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.
day8- today is so much better, pain is there but foggy unclear thinking is gone. can walk unassisted! i hope this is my turning point… can’t live without my icepacks though. feel more energized, made some soft scrambled eggs and did some dishes! wich i thought i was on my death bed day before yesterday, so hoping its better and better. my son had his out at 6 and was not anything like ny recovery…he had lits of icecream and popscicles and played board games and slept all day and night…does anyonr know why adults recovery is so bad?
Doctors said its a harder and harder every year you get older. It’s because your tonsils retreat into their beds within you throat muscles as you get older. So there is much more damage to your more developed muscles. Kids have much softer tissues.
Last week, I had no idea if I’d be able to be home in my apartment again or if I’d still be spending the night at my parent’s house every night.
Yesterday, I woke up and the pain in my ears was still there, but throughout the day, I began to actually have an appetite. My Mom took me home to my apartment where it took me half an hour to get down applesauce. My throat was feeling better and drinking water was incredibly easy. Although it seems that night time is definitely more difficult than the day time with pain and such. I wake up every two hours and have to convince myself to go back to sleep. Good news is, I’m getting on a much better sleep schedule now haha.
Since I finally had some sort of appetite, I decided to go to Taco Bell and get a wet burrito. I was excited, thinking I would be able to taste it and eat it without any issues. As soon as I put the burrito on my tongue, it felt like there was an explosion. I felt like I could severely taste the red sauce that was on it, but not much of anything else. I also noticed that I had some sort of white film on the right side of my tongue which was kind of gross.
I’m still hungry and I’ve read a lot of horror stories about people not getting their sense of taste back. I mean, I was looking forward to losing weight after this surgery, but not like… a million pounds because everything tastes nasty. Granted, yes, I tried something that had a little bit of flavor with it and I swore my tongue was on fire (not in a pleasant, yum, this tastes good way.) It wasn’t really painful, just a surprise, and a let down. I also tried chewing a jelly bean last night and the taste was incredibly bitter. YUCK!
Anyone know when my taste will be back? I’m probably going to just drink/eat some chicken soup today. I don’t think I have Thrush, but I’m going to try to eat some yogurt, just to be on the safe side. My tongue looks really red with tiny little bumps all over it. I initially thought that the white film was my tongue healing from the surgery until I read up on it? I can kind of taste things. Vitamin water, popsicles, Gatorade all taste fairly normal.
I’d appreciate as much input as possible!
22 (almost 23) year old female. 8 day Post op. Day 3 no pain meds (only 500 mg of Tylenol every 6 hours or so.)
Hi, I’m on day 8 post-op. I have been needing the pain medicine every 4 hours since the first day of surgery. I called my surgeon and he said it is normal to take the pain medicine around the clock for atleast the first 10 days. I tried weaning off the pain medicine today- BIG mistake. I was in intense pain after about 6 hours. For dinner I tried to eat some regular food and I’m paying for it now. My left ear is still hurting and I’m sleeping with a heating pad to ease the ear pain. Thankfully my doctor has been graciously generous with pain medicine!
The morning of day 8 (midnight) marked my highest pain threshold. Pain was about a nine. I would wait for about 2.5 hours until the next dose, and sometimes took the Roxicet every 3 hours (with a cup of pudding).
I still can only whisper, sweat profusely at night, and wake up from sleep apnea. However, at about 9 am, the pain subsided. My pain went down to about a 4, and stayed that way through day 10 (when I was able to stop my pain meds and move to Tynelnol. Day 8 was great. I am still resting a lot at this point, drinking a lot of fluids, and taking vitamins, pro-biotics. I had to increase my probiotics to 100 billion (Renewlife brand) when I started having a white tongue and dry mouth. I am not sure if I had thrush ( which is candida yeast that grows in your mouth when your immune system is compromised and the bad bacteria is outgrowing the good). However, the probiotic did help with the coating on my tongue and also with salvia production. If you haven’t already, make sure you have purchased a humidifier. I purchased one on day nine. My only discomfort is the pinching feeling of the scabs on my throat when they become dry (sipping water doesn’t always help; I need to coat my throat with yogurt smoothies or liquidfied pudding).
Good luck! The end is in sight!
Yuck, I’m on day 8! This is the worst, I just woke up from excruciating pain in my throat! I’m scared to even take my pain meds, they always seem to scrape my throat when they go down, I can feel a scab loose in my throat but I’m to scared to cough, in fear that it will be painful. I spit up some of it. It’s disgusting! My pain is maybe at an 8, I can’t cry because crying makes it worse, and to top it off I missed my med dose. Don’t fall behind like me!
I think I’m going to start probiotics too. This white stuff on my tongue is ridiculous! I’m taking my pain meds every 3 hours and have my humidifier running non stop.
Im 33 and i also had nasal surgery at the same time as my tonsillectomy, big mistake!
8th day, ok day. Still Cant tolerate anything cold. I decide to take my meds at 2/3 dose every 4 hours. Seems to help. I eat scrambled eggs and grits. A little bit of chicken. Still drinking lots of water but I’m filling my cup at room temperature and then microwaving it 10 secs. Realizing hot doesn’t bother me so I start drinking tea with honey. This helps a lot. I get the afternoon uninterrupted so I don’t speak at all which I think helps. Bed earlier than usual and sleep is and has been ok since day 3.