Tonsillectomy Recovery Day by Day
Day 7
A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their seventh day of tonsillectomy healing
I have assembled a sampling of various accounts and impressions of tonsillectomy recovery for each day. Below I share comments about tonsillectomy day 7. 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.
Please feel free to add your own experience with tonsillectomy day 7.
Tonsillectomy Healing Day 7 Recovery : Light? At the end of the tunnel?
- Tonsillectomy Day 7 :Breakdown. Crying, laughing, sucked into YouTube. Is there no end?
- During the night I noticed a weird sensation in my ears. It was a hollow feeling, kind of like I have water in my ears and they tend to pop really severely when I swallow. Other than the ears, the throat isn’t bad. I tried eating blueberry pancakes for breakfast and I was able to get a few pieces down, but then it was uncomfortable, so I stopped. The last thing I want to do is rush myself. I’ve made it this far, I don’t want to do anything that will negatively affect my progress. The swelling is finally gone – I think. My tongue and the scabs used to be white – or so I was told – but now my tongue is like a grayish color. If that is normal, I’m not sure, but I’m not that worried about it. I know I’m still recovering, but I noticed a weird feeling when I was swallowing today. The water just kind of flows down my throat now; before it used to touch my tonsils. I know I don’t have tonsils anymore and that’s why; I’m just curious if it is something I will have to adapt to once I’m fully healed. I guess I’ll have to wait and see. My ear pain is still there but it is definitely not as bad as it was from days 3-5.
- It’s been one full week as of today that I had my tonsils removed. I saw the ENT yesterday and he said I was healing very slowly. The scabs still have not come off and every day seems to hurt more than the previous day. This morning has been almost completely unbearable. I don’t understand how some of you say you eat toast. How do you choke that down? Everything hurts! Warm, cold, it doesn’t matter it feels like swallowing knives.
- Day 7 you did it! I mean I could barely stand due to the pain. Trying to coat my stomach with Ensure that morning so I could take my pain meds was like aggressively shaving my throat with a million shards of glass. And the ears! Not the ears!
- day 7 post-op and am doing amazingly well. I thought I would share my tips to help some of you out! It really is important to drink, drink, drink! Every time I woke up from my sleep I would be in such enormous pain because my throat had dried out. Every time I wake up during the night I take a sip of water which I found has helped. Twice a day I have done a saltwater gargle with a teaspoon of salt in 500ml of water for 30 seconds. This apparently removes the bacteria and the salt is good for healing. The day after my surgery I had a tiny little bit of toast.Are you concerned about pain medicine addiction? Read more…
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Had a rough morning after a few hours sleep; throat was dry despite humidifier, pain intense. Managed to get down pain meds, put an ice pack around my neck and nodded off. After I formally got up I pounded some water then drank 3 cups of tea. Tea really seems to cut the mucus and loosen things up back there. Otherwise today has been decent re: pain. My mom took me out for some dinner and I was amazed at how totally cranky I was in public. She didn’t mind, seemed to think it was the lack of sleep and the pain. It was good to get out but only for a bit. Able to eat warm soup and some of the bread bowl. I’m not sure about this scab thing; all I have back there is like this yellow coating that looks gooey not scabby. So I don’t know whether that is good or bad. I talked more today than I have in several days and it hurts! Good thing I have no plans for another week. Light at the end of the tunnel – are you there?
I would think after 3,000 years of tonsilitomies being performed there would be some progress in the procedure and pain management.
I hope I just experienced this day’s low point as I just cried over a bowl of luke warm porridge because it hurt so much to swallow. Crying only makes it worse of course, so my husband rescued me with a towel wrung in cold water and finally I feel like I can breathe again.
I have been very good at sticking with my painmed regime of Paracetamol/Tylenol up until now, but it hurt so much I had to take an extra, hoping that my liver can handle it.
Last night was CRAP. I couldn’t sleep, I tossed an turned on the couch, didn’t dare to go lay in my bed and experienced awful pain involving my ears around 5 am last night on the left side when I think my scab fell off and swallowed it. That really grossed me out and I almost vomited, but at least the pain got better. My morning was painful and blurry from the lack of sleep (not pain meds,) but I felt a little bit better throughout the day. So good in fact that I thought I could eat porridge 30 minutes ago. That proved to be a very bad idea so I stopped eating and will just vegetate on the couch for the rest of the night. God please god, let this pain stop!!!!
(I’m a 37 year old female who is allergic to pain meds btw.)
Day 7 for me I am glad to know there are others going through what I am .I woke this morning after falling asleep and my throat felt like I had swallowed razors and glass like I had drunk hydrochloric acid. I am trying to come off the pain medications and the pain in my ears is just terrible feels like someone is shoving a sword in my ears .Looks like the scabs are still there This is not what everyone says it is eat ice cream ice pops.This friggin hurts really bad! probabally the worst pain I have ever had in my life tonsillectomy ay my age of 42 has been the most challenging thing I have ever had to endure .I hope my family knows this I mean I can handle pain to but this is just terrible> Praying that God heals me quick because I need to get back to my old self .I know I will just really frustrated days before this were not as bad but bad this yesterday day 6 and now day 7 have been the worse hope it gets better will be praying that we all get better Amen!
Today is day 7 post surgery, day 6 of healing. My throat is still sore – like swallowing bits of glass – but overall, I’m much better that I was on days 2,3,4,5…I’m hoping the worst days are behind me.
Do yourself a favor and follow the advice from folks above…keep well hydrated. As soon as your throat dries up – it’s a mess again. My doc told me to keep a child’s medicine dropper near my beverage…and that every 15 minutes (or more) I should fill the syringe with liquid and squeeze it in to my mouth. WHAT A LIFE SAVING piece of advice. The juice/water/etc. was gently delivered and flowed down my throat so nicely!
So, today’s new symptom – I’m kind of choking…I’ve felt like something is in my throat (duh?!) It’s made me cough (which is sore) and also gag (also not comfy). I had my DH look in my throat and the scabs are intact, but the one on the left side of my throat is larger and the area is still quite swollen. He seems to feel the swelling may be causing a ‘pushing’ sensation when I swallow, making me cough and gag. It’s not great, but I am feeling better.
I actually ate some VERY soggy cereal today! YIPPEE!!
I had read on some post to keep a spray bottle of water nearby. I have that and put distilled water in the sprayer just to be on the safe side.
OK. Day Seven is finally here. This morning I can swallow a little easier. I want to talk about something I did not see in previous posts. On day five My throat hurt so bad I could not swallow water or anything else. I took a flashlight & looked in my mouth to find everything had turned white & I had like white bumps on my gums & tongue it looked like milk white no red anywhere. You see liquid antibiotics can cause Thrush mouth (yeast infection of the mouth) This caused more throat pain then the tonsillectomy ever could, I was doing pretty well until I got this which led me back to the doctor for another medicine to be added to what I am already taking. The good thing is once you start using this mouth wash that you swallow it does not take long to see & feel that it is working. I have been using this mouth wash for two days my tongue & gums are nice & red again, I still have my scabs not sure how long before they come out. I wanted to alert you to this possibility so you can get it taken care of quickly as I truly feel this was a set back for me & that the sooner you know & get it treated the sooner you can get back on the road to recovery! Good Luck to all of you hope your recovery goes well without any little white bumps in the road, on your tongue or in your mouth.