talk freely. It is an mental, physical and emotional journey and it isn’t over yet, but everyday is a step in the right direction. Best advice I can give is to read this very informative forum learn what works for you, keep drinking and keep hope. One final comment is I a UK citizen but had the tonsillectomy in the UK. The appears to be a big difference in advice from the countries, with the US going soft foods and the UK harsher foods. I stuck with the softer foods as I didn’t feel like explaining to my US ENT why I had been eating toast!
Im 20 and Its the morning of day 6 and the pain is pretty bad. It hurts worse in the ears. I’ve been using an icepack which is temporarily soothing the pain. I’ve been eating solids since day 3 and it hasn’t been too bad. Other than ice packs is there any other tips to relieve the ear pain?
Heating pad for the ears! Works great,
Hi Megan- Try chewing sugarless gum for the ear pain. Something minty… Good luck!
When I woke up this morning, I was in the worst pain that ive had through this entire recovery. I think it was more where my adenoids were taken out than my tonsils, so ice water and italian ice werent helping it. I was eventually able to manage the pain and then I immedately called the doctor to see if they could give me something stronger for pain. They told me that there wasnt really anything else they could give me, but I could start taking ibuprofin regularly to help with the swelling. I got out of the house for a while today with friends, and felt pretty miserale the whole time, but hung in there for my friends. I had to take a lot of sit-down breaks. When I got home it was way past my next dose of pain meds so I was hurting. The rest of the day went pretty well after that, although around 11, I looked at my throat in the mirror to see what my throat looked like and saw that there was some blood on the left side. I woke my mom up in a panic and she told me not to worry and that I probably just lost a scab. I guess I will only worry about it if I start spitting up blood.