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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I am on recovery day 7, finally a week since my operation,had my op done on the 11/04/2016. must admit quite happy to make it this far,even though I know theirs still a way to go, I thought by now the pain would stop,but honestly it feels worse! I find the worse pain is early in the morning and late at night. My throat isn’t that sore anymore,it’s painful but bearable,but I’m finding the earache is definitely getting worse! I am 18 and had to get aTonsillectomy due to tonsil stones and being frequently sick. I am overall a healthy girl,so being sick didn’t suit me,I would become like such a baby. I mean look at the time 2:12, I am so tired,but can’t sleep due to the pain,I have gone off my pain meds. I must admit I feel like I am regretting getting this operation as I feel like i am not getting better! Is their really a light at the end of the tunnel?? I love this page though helps me through my days of recovery,great tips and advice,helps to know people survived lol,anyways let me try get some sleep.
Hi ..Iv been following this site daily too .. im on day 7 including day of surgery… so far it’s been the roller coaster everyone says it is ..Unfortunately i have good days and bad days which is difficult for my family to understand .. one minute mommy can make dinner and wipe bums and the next she is crying with the pain throughout her head .. im a single mom to 4 kids and thankfully my doctor gave me a fentanyl patch to help me cope .. I advise anyone who needs to carry on looking after things to ask for strong pain medication .. only some people will get them depending on their tolerance levels .. its been my and my children’s saving grace … I’d like to thank the founder of this site it’s been great … I find sleeping ok I take a periton antihistamine otc tablet before sleep and it knocks me out for bout five hours till I wake for my antibiotics and solphadol… my tonsils were inflamed going into surgery so ent has me on calvepen for a week ..scabs are still on fully but throat feels fine I can eat what I like but I drink bout two litre of room temperature water a day cold is no fun … i also filled two socks with rice and tied a knot it them. Then i microwave them for a min with a glass of water ..The rice filled socks make an ideal heatpack very comforting on the ears and neck .. im worried the pain will get worse before it gets better… ill stay medicated for another two days I hope then it’s safe to start reducing the dose?? or does anyone think it’s too soon to reduce pain relief after 9 days?? ..I don’t want to get overwhelmed with pain and not be able to get it back under control ?
Omg my throat is so sore. Everything just feels like stabbing pains. I’m trying to keep on drinking water though. I ate two Perogies today. It killed me but I couldn’t take anymore soup, jello, pudding, yogurt. This is the worst feeling ever because I still feel stabbing pain even when I’m not eating or drinking. I guess Popsicles for the rest of today and hopefully feel better tomorrow. Couldn’t sleep last night because of how bad the pain was. I’m so glad I’m not the only one going through this.
I am 14 years old and am on day 5 counting surgery day..so far it hasn’t been as bad as I expected. My throat pain has been annoying but not unbearable, I have been using this numbing mouthwash and its been a lifesaver. I actually think I’m recovering pretty well. I quit the pain meds yesterday after taking it on an empty stomach and later throwing up twice. I have been using a humidifier at night and sleeping through the night every single night, only waking up a couple times for like a minute. I’ve been making it a priority to stay hydrated, drinking a lot but unfortunately I haven’t had much of an appetite. For me the worst part has been my saliva and that awful taste in my mouth. I have been carrying around a cup to spit in, because my saliva is so thick and nasty. However I’m hoping to be recovered by day 7 (Tuesday) , and back to school the next day.
I am 32/f and had tubes put in my ears and my tonsils/adenoids taken out on March 5th 2015 (its March 11th right now). Basically as all of my friends call it – kid surgery all in one. This website has been an absolute godsend; I sincerely want to thank the creator! You have done a very very good thing here for many people. I looked at it before surgery and that’s when I decided even at 32 years of age I was going to take a medical leave and fly home to be with my parents for the surgery. I’m single and live alone and from some of the other postings that sounded like the worst situation. I’ve been very fortunate to have done so, it’s so much easier having people around that understand you. You won’t be able to talk and you need that person that isn’t afraid to push you to get more fluids down and food in your system even if you don’t want it at all. Not to mention the scary possibility of bleeding. Trust me, you won’t be able to call anyone so you’d have to pray that someone could see your txt in the middle of the night if you needed 911 or a ride to the hospital. You won’t want to drive yourself if you’re on the same meds I’ve been on. Then there’s the bad breath smell… (maybe my parents are kind but I think I got lucky there… they said it hasn’t been bad, but it does sound normal for others)
Since my surgery I have since been looking daily at this site to see how others felt during the same day of recovery I’m at. It’s amazing how comforting it can feel that you’re not the only one. This really is the worst surgery for such a seemingly simple thing. While I am most certainly not out of the woods yet (woke up and was miserable this morning a 7 on the pain scale at least!) I have learned a lot from here and wanted to pass on a few little gems that I found helpful:
– Numbing spray – I haven’t heard anyone talk about that here. But I used it for the first time yesterday. Not going to lie it stings for a minute, but then it’s amazing. My doctor and pharmacist recommended the over the counter sore throat spray with phenol/oral anesthetic. It helps me hate life a little less – and yes you will hate life, and you will definitely hate living life the most – I want to live it so badly right now! But back to the spray – you take it ever two hours – so if you plan it right – it helps you when the pain medication stops. (if anyone is like me, percocets take about 15 minutes to kick in, lasts for about 3 hours or so and then about a half hour before your next dose you watch the minutes go by hoping it’ll go faster so you can feel better again – usually I sleep until that half hour before mark and like clock-work I wake up and realize I still have another half hour before the next dose).
– Set your phone alarms for meds. It’ll help you stay on track. Just like the others said – worth it to wake up and take your meds on time every time then realize you missed a dose by 20 minutes. It really does make a huge difference in your recovery. Like I said this recovery SUCKS. so every little bit helps. this is one of the bigger ones. Do it for your own sanity and the others around you.
– humidifiers – my room may seem like the tropics (definitely going to have to wash everything to make sure there’s no mold growing later!) but the humidifiers have been everything. Invest in one pronto. Helps my throat be a little less dry and therefore painful when I wake up. I actually have two in my room currently. I’m not ashamed. I love it.
– I took non-acidic fruit and threw it in the freezer pre-surgery (ie. blueberries, bananas, etc do a google search for non-acidic fruit). This was amazing for quick smoothies that were nice and cold – like a milkshake that I actually could get down. in the beginning I just did the frozen fruit, protein powder, sorbet, water, and a touch of the Bolthouse Green Goddess in the blender (I knew id be too out of it to make it all from scratch and bolthouse is better then some of the other brands). Then when I was ready, I added Greek Gods Honey yogurt instead of sorbet. I didn’t actually find much issue with dairy/phlegm after all. But I had read enough postings that I was weary at first. I guess it depends on the person in the end. I prefer yogurt to sorbet personally. I still have lost a ton of weight, but at least I’m getting nutrition as much as possible. I’ve had at least 1 a day of those.
– Lots have already said this – but GATORADE. stock up. on the big ones. It’ll help you stay hydrated and is oddly easier to get down then ice water. My ENT nurse said that when her husband had them done she put the Gatorade in the freezer just before he’d want it and then it’d be nice and slushy. It was the only way he’d take it. I second that. I’m the same. Gatorade does freeze, so don’t just put it in the freezer, I learned that the harder way. but it’s nice when it’s slushy form. better than just Gatorade with ice.
– get the kids-style make your own popsicles, I bought one on amazon since it’s winter and I couldn’t find any in the stores. it was less than $5.00 with free shipping, 2 day delivery – then you can make whatever you like to keep up with nutrition and actually be able to get it down. Popsicles should be narrow – you won’t be able to open your mouth all the way the first few days. (still can’t completely actually). Just remember – nothing acidic.
– As all true veggies will be aware – most of the lists for food options aren’t truly veggie friendly so If anyone wants suggestions for a vegetarian friendly – non egg pre-surgery shopping list – please let me know by commenting – I have this thing set to notify me of follow up comments by email so I’ll be aware. I can also suggest non-dairy, but I personally do dairy, but definitely no eggs, fish, meat, etc.
– get a suggestions for shows that don’t require thinking – then watch the entire season/series/etc. you will get bored during this process.
– don’t just take a week off of work. take at minimum 2. you don’t know how your body will react. It’s more likely you’ll need 2.
Good luck! I’m still going through it so if I think of anything else I’ll post. most is covered here. I’d definitely suggest looking at day 1 on your day one, then day 2 on your day two, and so on. you’ll learn from everyone on this site and that will in turn help you.
Thank you Winter! and best of luck for a speedy recovery!