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.
I would like to say that today there is less pain than before.. but it is hard to remember. The days are all running together because all that I can do is lay in my bed and eat popsicles. All day. This is one of the worst experiences of my life. It is day 8 for me, and the pain seems much sharper than before. I got my adenoids out too so I have an unbearable amount of mucus. My mom’s friend said that the pain is awful, but once day 10 comes around it magically goes away. I hope that is the case for me, but I’m doubtful that it will be. This is so awful 🙁
With these all-nighters, you can’t help but do a lot of reflecting. What kicked off this thought was I wanted to know what process the doctor used to remove these monsters.
I don’t know why I didn’t ask pre-surgery. Maybe I didn’t wanna know.
I found out my doctor uses a very conservative style. I was told it was accomplished by both some laser and scalpel. The back of the throat was cauterized——burn baby burn. Cauterization is used to stop/control the bleeding.
So, my reflecting thought is that we are all burn victims. Our pain has to be on some levels the same as a burn victim. Wouldn’t you agree?
When someone gives you that look like tonsillectomy is a piece of cake, maybe we all need to let them know from this perspective.
The receptionist told me her daughter at age 17 had a tonsillectomy. Her boyfriend dumped her because he thought she was just being a big ole baby. Take that with a grain of salt as teens will be teens. The point is————-don’t let anyone think, say, or believe that you are just being a Big Ole Baby!!!
Ok so im on day 8 now. The pain is still immense but nowhere near as bad as day 5 (i actually wanted to die that day! Id sooner give birth to 4 kids than suffer this pain) last night I had terrible pain across the back of my head I think I have been taking too many pain killers because of the constant pain. So had my last ibrufen at 12.30 last night its now 11.28am I woke up with some pain but used the difflam spray that stuff is a godsend. I had a fair bit of bleeding yesterday on the left side o dont know if that was a scab coming off or not but now there isnt as much pain on that side now. The earache is unbearable though. Trying to hold off the meds as they make me feel sick and my body cant take anymore. I honestly wish id not had it done and just put up with tonsilitis. Water through a straw and difflam are my best friends. When will this end???
Its my 8th day i still feel horible 🙁 i dont know when im gonna be able to eat like a human bean 🙁 im so tired of this i have been only eating little soup ,but thats nothing compare on how many pills i take on regular bases ,and i cant bearly swalove them !! I hope i can eat soon 🙁
🙁 Alicia I feel your pain honey- it will get better. It’s day 19 for me and I still have some pain but nothing like days 2-14. Give yourself a few more days and you should feel a difference. Stay the course your almost through this hellish experience. With some pounds dropped I’m sure:)