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.
Day 6: tomorrow will be 7 days and my return to work. I hope I’m not crying in pain during work. However Ice packs are my best friend, I randomly busted ass yesterday so now I’m bruised and still recovering.
The ear aches and jaw aches are the worst of my pain and the Tylenol is barely touching it.
I can eat more solid-er foods because I’m starving and yeah. May switch to pudding diet today.
The ear and jaw pain is making me cry even with medicine and ice.
Day 6 and the surgeon was right… the pain is getting worse! Yesterday I actually started to feel like I could get through this. Today I just want to curl into a ball and cry. Trying to come off the really strong pain meds which is proving okai but I just daren’t swallow. My mouth tastes the worst it’s been and I can feel what I can only think are the scabs coming away. Will be abit of ice lollies and sleep today i recon. Don’t loose hope though guys! We can do this!
Day 6 and I, after a day of horrifically debilitating pain, went and acquired Nexium. I realized on top of the healing going so slowly that all the pain meds
Without food was kicking up my acid reflux so i was having stomach acid shooting across my tonsil sites. Talk about literally dying. I continue to force myself to eat semi-real food because i dropped five pounds in the first two days and that was making me feel worse. Let’s just say eating is a really long process. I quit the pain meds. The combination of constipation and acid reflux was just making the pain already happening that much worse. Luckily, i have gotten to a place where a couple ibuprofen I’ll ward off the ear pain and the rest i just deal with. I tried drinking more water today than i have been and that has definitely helped with swallowing. Made the excess saliva a lot thinner and easier to slide down.
Why is Day 6 the worst day yet? I felt like I was getting better yesterday and this morning I feel like I got hit by a bus. The throat pain is somewhat tolerable but the ears! The migranes! The nausea!
On top of all that this is day 6 without any real food or cigarettes. I’m so over it.
Day 6: tomorrow will be 7 days and my return to work. I hope I’m not crying in pain during work. However Ice packs are my best friend, I randomly busted ass yesterday so now I’m bruised and still recovering.
The ear aches and jaw aches are the worst of my pain and the Tylenol is barely touching it.
I can eat more solid-er foods because I’m starving and yeah. May switch to pudding diet today.
The ear and jaw pain is making me cry even with medicine and ice.
Will this stop?
It will. I promise. Hang in there!
Day 6: Scabs bleeding at night! Pain! Blood! But I also found I could eat bread today, the only solid food besides jello, and was quite happy.
Hi Lotta. Hang in there! It will get better. Remember to stay hydrated.
Day 6 and the surgeon was right… the pain is getting worse! Yesterday I actually started to feel like I could get through this. Today I just want to curl into a ball and cry. Trying to come off the really strong pain meds which is proving okai but I just daren’t swallow. My mouth tastes the worst it’s been and I can feel what I can only think are the scabs coming away. Will be abit of ice lollies and sleep today i recon. Don’t loose hope though guys! We can do this!
Thanks for posting Emma! You’re in the worst of it. Soon things will improve. Hang in there!!!
Thank you! It’s nice to know people have been through it and come out the other side better for it. Keeps that light at the end of the tunnel!
Day 6 and I, after a day of horrifically debilitating pain, went and acquired Nexium. I realized on top of the healing going so slowly that all the pain meds
Without food was kicking up my acid reflux so i was having stomach acid shooting across my tonsil sites. Talk about literally dying. I continue to force myself to eat semi-real food because i dropped five pounds in the first two days and that was making me feel worse. Let’s just say eating is a really long process. I quit the pain meds. The combination of constipation and acid reflux was just making the pain already happening that much worse. Luckily, i have gotten to a place where a couple ibuprofen I’ll ward off the ear pain and the rest i just deal with. I tried drinking more water today than i have been and that has definitely helped with swallowing. Made the excess saliva a lot thinner and easier to slide down.
Why is Day 6 the worst day yet? I felt like I was getting better yesterday and this morning I feel like I got hit by a bus. The throat pain is somewhat tolerable but the ears! The migranes! The nausea!
On top of all that this is day 6 without any real food or cigarettes. I’m so over it.