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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Two things different last night…
1 pain wasn’t as intense
2 I woke to a lot of blood in back of my throat.
Two things I did different.
1.i used anbersol which was like angels from heaven giving mercy
2 I had a cool humidifier on for the first time during my short 3 hours of sleep.
I only eat jello, pudding and water… nothing more added because I still can’t swallow without pain.
The anbersol took a huge edge of pain off but I’m hoping that’s not the cause for the bleeding
Btw I’m 48 years old and this is worse than any kidney stone broken bone or broken rib …. I’m on day 7 and I just woke up with some globs of blood and a bit of a bloody nose.
It’s calm down and so far it’s just a few blood spots… but initially it was bad. Here’s the kicker… I went to the hospital earlier today for dehydration… they check blood levels and all was ok… filled me with fluids via iv and was on my way home.
3 hours later I’m waking up to almost choking on blood clots.
Some fairly red.
It’s officially day 8 and 630 am
Im gonna wait to chat with my ent about the blood.
I’m praying it’s just scab coming off but not to the point I need to be sealed back up…. I can’t go through this again!
Has anyone tried Anbersol numbing gel to ease the pain? And if so …. is there any drawbacks to it or anyone have warnings against it ?
I’m 22 years old. This is day 7 for me, I think today is the worst amount of pain I’ve been in since my surgery. Sleeping makes me sad, I want to sleep because, hey, it feels great to sleep. Just kidding, I wake up with a throat so dry…my whole head is pounding, jaws locking, teeth grinding, ears ache, and my throat hurts so bad I wince just drinking water. I’m not allowed anything like oxycodone or Vicodin since I use to use heroin before I had my son. All my doctor gave me is a “Tonsil Fire Extinguisher” that numbs the area and ibuprofen and tylenol…. I’m hoping this get better soon. I can’t talk, can’t sleep, can’t eat, and just don’t feel like me 🙁
I feel the exact same. I’m on day 7 right now. 🙁
Same Here. 🙁
Me too…same dry mouth when waking
I’m on day 7. Im 32 and The pain is unbearable. I now don’t sleep as waking up with the throbbing skull/jaw/throat combo is not worth the 45 minutes I get. The only thing that will ease it is ibuprofen and I can only take that 3 times in 24 hours!!!!! It is 4 in the morning and I’m just counting down till my doctor is open to either get something stronger or demand I go back into hospital. Oh and last time I went to thd doctor they told me to go to the shop and buy mouthwash….useless! Had a yogurt and 1 egg yesterday. That was it, so hungry! But again the pain afterwards is just not worth it. So reassuring to read everyone’s experiences when you are awake all night, slowly losing my mind. Oh and childbirth was a walk in the park compared to this.