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 Seven is about the same as day five and day six. The pain when I first wake up is always the worst because my throat has dried out of sleeping. Today I feel sharp pains in certain areas. My ears and jaw are killing me. It feels like a giant hand is squeezing my head in on all sides. Swallowing hurts, even water, all I’ve managed to eat today is some broth. Also the taste in my mouth from the scabs and mucas is making me nausiated. I can barely open my mouth and talking is excruciating. Ice packs have helped some but not as much as I was hoping for. This is such a miserable situation.
I was told by my nurse that the pain would intensify around day 7, and she was absolutely right.
This morning I woke up at 5am, and for the first time I can say I was in some genuine discomfort, probably a 7/10 on the pain scale. I’d liken it to a very tight, burning sensation. I have been prescribed liquid codeine and this takes effect quickly, so whilst the pain was at its peak, it lasted 15 minutes at the most.
The rest of the day was much like my others, I experienced very little pain at all and ate more or less normally.
I have been completely mute since the day of the operation but spoke for the first time this afternoon (as my mum came to visit!) It took a while to talk ‘normally’ if you can call it that, it was more of a soft squeek.
Pain returned in the early evening, partly because the talking strained out my throat. But I’m glad I tested the old vocal chords!
So I think this means I am now on the other side of the recovery hill… I’m not going to count my chickens, but if this is the worst of it I must be one of the lucky ones.
Day 7 went well for me. I am a 22 year old and had to get my tonsils and adenoids taken out for health reasons. This day I woke up and still had to take my pain killers but then laid out in the sun for the rest of the day. I ate eggs for brunch and cheese ravioli for dinner. The pain was still there but was still able to eat some what soft foods and got tan.
can someone please reassure me this pain is going to end?! I am 20 yrs old and everyone I’ve talked to before the surgery said they were fine within a couple days, they had minimal pain, they could eat whatever they wanted. I call bull. every day has basically felt the same but today, exactly a week since the surgery, I now have this wonderful scratching in my throat. I know everyone says that means it’s healing but the fact that it feels like someone has dropped a fireball in my throat every time I cough is worse than everything. I woke up this morning after having a bad dream, which of course brought on heavy breathing, causing the worst pain ever. I read that by the 9th/10th days, it gets better. All I want to do is be tranquillized until those days. After taking my medication, I admit the pain did subside but I’m beginning to believe that my body’s growing used to it. Blah maybe I’ll take some sleeping pills and sleep my way through this!
Anna- It IS going to end. Honestly, you are in THE WORST of it. In a few days you will be amazed by how much better you’ll start to feel. Be prepared for a little weepy/ depressed feelings. The med’s, lack of sleep, and pain DO take their toll. hang in there sweetheart!
Day 7 : woohoo finally being able to eat a little more !! My throat starts to hurt when i eat but its bearable and. im starving so ill deal with it !! Yesterday I had crab meat and cheesecake and i noticed that after makinh myself eat more than freeze pops my throat seemed to not feel as tight which I liked a lot. I did notice however on days 4 and 5 I had a little bleeding. I called my doctor right away and was told to suck on ice so it would stop, luckily 30 mins later and I was good both times! My speech is also almost back to normal. I cant wait to be able to enjoy a nice steak with shrimp when my throats all healed up ! Good luck to everyone who is having troubles, it can only get better from here ! By the way I am 17 years old and had my tonsils removed because they were causing breathing issues.