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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Ok, scratch everything I said, post day 7 has been the worst day of my life having a baby was so much more easier! I had a bleed out ! I was sitting on my couch and felt something pop I could taste blood and ran to the restroom I spit out so much blood. The only way I got the bleeding to stop was drinking two ice cold water bottles. My pain at this point is a 25 It feels like I’m swallowing glass everytime I try so of course that resulted me into spitting into a cup! I haven’t talked since day 2 of my surgery,I’m literally tired of writing. I originally had a abscess on my throats which lead to the removal of my tonsils I jus can’t wait until this is all over . I am ready to return back to work keep in mind I talk for a living. Good luck to all!
It is “comforting” to read that I’m not the only one who is still miserable. I am 24 and on day 7 post tonsillectomy. It is AWFUL!! Drinking or eating anything cold brings me to tears, so much stabbing ear pain it’s unreal (and swallowing glass shards is the perfect description). Drinking a small amount of warm water is about all I can do. Eating is out of the question. The first few days were a walk in the park in comparison to now.
I’m 37 years old, today is a week since I had a tonsillectomy surgery…. the pain is absolutely horrible…. drinking water feels like I’m drinking a glass of glass chards… I can drink ice caps, I drink a chocolate protein shake twice a day but other than that… water is horrible!!!
I’m 38 and had my surgery on the 7/20/17 and I’m just miserable. I had to come online just too see if I was just overreacting and I see that I’m not. This truly is something that should have been done in my younger years. I have given birth (4x) 2natural and 2csetion and had tubal ligation and hysterectomy that was way easier than this by the seventh day
Friday will be my one week..
This has been horror movie. I have not been able to speak bc of the pain. Every swallow is like knives cutting me.. I have to prepare to swallow. Pep talk.. Ok ur ready one two swallow. I have not been able to eat because of the pain.. Today I got applesauce down.. Yea.. But I’m still needing my meds and I’m running out fast.. I deff need them.. I have not been able to have a bm. Since surgery.. Ice I live on ice.. I eat it I have it on my face because the pain and swelling. This sucks. I would not recommend this .. Pain is soo bad. I have a high pain tolerance..
I am on day 7 and in the same position as you! Prep talking to swallow and replying on pain meds for any amount of comfort. I slept through my alarms this morning and woke up 2.5 hours after my last dose of pain meds were due and have been miserable ever since. I can’t get on top of the pain, it is so bad..
So just finished out day seven here. I’ve been reading up on tonsillectomy stuff, just like all of you, since having the surgery. It’s my first post though. Day 7 was not that bad really. Since the day I got my surgery I’ve been taking two 5/325mg Percocets every 4 hours. I set alarms for 12, 4, 8, 12, and so on. I usually cut them in half just because it feels like it gets caught in my throats and then I expierence acid reflux. ? Anyways, day 7 was okay. Just hung out all day. Took a nap about mid day. After taking the percs and waiting until they really kicked in I made two things of top ramen, had some applesauce and apple juice. Still haven’t pooped since the surgery though ? Scans are still on, but the only time I ever really feel plain is after I wake up, it hurts pretty bad, and the only thing you can do is drink cold water and wait it out. It passes though. Yesterday was the Fourth of July, so I got ballsy and had a pulled pork sand which, it went down alright after heavy chewing and swallowing every bite with water. Anywho, day 7, not that bad, drink water and take the meds. ✌?