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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Hi all well day 7 was good for me, as the day before had been horrendous with earache and the pain again, saw a tip about getting up in the middle of the night to take some painkillers and woke up feeling so much better, ate yogurt and my cuppa and managed toast twice and a bit of breadcrumb coated fish. Today feeling even better not so much sore but uncomfortable. Definitely trying to eat normally is better for you, and your recovery, although still enjoying a jelly as a treat 🙂
Kind of a silly question here considering I’m on day 8–
What are the ‘scabs’ everyone is talking about? There are obviously the white beds in the back of my throat where my tonsils were but do they turn red/crusty when they become scabs? I’m just a little confused as to what these scabs look like.
Think about what scabs do in the tub or pool. They get white/gray and soft. The scabs in your throat can’t get crusty or dry, so they will stay white and soft. Mine didn’t feel so soft back there, but our throats are pretty sensitive to anything back there, so I could feel what seemed like ridges as my scabs loosened. Almost like flaps of scab were hanging back there. I could never see anything, just the white.
The tissue back there will be red/pink as the scabs come off, just like any other place on your body you have new tissue under a scab that falls off. I think most of the scab just sloughs off and thins, with some parts seeming to pull off (it stings like a getting a shot or pinch, but the pain is short-lived and icy water helps).
17 years old. Holyyyy jcdladfla;kjfdfjsadljasdfkjeotwifjs. THE PAIN! The pain is like nothing I’ve ever felt before and it seems to get worse and worse as the days go on.
Today was day 7 for me and the morning was the worst–woke up to blood in my mouth and tears in my eyes (how poetic 😛 ) It definitely got better as the day went on though. Today my tongue really started to hurt right in the back on the where it connects to the bottom of my jaw. It’s a strange pinching/stinging sensation but ice water definitely helps. I napped a little bit today which was a relief since throughout this entire recovery I’ve gotten a total of 20ish hours of sleep. The worst part about this process is sleeping because waking up with a dry throat and cracked lips/tongue is a blow. Tonight I’m really anxious and nervous about going to sleep but I know I’m going to have to grin and bear it in the morning. Hopefully tomorrow I won’t be as much as of an emotional wreck as I was today. This feed has really helped me with all of the support and great tips 🙂 Thanks a ton, Greg!
Sophia, that pinch/sting is a great way to describe how it felt when my scabs started pulling away (if you’re talking about the back of your tongue and not the underside). You’re right that a cool sip of water soothes it quickly. You’re probably having the worst of it (pain) right now. Hang in there! The frequent sting of scabs coming off lasted well over a week for me. I’m not sure if that’s typical, but at least the pain can be relieved quickly.
Try a humidifier for the dryness, the mornings of days 7 and 8 were the worst for me then days 9 and 10 got drastically better. You’re close, hang in there! Fruity gum is great for when it gets itchy soon.
Thanks Allison 🙂 It’s so reliving to hear that days 9 and 10 were drastically better for you since I am on day 8 now. I’ll definitely have my mom head out to the store to pick up some fruity gum!
Day 7, no issues – eating since 2 hours after the op, normal diet from day 1. Here in the UK we are encouraged to eat a normal diet as this strengthens the muscles and speeds recovery.
I am in a bit of discomfort but I’m not sure what the fuss is all about? Day 3 I was out in town eating a three course meal with the main being a cheese burger.
Wow! Really???? unusual but awesome! What method did your surgeon use? What sort of diet did they put you on?
Was standard surgery. I was advised to start eating my normal diet as soon as I came round. My two main tips are 1. Set an alarm for half way through the night to drink water. 2. Eat toast first thing- drags all the sticky saliva and other bits down.