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, my first report. one week and it’s starting to look better. before i type any more. People, you have read just like i have, reading days ahead, reading behind. We are clearly looking for both stories. The horrible ones that scare us into taking it easy and trying to out last this thing, and the good ones which are few and far between. So we mostly find the bad ones. Well, we knew and we are still here. This does not heal in a day or 7. I can tell you that, but I am beginning to feel better and if you are at this point, you most likely will as well. Run the humidifier from the beginning, drink water, eat if you can. Apple sauce was it for me for the first 5 days. Take your pain meds and get someone to call the doctor already and get a refill of your pain meds. I have finished the pain liquid in 1 week taking every 4 hrs. Best of luck people. Just don’t read any more about the horror stories you can find regarding the whole 1 in 5 people who do this surgery apparently have after everything is healed up. If it is true that 20% of people have major issues once they heal, like eating and stuff, well, that’s just not right and this surgery should never be done. Positive thoughts and prayers however have a way of working in this world created by God.
I just finished day 7. It has been one week since surgery (Tues-Tues) and so far day 7 was the worst. Yet today, I woke up with HORRIBLE pain. I think it is due to the scabs? Idk but I have bad breath, taste of metal and grossness in my mouth, and it burns so bad. The hyrdocodine makes me really nasueasated but its the only way that the pain is somewhat tolerable. I am going on day 8 now and it is 4:30 in the morning. I am afraid to sleep because whenever I sleep for too long, it hurts 10000x worse when I have the first swallow after waking up. I have a humidifier going too but it’s still pretty dry and cold. I AM PRAYING THE PAIN ENDS SOON. I need food! And I need to stop feeling weak!
I had mine out as well as my adenoids. I wish I could not have. It’s terrible! I’m on day 7 and I feel like death. I wake up in the night in terrible pain. In the day my throat stings when I’m not swallowing and feels like I swallowed hot peppers and then sliced my throat open before drinking orange juice lol.
I’m 30 and on day 5.
First day I had no pain and was eating toast 30 mins after surgery, didn’t take pain meds, thought this is going to be easy!
Second day have a wobbly bit of skin hanging down my throat, really annoying and making me gag, rang the hospital they sent me to my GP, he said he’d never seen that before but that it might shrink when the swelling goes away. Still no pain, did all my house work and laundry, ate Pizza Hut!
Third day woke up in agony, all I could do was lie there making pathetic whimpering noises, pain killers (I was only given paracetamol and ibuprofen) don’t touch it, feel like my throats been cut, worst pain I’ve ever experienced, even drinking water very challenging. Cold makes it worse! I was drinking warm water and warm milk. During the night I had coughing fits and coughed up scabs (ew)
Day 4 pain was moderate but better than day 3, managed to eat scrambled egg on toast, porridge and stew.
Day 5 pain seems the same as yesterday. The tablets are giving me stomach cramps and making me nauseous now though.
Just hope this is better soon 🙁
I am on day 7 of recovery. I am healing which means my pain is worse. The scabs are forming so it hurts! The thing I am obsessed with is soup! Soup takes so good on the throat. I recommend not eating chicken with any soup. If you want something sugary, try vanilla wafers (the sandwich with cremey stuff kind) They are so good and they melt in your mouth so you dont really even have to swallow!! Remember to drink drink drink!