Tonsillectomy Recovery Day by Day
Day 8
A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their eighth day of recovery
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Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Crying. Just… Crying
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : So I woke up this morning with a dry throat. I wasn’t able to sleep more than 30 minutes at a time without coughing. Even while drinking water, my throat has been so dry, it’s like it just isn’t staying moist. I got so fed up, I asked my mom to go buy me a humidifier today. I know I’m a little late, I should have had it from the beginning, but I guess I thought I really didn’t need it. My post-op appointment is in 1 week and I really can’t wait. I definitely have a few questions to ask him! So, I finally got the nerve up to look into my throat, and even though it was a little hard to see, I do see a lot of gray areas. I thought I lost more scabs than I see in my throat, so I was wondering whether or not all of the gray areas are scabs, or if some of it is not scabs. I was told that it is all scabs, so I guess the scabs are going to take longer to fall off than I thought. So, I thought I was doing really well today and then all of a sudden my throat started squeezing really tightly when I swallowed. I slept for about an hour and woke up and it was gone. After talking to my dad who has dealt with panic attacks his whole life, he confirmed that he has had the same thing before and it is in fact mini panic attacks. Great, panic attacks – that’s all I need! I had one in the afternoon and then another one at night. The best way for me to deal with it is to sleep through it.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : day 8..I thought someone had tried to bite off the back of my tongue and tried to scrape the white spots off with a nail filer…Also my feet were swelling, and I began to have a migraine and vomit, I was afraid i was going to rip my stitches..they had become so big me and my bf had named them “shrek ” feet
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : day 8 today and I felt terrible when I woke up! The pain was like a bruised/burning pain. I also feel like I have hay fever(which I don’t). However it’s now lunchtime and I feel considerably better. It feels like day 7 which I can cope with. Hoping day 10 will be the major turnaround day. I swear this feels like the longest recovery!
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Day 8. 33 yrs old. Thanks for the info on the swollen tongue and the marks on it from my teeth. That makes total sense!! My throat feels much better, but the difficulty in eating seems to be coming from the underside of my tongue and my jaw. I will continue to take it easy in hopes that everything will continue to heal up. Im down 12 pounds. Its going to be hard not to put all of the weight back on. I’m starving!! lol
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Days 8 – today – Pain has slowly begun to decrease, however, it’s remained at about a 3/4 for the last two days. However, my body has slowly begun to feel better. I feel like a human again. That’s a refreshing feeling.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Days 8-10–able to eat a little bit more everyday, but it was different every day. Pudding and mac & cheese were good one day, bad the next. Chicken noodle soup was also good, couldn’t eat anymore jello 😛 Throat still sore, still doing the Advil/Tylenol rotation. Waiting for scabs to fall off, but throat still all white.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Day 8, Ok I am feeling much better. Last night was rough. I had taken my pain meds around 11:30 PM , and around 12:15 my earache was unbearable. I had a problem eating yesterday. I just wanted to eat a Popsicle. I got down on my knees and prayed to God to let the pain go away so i could eat. A few minutes later, the pain in my ears subsided (Thanks God!). I ate 2 Popsicles.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 :Day 8- while I felt really crappy all day long I stayed home all day & rested and this evening I feel just a lil better.
Tonsillectomy Day 8 : Recovery Day 8 (post-op day 9):
Had another relapse of pain today on my right side and into my right ear. At this point I am just so exhausted from lack of sleep and lack of proper food. I had my post-op appointment with my surgeon today. He said i still have a ways to go but it is beginning to heal. He said my tonsils were extremely large and that the tonsil beds (where the tonsils were) that are now left behind are so massive that it will take extra time to heal since there is so much damaged tissue back there from the cauterization. I was able to eat some of a baked potato today with cheese and bacon.
today I am on day 8 today is probably the worst crying because the pain is too much too bare. and it hurts to tal I take pain medicin every 4 hour and I take 4 milliliter which i double what double what I should or i or is suggested it on only takes away the it only takes away the shortness of the pain. It sucks but I hope day 10 will be the turning point. still it hurt to eat soft things but i choke it down because I’m hungry I don’t suggest that because it slows the healing proscess
Feels like I’m swallowing glass. Ahhhhh
i’m 18, and i got my tonsils out 8 days ago… I’m honestly really glad i found this page, i thought my recovery seemed “strange”, but now i know it’s normal.. i haven’t been able to eat ANY foods, just popsicles and juice.. everything else hurts. even pudding and jello.. i still feel swollen, i’m still talking funny, and there’s still pain, especially in my ears. i’m really hoping things will start looking up soon, i’m getting super super hungry and depressed, and i don’t know how much longer i can handle this. this page gave me a little boost, though.
Hi there. I really feel for you as I was the same, I got to day 8 which I was feeling pretty much on the mend not much pain was able to swallow most things etc, then when I went to go to bed that night my throat started bleeding, so went to A&E with a tea towel full of blood, and apparently that wasnt enough for them to take me bk in to have cauterised… The doc looked inside my mouth and realised I had an infection on my left toncil so she gave me some antibiotics and said that’s what is causing the bleeding… It stopped an hour later. Then the following night I was up till 4.30 spitting out all this blood and even bloodclots which were getting stuck in my throat (gross) and since iv had no more bleeding… All I can recommend it keep ice packs on the back of your neck as much as poss, and just keep drinkin ice cold water and lots of ice lollies as they will stop it… Try not too cough and not to move around too much as I found that when I’d bleed… Just take it easy, your get there x
Thanks so much, i never thought of putting the ice on the back of my neck. It seems to be working, no more bleeding for 10hrs straight! Hope it will stay this way.
Thanks a lot 🙂
Please give me a piece of advice if you can – anybody!
Since late day 7 and throughout the following night, I’ve been experiencing bleeding – it always lasts about 10-15 mins, not very severe but it comes back repeatedly, about every 3 hrs. I have seen my dr, he gave some pills to prevent bleeding but it still keeps coming back. Ice helps to stop it but I don’t want to bleed at all…
If it keeps going like this, I’m gonna have to go back to the hospital. I really really really don’t want to. Combined with the daily position of 3hrs sleep and lack of food, the blood loss is making me feel very weak. I just want this to stop. I can’t believe I got to the point where the pain isn’t the main issue.
Any advice? Please….?