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 Great so far…I’m completely off pain meds!! (they made me really sick!) I hardly slept last night. I coughed and coughed not alot of pain but no way to sleep through it. Had vast amounts of water. I also tried sucking on red hots which was very soothing. But this morning, I almost feel human again!! No crying, some pain but the least so far, I even had an appetite. No nausea or sick stomach. Very promising. I bought some hard candy to suck on. Does anyone know if it is allowed? I did try to get up and get somewhat dressed today. Still very tired but the best day yet. I’m actually nibbling on saltines as I type…odd how they are sooooo delicious. Hang in there friends. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
Still on the basics: water, jello,ice pops and broth blah blah.I am so hungry!!!! I tried mashed potatoes which was a no go. The stinging burning feeling is so much its seems like its getting worse. I am still on my meds and keep praying to God to heal me before that runs out. Thank the Lord my mom and granny is here to help me and my hubby with the kids I am so glad I listened to my doctor. Hopefully tomorrow will be better just trying to think positive.
Do NOT sleep through the night. Set an alarm to go off every 2 hrs. I did every 1 hr, but I realize some people need a little sleep. When the alarm goes off, immediately rest it and drink fluids. You should NEVER wake up feeling dry as death this way.
This is day 8 for me. The mornings are excruciating! I have to run to the sink and spray chloraseptic and pray I don’t pass out! I sleep with the humidifier on and the fan cause it’s triple digit heat where I live 🙁 any suggestions?? I stopped taking the codeine they gave me cause I felt loopy and nauseas all the time. I’m only taking tylenol. My ears were killing me yesterday. Everything I eat is either too salty or too sweet so I stop eating it. I’m 44 years old.
Day eight- off meds now for 24 hours! Who-hoo! I feel like this is such a victory! I am alternating ibuprofen and tylenol every four hours, but other than that, no more pain medications. (The percocets severally constipated me and now I am dealing with that mess.)
Todays diet consisted of pancakes drenched in syrup, soup w/ bread pieces in it, and chicken pot pie for dinner. Today was the first day I actually sat down with my family and ate dinner. 🙂 To say the least, Day 8 was great!
With that all that being said, I do have some pain still on my right side. It feels as if a nerve was hit during the tonisellectoy- the pain is somewhere between my throat and ear and it never seems to go away. I sure hope this is not permanent nerve damage; however, based on reading posts, it sounds like many of you still have this type of pain going on so I won’t worry about it just yet. I have been calming the pain by keeping an icepack on that side of my neck, which really seems to help.
Other than that, things have really turned around for me and I hope they continue to do so- making good progress! 🙂