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.
Post-op day 7 (day 8 if surgery date = day 1)
Holy moly day 8, aka post-op day 7… Is this over yet?
This is officially 1 week since my surgery (Wednesday to Wednesday). The days are really starting to blur together with my bleeding complications keeping me up during the night. Last night/this morning around 3:30am I had another minor bleed that stopped with ice water rinses. They are getting really old, and apparently concerning to my provider (although other posts from others on here make it sound like their doctors weren’t concerned about this sort of bleeding). I am supposed to go in to the ER if I have any bleeding that doesn’t clear immediately after rinsing with water. I’m a bit worried about that…
I would say the pain has been pretty tolerable today, about a 2-3 at most, and mostly on the side that still has the majority of the scab intact. If I don’t talk, or swallow, and just sit here with my ice pack on my neck, I am pretty comfortable. (Granted, I did sleep away the first half of the day, which is how I’ve been getting through the majority of this experience…) I have even managed to “eat” a little bit today. Teeny tiny little pastas (smaller than orzo, not sure what they’re called) in some chicken broth. It’s not much, but it’s better than I’ve been able to do in the past! The warmth actually felt alright.
My biggest concern at this point is bleeding. I don’t know what to do to prevent it. I have my humidifier going, am not talking, am ATTEMPTING to stay hydrated (water tastes horrid by now, and nothing else sounds good, or if it does it burns my throat). I’m really just praying that nothing goes wrong tonight and that I can start legitimately healing…
By now I am in less actual physical pain and more just exhausted from a lack of quality sleep, an utter lack of food over the last week, and chronic pain. I’m hoping I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel…
Was better last night, now today am a little worse again. But it is tolerable. I can’t talk as well and it hurts to eat. But hey, what’s new?! I’ll tell you what, the stinging from food hitting the pink tender healing areas in my throat where the scabs are coming off! Fun, fun!
Day 8 of my Tonsillectomy/Septoplasty/turbs. Today has been a lot better so far. Though finding that I am more intollerent to certain foods – like they hit a raw nerve. Perhaps I’m scabbing. In any case – there are flashes of pain like being stabbed by a hot white poker. Yay me.
I’m still not really talking though. I can’t say more than about 4 (almost inaudible) words in a row. IS this normal?
Those rare moments I get some sleep it’s like my mouth becomes a drool factory. I wake up looking like the butt of a water in the face joke. Even in my sleep my body rejects the pain of swallowing. Can you imagine how horrible that first swallow after waking up feels though, when you haven’t even swallowed your own saliva for a while? ooo nelly.
I’m quite proud of myself for putting on clothes today.
Thanks Greg!! You have helped! 🙂
OMG….I am exhausted. Waking up this morning was to date the worst my throat has felt. My tongue, teeth, ears are all throbbing too. Plus the breath thing is appalling. I cried walking my dog waiting for my pain meds to kick in—–oh how I wish I had someone to help me :/ However aftter I have done this recovery by myself I don’t think there is anything I cant accomplish, so that’s empowering.
Thanks Greg for this site-I have read every comment and it has got me through this hellish time. Oh I just found you on FB 🙂 and you do need to write the book on recovey :))
HI THERE!
Wish I could be there to help a bit- I went through it alone too. Hang in there. This is temporary!