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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DAY 7: 30 years old and had tonsillectomy (with adenoids removed too).
This weekend has been one of the worst times of my life. My throat is super swollen due to all the scabs and I have all these sores along the sides of my tongue. Swallowing anything, even water or ice chips, is a struggle. I just spent over an hour trying to get down some pudding and have decided to try again later.
I am still not sleeping well due to keeping up with the pain med schedule, which I don’t dare to deviate from at this point, even though I am still in pain all day with the pain meds. I tried a stronger pain med today and had a little bit of a panic attack so I don’t think I will use that one again. I am just really glad that I decided to take a full 2 weeks off of work to recover, that is one of the smartest things I did when preparing for surgery.
I am just so exhausted and frustrated and in so much pain…I’m just ready for this to be over.
First, thank you for this site. It has provided such a great idea of what’s to come and what’s to be expected. I was worried to have the surgery – both because of the anticipated recovery and that I have no spleen…very worried of infection.
Days 1-5 were a blur. Pain excruciating, almost non-stop vomiting. Husband called Dr. But closed for long weekend. Suspected pain meds making me ill; but in so much pain, couldn’t stop taking them. Temp 99-101.
Day 6 felt human enough to leavd my room, pain 7/10. Temp in the 99s. Ate 1/3 cup mashed oatmeal with banana and 1/2 cup mashed potatoes. Popscicles, ice cream, shakes…can’t get any of them down . Daughter sent home from school with suspected strep throat – can I get it?!!
Day 7 human enough to sit up in living room. Temp going between 99-100. Dr ofc called to follow up on my disability forms so I mentioned the vomiting, and that I’m down 10 pounds. Called in script for zofran. Just had to wait for hubby to pick it up. Tried 1 cup ice cream. Forced it down. Mistake – 1 hr later vomited for 10 minutes straight. Pain 9/10 now. Blisters on tongue and lips from vomiting only add to pain. Finally – zofran. Added in liquid Motrin to help stay on top of pain. Daughter’s preliminary strep test negative, symptoms more suggestive of mono. Don’t tonsils filter stuff like that? Can I get that now, too?! Lying awake, slept hour past pain med time and drink water time. Both add up to huge pain. Temp 99.5. Hoping day 8 is a day of tonsil miracles! I’m in pain, hungry, cranky from the not eating, unable to care for our 3 kids, and ready for the light at the end of the tunnel. Keep checking in with friends at work – boredom may kill me!
Day 7: the night sleep between day 6 and 7 is getting better. In stead of being a camel and spitting in a cup all night from scabs in saliva , I woke up every two hours with razer sharp pain around the out side of each tonsil hole. So back to the sink I went rinsing with warm salt water that helped. The reson why it is so painful is that the scabs are coming of and the newly exposed skin just wants to say hi! The warm salt water I find calms this sharp edge down. Then I apply cold compress to neck and back to bed.
I also find that I had not been able to eat or drink much between days 4-7. The scabs around the food entry to the belly fell of on day 6 which I was than able to eat a pudding snack and cry because I was so happy to eat something. But now I can’t eat again because of the newly exposed skin in the holes which burn when food touches it. I figure a few more non eatting days and I should be good to go. The bathroom sink has become my new friend. Thank goodness it isn’t ugly lookin!
Day 7 I am I’m pain this morning. Tried to skip my meds over night to give my body a rest from all the drugs, big mistake, it has taken a while today to get back on top of the pain. Had a weird experience last night, the swelling seemed to have gone down from the back of my throat and it felt like there was a huge hole at the back of my throat, which meant even swallowing water felt like it was dropping down the back of my mouth. I know it’s because my tonsils are no longer there ( and they were big) one of the reasons I had them removed, however the sensation was really disconcerting, and made me a bit panicky, I am a bit scared now that when I eat I will choke because I don’t have my tonsils to catch things. Not sure if my panicky feeling was due to the codeine I have been taking. I was almost a bit relieved when my mouth was swollen again this morning it felt less weird… Also my mouth smells awful today I keep brushing my teeth , perhaps I will gargle with a little salt water, but afraid it will sting like crazy.
Pretty much cried myself to sleep last night. Woke up this morning in excruciating pain at 7am. Got up. Managed to chew some ice enough to numb my throat to take my pain pill. Reduced the dose to half (Tylenol with codine) was, making me sick to my stomach, dizzy, and was giving me a headache. I ate an applesauce and a yogurt and passed or on the couch until noon. I woke up in pain, but it was tolerable enough. I took some liquid children’s Advil, 4tsp down from 8! I showered and could actually flip my head upside down to blow dry my hair! Ate a pudding and some luke-warm soup. Have barely had any pain since the liquid Advil. I’m doing a salt water rinse right now. It stings a little but all the blood is dark and almost brown so I’m not worried it’s fresh. This is exciting! Maybe I really am over the hurdle!!