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.
Zero sleep last night. Until I sucked it up and took at painkiller at around 3:30am. This morning I woke up in tears. My throat had this horrible burning sensation and it felt like something was stuck in my throat. I checked in the mirror and realized a huge part of the scab was gone!!! I guess that explains all the pain. But boy was it painful. I see my dr for post op at 1pm today I can’t wait to find out how I’m doing!! Stay strong all!!!!!!
This site is amazing. I am on day 8 and more miserable than I was on day 2. Unfortunately, I’m out of sick leave at work, so I’m back on the daily grind (from home, thankfully). My boss commented that his son “didn’t seem to have this much trouble when he had the surgery a couple years ago” when he was ten, and I directed him to this site as evidence that I’m not just a big baby. I literally want to detach my throat from my body and toss it in the trash.
Today is my 8th day & I can honestly say I’m still miserable, I’m starving and I’ve lost so much weight and my ears are killing me and at times my tongue seems to hurt more than my throat! And don’t even get me started on my jaw and my breath. For some reason since the surgery I’ve had these ridiculous little cystic acne bumps that started on my chest and back and arms but this morning progressed to my face! I’m not really one to break out but this is really bad. I’m just ready to be back to normal and go to a buffet.
Day 8- Got off track with my pain meds today and that was no good! My huge complaint today is the pain under my tongue. That was more of a pain than my throat, although that was nothing to sneeze at either. Although I’ve had a fairly easy recovery, I’m just about over it. I’m ready to feel normal again..Oh, and my breath….. It’s hot, and not in the good way! Not the business!
Method of tonsillectomy- Tissue/Thermal Welding.
This post have been great. I’m 24 and I had them removed. Day 8 woke up with a running nose. But the pain is not there.I slept well over slept. I had work yesterday and I’m off to work now. I hope its not as bad as yesterday. No one was able to hear me. Im talking really low. Medicine for me is awesome. Doctors at the Va helped out a lot.