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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Day7: really the best I have felt! I ate toast with some wheat thin crackers today. Swallowing is getting much easier, although it have not strayed from Mac and cheese and soup. I have eaten a chipotle burrito, but that was more day 5. I’m 26 years old if that helps anyone. I’m still taking pain meds pretty much around the clock, mainly for the fear ingrained in me of not taking them and feeling feverish or in some horrible pain. My ears do radiate pain without the meds and regular Tylenol does not cut it at this point. I randomly feel extremely tired. Like I can go shopping or what not, but maybe an hour or two in I feel the need to go home and sleep for hours.
Also, zofran has been my savior…could not stomach pain meds without the zofran!!!
Today I am day 7. I am so frustrated and exhausted.
I get very little pain relief with my meds, I cannot eat even cream of wheat without feeling like I have knives in my throat..
I sleep about an hour at a time and I am exhausted.
I would have never believed this surgery was as bad as it is.
I don’t think my family and friends believe me about how difficult it is.
It’s encouraging to hear. Your experiences and know that what I am experiencing is normal.
Had my done 12/29 – hydrate the hell out of yourself. I’ve never peed so much in my life as I have the last two weeks. I wish you luck – it’s a tiring process. I know for me waking up with pain is something that I’m entirely over. During day it’s much more tolerable now. I jokingly say with the big three (sleep, eating, sex) out of commission as a guy, I’m getting pretty grumpy. I’m headed back to work for half day tomorrow – planned administrative projects that I can do without talking or collaborating but I have to get out of this house for a while before I lose it. Upside: flu season is a nightmare right now – and we’re all stuck home dodging it. 😉
Day 7 has finally come!
From the minute I got my surgery I kept saying “I can’t wait until I have a week under my belt”. My dr. told me that I might have some ear pain and for the past few days I kept saying how lucky and excited I am that I did not experience any ear pain…I spoke too soon because day 7 and the ear pain starts 🙁 Lately I have been waking up in the middle of the night swallowing to see if it hurts as bad and these past 2 nights have not hurt as much except when I wake up and thats when hell starts all over again! I am taking off of work tomorrow and hoping I am okay to return by Tues or Weds. I was able to eat a crab cake for dinner last night but had to mush it up like baby food =x I also tried some angel hair pasta on the side with olive oil and garlic and for some reason the garlic and olive oil hurt my throat and gave me a terrible stomach ache. I keep trying to push regular foods because I don’t want to get nauseous from the pain meds. I did have some very soft spiced pumpkin bread and it went down pretty well. I keep looking at the back of my throat and my scabs seem to be forming well and are still in tact. I still occasionally get the “razor blade” feeling in my throat, not as bad as the first few days though.
Emily – glad to hear you’re making some progress I know it’s been frustrating. I was up overnight with some minor bleeding, I unwisely opted out of using my humidifier because it makes me sweat a lot at night. I wanted to enjoy a nice dry full night’s sleep HOWEVER, ended up rising repeatedly. This sort of accelerated my scabs sloughing off which is not uncomfortable really but tastes gross and just feels weird. There’s been continued minor bleeding on and off as this occurs but salt water gargle has helped address that and hydrating a ton. The scabs coming off make it harder to eat again – today eating a soft tuna sandwich and a raspberry italian ice brought tears to my eyes from how sore it was to swallow the food and get it down. That being said still feel like progress is made each day. It’s funny how this process works, you make progress then backslide right around when you’re sick and tired of the whole damned thing. I went to the grocery store to pick stuff up (my help flew back yesterday) and I was so freakin’ tired afterward I had to take a nap after lunch. This healing is so mind over matter sometimes. Not for the faint of heart.
I totally agree! This is taking soo much out of me! Glad you are doing well though. I did pretty good during the day but my throat and ears are killing me right now to the point where it feels like the 2nd day all over again! I’m very lucky to not have bled. Is it normal that my scabs haven’t fallen off yet? I was able to eat another small crab cake and soup soup for dinner. Right now it hurts soo much to even swallow saliva. I’m getting nervous because it’s been 7 days and shouldn’t I be better by now?
per my understanding the longer your scabs stay on the better you are, trust me – mine came off quickly and I paid for it. The tissue behind those scabs is tender and about as “happy” with solid foods as is was on days 1-3. It takes a lot of folks til day 10-12 to really start seeing progress. Just keep doing what you’re doing. For me – trying a half day at work today, I’m losing my mind at home. I am sore but not throbbing. Being home by myself keeps me silent and I don’t feel like that helps much – if you don’t use it you lose it as the saying goes.
Slept like crap, kept waking up with a throat full of bloody mucus. Gross. Taste in my mouth is metallic and gross as well. The bleeding subsided with repeated salt water gargle – the humidifier has caused me to sweat a lot at night so I was excited for a “dry night” LOL, no longer – I will be using that humidifier for a while longer. The timing of this new occurrence is somewhat frustrating as you’re ready to be over and done with this stuff. I’m tired of nursing my throat and worrying about pain and managing symptoms. My recovery has been good all things considered, I could see how folks get very irritable, depressed and emotional.
I had my tonsils out via coblation on 12/26, and I must say this has been one of the worst times of my life. I’m drinking a lot and overall Ive had very few moments where pain exceeded a 5 on a scale of 10. Yesterday, my 6th day, I was starting to feel a bit better, by then my body hit me with a surprise sneeze and I blew a huge chunk of the left scab off which bled for about 10 minutes or so, twice! Since then I’ve been scared to eat and haven’t had any food for two days other than freeze pops. This sucks and I’m counting the days until I can eat real food again.