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.
Day 8 here. Still sick and feeling awful but the pain was a little more manageable this afternoon. I don’t want to jinx myself…
I’m at day 8, had a little blood this morning. sick of wondering when i can eat a burger, or go out my birthdays on Friday and i have a trip planned… when is this going to end? When can i go back to my normal job and normal life. When can i go out and grab a drink. the pain gets so bad in the mornings and through out the night that i had nights where i didn’t sleep at all. Still haven’t been able to eat anything. its all burns my throat. apple sauce and mashed potatoes hurt. only thing i can eat is egg drop soup. and i hate it at this point. does anyone have some suggestions or anything. I am fighting with my boyfriend because lack of sleep food and being in worse pain then a pregnancy makes me a nut job and makes me hate everything. I am down to 114 pounds now. i lost 12 pounds sense this started. Ahh someone help me. what will go down that will make me feel like im eating real food and not soup broth or a Popsicle.
(I had a coblation tonsillectomy)
Screw traditional tonsillectomy food – eat cake with ice cream! I had a big piece of coconut cake with coconut ice cream today and it was glorious!
I am feeling good. Stopped taking the Vicodin and switched to liquid Tylenol. I’m still taking it easy though because I know I’m not completely out of the woods yet.
Also wanted to point out I’ve had NO change in taste, bad flavor in my mouth or crazy bad breath like many people have mentioned. Maybe that’s another point for coblation.
I had my surgery on June 21st. I am a 31 yr old female with a history of chronic tonsilltis and tonsil stones. I knew this was going to be painful, but–wow–I had no idea how intense this would be! I was way out of it when I left the hospital last friday and could barely keep my eyes open due to the anesthesia. I basically just went home and slept until Saturday morning (surgery at 1pm Friday). At first it didn’t seem too bad. The dr. gave me liquid Roxicet to take (this after I told him I have bad reaction to codine). He had me on 20ml every four hours (which I learned after the fact from my sibling who is a physician that this is WAY too much for me–I weigh about 105lbs). Anyhow, by Satuday afternoon, I could not stop vomiting and ended up going back to the ER for IVs (was sent home late Saturday night). From that point forward I have only been taking children’s liquid tylenol every fours hours on the dot. It has helped some, but I am certain not near what actual pain meds would do.
The last week has basically been a blur of pain, nausea (i.e. HUNGRY FOR REAL FOOD), head aches, and relestness. Thank god my fiance took the past five days off of work to take care of me (truly, I may nominate him for sainthood after this), but on Monday I’ll be left to fend for myself. I was hoping to be back at work this Monday, but that is definitely not happening.
I have been pushing fluids (water, vitamin water slushies, milkshakes) like a champ, and salt water gargles too. I know this has definitely helped and I feel like about 50% of my scabs are gone now. I’m starting to see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel (still just a glimmer, but a glimmer nonetheless!) My biggest concerns now are that I seriously still have like a scrap of a voice. Can anyone tell me if this is normal? My throat feels so strained. If I really push I can talk a bit, but it KILLS with pain.
Also, how long until all the scabs fall off? Two days ago, it seemed like they were really coming loose and now it seems to have stopped again.
Anyhow, a big THANK YOU for this site. It has kept me sane this past week…to know that you are not making the pain up! I feel like people have such a misconception about how hard a tonsillectomy is as an adult. (Seriously, if one more person writes to me and flippantly talks about how nice it must be to only eat ice cream…!) 🙂
Good luck everyone. Here’s hoping we all have much happier and healthier days ahead!
Everything has been so easy for me until today, day 8. Even that wasn’t bad. All along I have been up and about, minimal pain which I think is due to the fact that I stayed on my med schedule (alternating tylenol and hydrocodone at night), drank water, tried to eat, used humidifier. I seriously haven’t thought there was anything hard about this. Even today wasn’t so bad, it’s eating that hurts. I am experiencing those sharp pains and ear pain when I eat but it resolves quickly. I can’t tell if my scabs are falling off. Lost about 6 pounds. I stuck to boost today, got a slushee with ice cream (which hurt some to drink, maybe cherry flavor was too sour) tried butternut squash ravioli and that didnt work, I traded that in for potato and apple sauce.
I’m in a similar position. There is little to no pain up until today, and that’s only when I wake up or am eating certain foods. Did this continue for you throughout the week?