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.
I am crying. Thank God for this website that makes me feel like I’m not a big sissy and it’s ok that I don’t feel on the upswing yet. I’ve had such trouble with power outages and major storms that everything seems impossible to keep up with. But I know that each day it will get better. I went to the ER on 2 days ago because of violent vomiting of blood. We got the pain and bleeding under control. The steroid they gave me to reduce the swelling was amazing but now it’s worn off and back in full force. My Tongue is a major problem right now and just frustrating me so intensely. They told me that I was hard to incubate during the surgery and I think there was a lot more to it than that as my tongue and roof of my mouth is very cut up.
This is the first night I will be spending alone. I have prepared myself as much as possible to wake up and drink fluids, take meds and keep on top of the pain. I really want to eat but my tongue is still so swollen that even pudding is hard to get down. I drank some coconut milk and sucked on ice chips all day. Hoping to eat tomorrow because I think that will make a big difference in my morale. Pushing the water to keep my throat moist and that has helped a lot. The only reason to look forward to tomorrow morning is that it’s one more day closer to being able to feel better. Isn’t it wrong that I just I want to eat Roast beef and mashed potatoes! It’s making my mouth water right now! Torture
Day 8, June 29, 2012 – Adenoid scabs came off today. It was like haulking a loogie with big mucous plugs. Left side tonsil scabs are gone from the top all the way down to about 1/3 before the bottom. Clearing my through is a constant sensation since some of the scabs are loosely flopping around and it feels like something is caught in my throat. Talking without pain now. I didn’t talk for the first 6 days. I really want to say that the constant ice for 5 days and no talking, as well as not eating anything too rough, is what helped my scabs start coming off. The initial pain was an 8 or 9 but as the scabs started coming off its down to a 5. Completely tolerable. Although for me, this whole experience has been completely tolerable, the swallowing problems are the worst.
Day 8 here I am. On the 7th day, was probably my worst day. I had extremely sharp pain on the left side, and while the percocet helped, it was still unbearable. My mom has been sneaking me valium for when the pain is unreal, and it really helps to both calm myself, and my tense throat. Early that morning, I had called my ENT, and he called me back (at 6:10 in the morning), and said it was normal, and was likely a scab trying to fall off… By the night, i started bleeding, the first bleed, and post op… Day 7 was also the only day I couldn’t speak, in fact, the day of surgery, I had lobster (and it was amazing)…
Bleeding stopped by the time I got the ER, but they gave me an iv glucocorticosteroid (like prednisone), and it was like night and day… by day 8, far less pain, far less swelling, and is highly advisable. Tho, toward the end of the day, the sharp pain returned, if I did not keep up with my pain meds… The back of my throat seems nearly healed, but one side looks like a lil pocket of scab, that I desperately hope falls off, leaving an opening, and not a pocket.
Also, Game of thrones helps to keep me sane.
Coming to an end to day 8. This morning was the first time I took prednisone prescribed to me yesterday. Day 6 and 7 were extremely painful and uncomfortable but once I got a dose of prednisone in me it was like night and day. The swelling after about an hour came down and I haven’t needed medicine all day even to eat. Its like a miracle worker. I know its not the best thing to take but everyone should be prescribed this after a tonsillectomy. If you’re between days 7-10 and not seeing any relief I would definitely bring prednisone up to your doctor.
Woke up a couple times in the night. Sleep has been the worst thing for me over the last couple of days, but I am just so tired! The intense, stinging pain I have been experiencing for the past 3 days has now turned into a dull ache…still in so much pain! Will be talking in a whisper all of today! Tried chewing gum yesterday for the ear pain and it worked miracles, the action of chewing however seems to have contributed to my aching throat. Can’t explain how hungry I am, but every time I eat that stinging pain returns…I saw someone say it was like swallowing knives and I couldn’t agree more! Pain is really starting to get me down at the moment and hoping tomorrow is a better day!