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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Starting @ Day 7, my scabs begged for a change. Foods and that I lived on:
scrambled eggs with no pepper and little salt, oatmeal, & chicken noodle soup (I added chopped up pasta).
I was so bummed to have to give up the foods I had especially purchased for this surgery. I could no longer eat orange sherbert, popsicles, applesauce, jello nor drink orange juice. Anything acidic or cold hurt.
Day 7 for me, the pain at night and in the morning is unbearable..I also have a huge ulcer on the side of my cheek by my bottom tooth, so the pain of that aswell is killing me, I’m thinking it’s were the instruments were keeping my mouth open I surgery. I woke up this morning in worse pain than yesterday, I’m drinking lots of water, and eating lists of soup with pasta, I did manage a piece of cake but I nibble at it as I can’t open my mouth wide…I think at night the pain is worse. My scabs havnt fell of, I’m dreading that as everyone says it makes u vomit. I’m 44 years old
I’m currently on day 7 and in really struggling to get through the nights with the pain. I can’t take any pain killers at night until about 8 in the morning, so when my last pills ware off at about 12ish I’m in agony and can’t sleep/keep waking up! I could handle it if I could take the painkillers but obviously they say you can’t take more than eight in 24hour period so I would have to miss out during the day if I were to have some at night :/ it’s got of the point that I can’t even eat anything at all. The first night, I slept right thought and ate biscuits and potato chips! And now a week later it’s much worse..and I’m losing my patience.
I’m on day 8 today, but just wanted to comment how some people can have toast. I had packets of chips on day 6 & 7. My dr recommended I eat toast, chips, cookies, etc. It trains the tongue & throat muscles and the jaw so they won’t get tight and that’s some of the pain in these days. I eat these when I’m high on medicines and feel no pain. Remember to keep chewing to shred and gurgle after eating so no food stuff remains in the wounds.
On my 7 th day postop, and I m starting to regret my decision to have the tonsillectomy !! My ears, tongue, throat everything hurts!! I drink all the time , can’t eat at all and thank god for my pain meds!! Everything back there is still white-ish and yellowish !! Is that normal !?? And what’s a scab look like?? When do you lose it and how do you know? Anybody ? Pleasee and thank you !!