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 6 after tonsil adenoids and tubes on my 5 year old son. He is waking through the night in cold sweats and crying out in pain. He almost seems to be asleep but awake like a night terror. Active during the day but will not each much or drink. Refuses popciles and ice cream, only wants water. Had a little cold chicken and cheese. Scabs have not fallen off yet.
My 3 year old son is doing the same!! He screamed in his sleep this morning. He wakes up every hour and just sits up and sleeps and is sweaty and shaking. Im so glad im not the only one to deal with this.was starting to scare me a little.
Day 7- dry throat, pain, YOUTUBE medicine
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I’m on day 7… best day so far! The first few days were torture! Swelling was really bad. I couldn’t eat anything. Even pop sickles were torture. Everything was horrible ?. I was weak and had no energy!
But today, I feel a lot better. I have a lot more energy! I think the main reason is because I’ve been drinking Boost in the flavor Very Vanilla for the past 2 days in place of meals. And it is actually gets me full. No pain while swallowing it, no nausea, no swelling after eating it, and I can actually finish it! I’m glad I found it because I had lost 15 pounds during the first 5 days because I couldn’t eat anything (I tried yogurt, mashed potatoes, etc.) but since I’ve been drinking boost my weight has been the same for 2 days! I’m glad too because I was losing my curves haha! So if your looking for a painless yet filling way to eat get Boost! It taste just like ice cream ? Also remember to drink water too! Ice if there’s swelling.
Days one and two my tongue was so sore from the nurses pulling on it. Pain is weird because I feel like my uvula is gettin tucked away when I swallow. I had HUGE tonsils so the space where they had used to be feels enormous. Still getting used to swallowing. The less you talk the less it hurts. But drink as much as possible, swallowing speeds up the healing process.
I’m a 23 year old female nearing the end of day 6. I had a septoplasty, turbinate reduction, and nasal reconstruction to better my breathing along with my tonsilectomy and adenoidectomy, so my recovery has been quite a ride so far.
Days 1 was very hazy and heavily medicated. My amoxicillin antibiotic is in pill form so these had to be mixed in with pudding in order to be eaten.
Days 2 and 3 I was taking my medication every 4 hours, eating only soup, pudding, and ice cream. My uvula was so swollen it was starting to scare me. I had tears running all day with a mind of their own, as I was never actually intentionally crying. This may have been from the nose swelling.
Days 4-6 I’ve mostly been sticking with soup in the morning and an attempt at soft food at night just from rampaging hunger. Anything in between is just uncomfortable. It took me about an hour to eat a little oatmeal tonight. Granted, there was a nap in the middle, but I think the pain meds can be blamed for that. Liquid foods are really preferable as far as pain and ease of swallowing is concerned. Soup is great on the throat but with nothing too solid in it – no meat or veggies. I have to take the pain meds before I even think about eating. My uvula is still swollen, so it makes it feel like I have to swallow. My jaw is sore and I’m experiencing a little ear pain. Feels like there’s knives in my throat, especially on the right side. Overall just an unenjoyable experience. Every day has been painful so I can’t say it’s getting worse or better, I think I’m just getting sick of it. I can’t talk very loudly or respond quickly, and for the love of Pete I just want regular food!!
Also, the doctor never really mentions constipation and I’m not sure about others’ medications, but I’ve been prescribed hydrocodone, and that paired with antibiotics most definitely stopped my bowel movements. Because I’m eating so little I’m not overly concerned about it, but it’s something to take into account.
Day 7 for me… I just want the burning feeling to end!!! I’ve not had solid food since December 20th…. I’m weak when I first get up. The ear popping is the worst…I’m just praying that I wake up and all the pain is gone!
Today makes days 7 for me day six was by far the best I was actually able to taste and eat my food and eat a good amount for lunch. Of course it was just mac and cheese but it was very very soft and boy it tasted so good. But as we all may know night time is the worst . Around 6;30-7pm is when my discomfort starts to kick in and it sucks. I over did it with trying to talk through the day and my eating. I took advantage with the eating bc no mater what I tried from day one til now it burned it hurt extremely bad after 3-4 bites. So I had been living on iced water. Of course lost 12lbs since. I tried to eat ice cream, popsicles, warm chicken broth, sherbert, pudding, Ramen soup just broth everything just hurt after a few bites. The warm chicken broth and ramen broth was not to bad. Just got tired of being soar after so long. This processes takes very strong people to get through this and I think people really need to heavily prepare themselves for the worst because to me nothing had prepared me for the amount of pain that I am going through. I have a pretty high pain tolerance and boy am I a big whimp now. Even the horror stories to me just didn’t prepare me for the pain. I pray for everyone to get well very soon and eat something delicious for your first time when you are finally able to actually eat when you are done recovering!!!!! Crab legs and a juicy avocado burger it is for me!!!!!!!