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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My 4.5 year old daughter is on day 8 today. I cannot see her in so much pain anymore, when does it end??? It is especially hard when she’s trying to eat even though it’s soft food. I stopped her hydrocodone and just do regular Tylenol, my heart breaks for her.
I got my tonsillectomy on 6th April…And by far it has been the worst days of my life…The ear pain is unbearable…And how do people eat or drink after this…I can barely drink milk…Today the pain was less but it increased at night..I am on painkillers . But seriously man the pain is too much…It feels as if my throat has become stiff..There are sudden episodes of pain..Please suggest me some diet plan…I am seriously blank on what to eat..I only eat ice creams and drink milk.
Do not eat dairy, it causes throat irritation!!!
i took anything i could get down as a win – my surgeon told me the same thing. ice cream is so far the only thing that doesn’t sting going down. although i can tell it’s making more mucus – i just don’t care at this point
4/10/17
I had my tonsils out 7 days ago.I’m 37 y/o .I’m in Recovery so I have not used any kind of drug for pain just your normal acetmetaphen.It has been tough.The worst part is eating day 2 I ate meatloaf,hummus & truth is Bread is the worst thing to eat I think because it kind of drags.early mornings are the worst.getting up taking acetmetaphen choking down a Nutri grain bar or pudding or yogurt than back to bed.ears,eyes,throat delicate balance.I have so much Respect for people who go through this.I’ve taken 2 weeks off work.for good reason.don’t lift much or do much the antibiotic & steroid will get you tired.Plus truth is we don’t want to bleed out our throats.You kind of gotta get Brave in reguards to eating.I thought the pain would go away day 7 lol I was wrong.Good luck god speed.
Bobby P
I’m 15 and had a tonsillectomy 7 days ago I think I’m starting to get better but I was in so much pain on day 4/5 I didn’t eat anything on those days because of the pain but after surgery I could eat a little,my ears have been in so much pain because of it and any time I would swallow it would hurt my thoart n ears,I haven’t had much sleep because I wake up screaming because of the pain and I’m too scared to go through the pain! I get about 3 hours sleep a night,ice lollys will become your best friend through all this,if your thinking about getting a tonsillectomy think long and hard because it is very painful your throt is on fire n so is your ears but if you really need to get your tonsils out than get it done and I recommend having liquid medication because tables for me were to hard to swallow
I’m on my 7th day of recovery from a tonsillectomy and an adenoidectomy and it has been rough every single day. Im only able to eat soft foods like pasta or chicken noodle soup.the pain through out the day is more bearable than in the night time. I can’t sleep as much cause of the pain I feel. I am only ablw to sleep around 4 hours a night.I finished the hydrocoDene that they gave me (180 ml).I would take 15ml of it every six hours.once I was done with the medicine I started taking tylenol (325mg) every four hours. Now I am awake and wondering why my the left side is bleeding so much.from what I see it looks like a big clot of blood just sitting on the left side.is that normal??is it a scab?should I be worried?