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’m on day 7. Though it has been painful, certainly bearable. My goal was to follow ALL the advice.
1. Took pain medications on time. Had an alarm clock by my bed and woke up right on time.
2. Ice, ice, ice. My husband found a cooler–a round one my daughter used for soccer.. He “shaves” the ice by putting it in our blend tec blender–turned out kind of like snow. It stays for almost 12 hours in the cooler. Then we refill. The more I suck on ice the better. The minute it starts hurting, if I suck on ice it feels better.
3. Slept up. I slept in a recliner chair the whole week. Not sure whether this is important or not, but I was following advice.
4. Ate or drank as much as possible–but NOT anything nearly solid. Tried eggs the third day, but they got stuck in the tonsil hole. Best things: ramen noodles with eggs whipped up and thrown in. Pumpkin pie–cooked without crust. Popsicles, of course. Homemade applesauce. Green smoothie–with spinach and melon. Best to eat 20 minutes after medicine. Stuff will get stuck–drink a full cup of water while medicine still strong to rinse out tonsils.
5. Kept humidifier on by head all the time.
6. Continued allergy medicine, including nasonex.
7. Sprayed sinuses with saline nasal spray regularly.
8. Ice, ice, ice–did I say that?
9. Rest!
10. Keep log of medications–you’re so foggy on them, that you need something so you don’t wonder if you just took them 1/2 an hour ago.
What a great post- Thank you! and good luck in your recovery. -Greg
Chicken noodle and potato soup is the best so far. I also agree Slurpees are wonderful. Sonic has really good favors and are delish.
In response to -September 2, 2012 at 2:43 pm Craig:
I have been taking meds and not missed any. But even with that the pain has been the worst ever. One thing you will notice is that people here have varying experiences. I would count yourself very blessed if you have not had it extremely bad.
The only thing that’s getting me down is the ear ache and the constant fatigue! The pain from my throat isn’t really that bad, it just feels like a mild case of tonsilitus but when I eat the pain is obviously worse. I’ve been eating solids since the op and I think this has helped with my recovery. I’m meant to be back at work tomorrow, hope the ear aches gone by then!
Last night was my worst night since night 3. I was up every 2 hours from the pain. Neither me or my husband slept much. Trying to get a few sips of water down to get rid of the dryness was horrid. But once the dryness gone, and some pain meds in, things were tolerable. Had been taking Ibuprofen, but I had some bleeding issues on post-op day 5, so I’m trying to stick to Tylenol between the Loratab doses. I have found 2 tums, crushed and mixed with water to make a soup like texture, taken every time I take my meds helps keep the heartburn I’d been having at bay. At this point, the only food I have been able to tolerate is soup and cream of wheat. I personally find cold foods very irritating. So all the ice cream I stocked up on will have to wait. I normally don’t drink much. So trying to keep enough fluids is a challenge. I stepped on my scale yesterday, and I’m down 10 lbs since surgery. This is not my idea of healthy weight loss. Trying to hang in there. Hoping I feel well enough to get out with my sister for her ultrasound tomorrow.
I am on night 5 and the heartburn is killing me thanks for the advice
I had my tonsillectomy on 9-12-12 and today is exactly one week since. I felt much better this morning…almost like a new person! I took a small dose of my pain meds since I felt like superwoman, but now that its getting later in the day I’m starting to feel it a little bit more. I know I’m getting better but I just want to feel normal again! I hope I feel better by this saturday since I’m hosting a small party at my home and want to be able to eat and drink! I dont know what my scabs are supposed to look like, All I know is that the back of my throat is patchy white in spots and red and tender looking in others, plus theres a few black dots in some areas. Can anyone explain this to me? Oh and has anyone had to sneeze? I’ve been sneezing since yesterday, I cant stop and it hurts so bad!