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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I can’t believe these posts. Tomorrow will be a week since my tonsillectomy. I am a 30 year old male and can’t believe how bad people have made this out to be. Yes day two and three where extremely painful but that’s what pain killers are for? My doc prescribed MEDROL, CELEBREX & TRAMACET. They worked beautifully. Also I was told to eat chewy sweets often. I have never eaten so many jelly babies in my life! Also told to drink lots of coke and water. A ice cold coke definitely helped!
I am glad I never have to have this op again but just stick to your pain meds and you will be fine. This op isn’t for sissys lol!
My doctor told me it would be very painful for about a week. After the surgery I was informed at the office that all patients are told it would be excruciating. Nope.. That word was never used. The doctors act like we just want pain meds to get high. Are you kidding me? Drug addicts have no problem getting their meds… Why do patients in horrific pain turned away. Makes no sense.
at 7:35-8:00 ish or so will be day 7 of my surgery and im feel better than i ever feel i had to clean up and i know i wasnt supposed to sneeze or cough but since i cant take my pills to control my allergies i did anyway i had so warm tea and my mom suggested i take a spoonful of coconut oil so being that it had no taste i put it in my tea and i guess the coconut oil didnt go all the way down so i have this stuck sensation in my chest then i hicupped something and i swallowed it back down i know it disgusting :/
i tried a bit of soda pepsi to be precise and im talking much better but still can’t talk regularly and watching my brothers without yelling is difficult and i took a treatment for my asthma but it made my throat or where it was dry so i tried drinking water soda (only a bit) and juice
the only pain is my asthma and swallowing like i used to 🙁
All I can say is Oh my goodness. I am on day 7 postop . I am 42 years old and really wish I would have had the option to not have this done.
Everything that can hurt does,
Every one heals differently I understand that. But even the liquid Tylenol 3 burns from the tip of my tongue to the last of my throat. I can not take any of the stronger pain meds so I have added ibuprofen 2 times a day as well.
When does the pain start to subside? Like so many of you I too have the razor blade issues,and my ears,omg like someone is pouring acid in every inch of my throat,neck,and ears. Thank goodness hubby bought me a ice shaver because I can not even tolerate freezer pops at this point. Day 8 has got to get better PLEASE
Hang in there Marcy. Day 7 is about as bad as it gets. Are you running a humidifier? Icing? Keep drinking, even if it hurts. It’s SO important!
Greg I think you are fibbing and it never gets better! Tomorrow is a week and the pain is just getting worse every day. I’m supposed to go back to work on the 24th but as of today, I can’t imagine not getting by without pain meds. Throat just doesn’t look like its healing, still looks the same as it did when I got home. Tonight I have a slight fever. *sigh*
Aw sorry Susan- No fib: Day 7 ior 6 are ususally THE WORST. Just hang in there. Soon you’ll be writing to others about how it was ll worth it!
I’m getting better everyday, last night was rough. I woke up to a pain. It seriously felt like they were cutting them them out again. Unbearable!!! Today I ate solid food and drank pop! (: I think I’m healing fast I am not sure if the scabs fell off? But I’m getting better so I don’t even care.
I had a really bad night sleep last night, waking up at 12am, 1am, 4am and 6am… The pain was burning through my throat, ears and jaw… It made me really nervous that the painkillers aren’t working as well as they should be.. although in saying that, I did take a lower strength med before bed…
Apart from the pain throughout the night, the day has been relatively good – there has been mild pain throughout the day, but nothing on what it had been before this… most annoying part is the nauseous feelings in my stomach and the sensitive hearing. I also thinking a am clenching my jaw to tightly as my teeth are quite sore.
All in all… I can see I am getting better!!!