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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Just finished day 7 and everyday I think today was the worse day but somehow they keep getting worse! I found this blog pretty early on but it is the first time I have posted, however, it has been a lifesaver! The pain was so bad today, I kept having to take my vicodin every 3-3.5 hours and slept most of the day. Don’t know if that was good or bad since sleeping feels great but then I wake up with knives in my throat. I had a follow up with the ENT and he said I’m right on schedule for healing and I’m in the worst part right now until my scabs fall off. One question I have is does anyone else have more one sided pain? FOr the most part, my left ear/ throat is more sore than my right but sometimes it will switch. It never seems to be equal on both sides.
I just finished day 5 and it feels like in swallowing knives, pain med (liquid Vicodin/acetaminophen) is almost out, called the doctor left a message but no call back yet. My pain seems to he more on my left ear and throat too 🙁 so ready for this pain to be over
I’m 6 days post op. Early on my pain was primarily on the left side. Over the last few days it has charged to mainly the right
I am a 34 y/o f and I had my tonsils out one week ago today. (13 Dec) I am on day seven of recovery and it seems like I am getting worse not better. The pain is so excrutiating it takes me over 30 minutes just to swallow my medicine down. I can’t sleep, can’t swallow, and can barely open my mouth. I can’t open it far enough to see what’s going on back there healing wise. I am losing sympathy from spouse and getting very little support. Cannot comprehend how unbearable this is even though I have bouts of energy here and there. Is this normal for day 7? I pray to God for strength to get through this and I hope it will be over soon.
I’m on day 8 and what,you’re experiencing is exactly what I experienced. As a matter of fact days 5, 6 and 7 were nightmarish. I lost it a few times on my husband – the men just want to fix it and when they can’t I think they shut down. It’s not a criticism, but they’re just wired differently when it comes to nurturing. Just rest and keep up with meds. Also try some children’s IB profen with your pain meds or inbetween doses to keep the edge off. it worked wonders for me yesterday. I also found chewing sugar free watermelon extra gum helps, even though i can only chew for 5 minutes. Sorry for all the pain and drop in support at home, but your over the hump……hang in there!
When I said children’s in profen, I meant the liquid kind….just to clarify. The Tylenol might work well too ( take both with the liquid lortab) but its thicker and makes me gag
I have been reading posts on here for the past week…a little longer really, I read in advance to prepare. I cannot believe with all the advances in medicine and technology that this is seriously the best we can do for those of us who have this procedure, WHEN will I start feeling better?! I am so tired of being cooped up in my house, but The flu is rampant right now in my neck of the woods and I am terrified of getting that on top of this. My throat is excruciating and my EARS! I can’t eat anything…pudding, jello, soup, water without my ears starting to pound at me. I was doing really well on drinking water until yesterday. It hurts so badly to swallow, I have resorted to eating ice chips for hydration. I did not sleep at all last night and it looks like tomight will be the same. I hoped the day before yesterday when my pain became so terrible that my scabs were falling off – but I don’t see them doing so! It looks like maybe they’re a little thinner? Is it possible for them to sort of melt off instead of falling off in chunks? I am so tired of this. I keep thinking tomorow will be better and then it isn’t. I am starving, tired, hurting awful, depressed, and I miss playing with my girls! It’s Christmastime and I can’t do any of the fun things we had planned! My tonsils were the largest my doctor had ever seen and were filled with tunnels and white crap that had to be cleaned but I think I would rather have them back. This is awful. I am so sad. 27/F
Also…why is my uvula still so swollen and covered in scabs? Is this normal?
Megan- I am on day six and in the same boat. I have found 2 things that have helped a bit, first Cepacol Ultra spray. I spray it in the back of my throat and it burns for a few minutes and then numbs my throat. Second, once my throat is numb I drink a 7-11 slurpee. It is cold and refreshing and helps with hydration.
Good luck!
Stacy
Hallelujah! I felt soooo much better today! I was able to get out of the house and ride along to pick my daughter up from school AND got to go to her Christmas concert tonight! Thank you Lord! Also, I finally got to eat something besides pudding and jello…I had some finely chopped spaghetti noodles coated in butter & olive oil and some chopped up salmon! It was DELICIOUS! And NO EAR PAIN today! My scabs are gone in a few small spots but are still hanging in there for the most part…they look thinner though? I am just praying that every day gets better now and I don’t digress! I am just so glad to be able to be a mommy again! I was so worried I would miss out on all the things my daughters have going on! Thank you Jesus and thank you tonsillectomy recovery.com for the nights of company!
Stacy, I used cepacol extra strength drops..they did help some! I hope you are starting to feel some better today!
I know I had mine out 7 days ago and it feels like its just getting worse, if I would have known it was this painful I would have dealt with that little pain in my throat ever once an awhile:/ I hope you get better soon -Brian 🙂
Hi there. I am 37 and I had my tonsils removed last Tuesday, so one week ago today. I feel that I may have turned a corner and just wanted to let others know that it does get better. I have been eating solid foods since day one and would recommend this to everyone. I am in Australia and my specialist told me to do and eat everything I would normally. So I have. Days 3-5 were quite challenging and I had a couple of serves of soup during this time but other than that I have been eating toast with poached eggs, crackers with dips (yes really!), fruit including mangoes, blueberries and cold puréed apples, roast pork and veggies, fish and veggies. When painful I have eaten lots of ice poles and sucked on ice, this has helped lots. I was told to keep my pain meds up even if I did not feel too much pain and I have done this. Just paracetamol during the day and a stronger tablet at night. Will try to cut this one out tonight. It has been a long hard road to this point however I believe that by eating, drinking and talking straight away I have done all I can to make the experience as comfortable as possible. I have stopped looking in my mouth and I am now just trusting in my bodies ability to heal itself! I do have a numb tongue on the left hand side, anyone else experience this?
I am 28 years old and I’m am exactly one week (7 days) from my surgery that was on Nov. 27, 2012. The first 3 days were fine and I thought this isn’t fun but its not the agonizing pain I had feared. I was so afraid to have this surgery that I almost cancelled the morning of.
Yesterday was day 6 and around 11pm I woke up with blood in my mouth. Now after reading everyone on here saying to “stay calm” I did my best and drank a lot of ice ice water. It was still horrifying and really so scary. It eventually stopped after about and hr or so. But I couldn’t tell the difference between the blood and the new skin. Everything tasted like blood at that point. I was so scared is throw up from the blood in my stomach and around 2:30am I was able to take anti nausea medecine. (Zofran – it saves your life when you feel sick!) finally at 3:30am I woke up, after going 9 hours with out a pain killer (my longest stretch of no pain killers to date.), and my throat hurt so bad. It hurts worse than any other day. I guess a huge chunk I scab came off bc it felt like the whole too half of my throat on both sides were so sure and bleeding. I’ll have to look today. Tongue finally went down a little. I had tremendous sores on both sides of my tongue and that pain, at times, was more painful that my throat.
Anyway, all that to say… Everyone on here saying it gets worse before it gets better is right on. I felt okay and then last night was such a set back for me. This mornings pain was awful and I’m hoping this is the beginning of the end of pain for me.
If anyone has any info for me or similar experiences, please post so I can know what to expect. I would really appreciate it. This site has been amazing for me. Thank you Greg!! I hope you know how many people needed this site!! I know I’m so grateful and check daily and nightly.
Hi Gina- Ouch! Sounds like you’re hanging in there though. Gargling with cold water can help stop minor bleeds- in case it happens again. You are in the thick of it now, then it will start getting better. Keep drinking!
Take care, Greg
Thanks Greg. This site really brings me a lot of comfort. Especially bc I can’t communicate and it’s frustrating that no one understands what I’m going through. Thank you for doing this. I can’t tell you how calming it is knowing you actually read and post back. It’s good to know someone understands what I’m going through. You think this will only last another two days maybe?
I don’t know how much more I can handle.
Gina
Hi Gina- Thanks for saying such nice things. I try to keep up on the comments, but I can’t always. If you want to find e more quickly, try the facebook page.
Yes, I think you’re getting close. For me day 10 was a HUGE turning point. It’s probably as bad as it will get today. (I hope:( )
Take care- message me any time
Can you give me a link to the fb page? I can’t find it anywhere on this sure. Thank you Greg.
http://www.facebook.com/MyBigFatTonsillectomy
Hi Gina,
I had my tonsils out about a week after yours(Dec 3) and am around the same age(26). Read your post and find it very similar to what I am going through. I am just wondering as to how you have progressed since? Was that the worst and if so, when was the turn around? What wre the signs of the end? I am at wits end and really unsure how much longer I can go. Hope you have recovered. Please respond.
Hi Greg! I had my surgery the same day you did. I wish I could say my scabs were falling off. I was doing so well up until Sunday. I no longer can try to eat anything solid, I’m so hungry! I have weird choking/cough attacks. My tongue is red and raw but it previously had a white cottage cheese appearance, it really grossed me out. I’m down to one pain pill and I have the rest of this week off of work. I really really hope my scans fall off before I return to work!!!
I meant Gina not Greg