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 have been reading this every day making sure my recovery is “normal”! I still have a lot of ear and jaw pain thought I have fairy high energy. Today I had some minimal bleeding for the first time and now one tonsils has dark patches on it. Does that mean my scabs are coming off? I don’t really know how to tell, but I am worried about these dark patches.
hi when did you get your surgery? i got mine on 12/29/2014 and i am 1 week in today and my ear pain only started yesterday and is slowly creeping up on me today 🙁 i am lucky to have not bled (yet) and for the dark patches on your tonsils that is normal. those are just your scabs. they become darker as you recover. i was actually worried because my scabs have not fallen off yet and i had such severe ear pain today that i called my doctor and he said that scabs come off anywhere from 7-10 days and the ear pain is very normal. i was just worried because the nurse told me i would experience ear pain anywhere from the 3rd or 4th day and since today is my 7th day i freaked out. hope your doing better!
I don’t even know what day i’m on 7..8? Either way it’s pure misery! I am beginning to sound like negative nancy over here but I can’t help it! I definitely do not want to scare anyone out of getting this surgery but just know it is a very tough process but as they say “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. I barely slept last night because of the ear pain and having to use the bathroom every second. It’s also like 20 degrees at night by me (i live in NJ) and it makes it very uncomfortable to sleep even with the heat blasting. I also woke up in the middle of the night to a very dry throat. It hurt sooo bad so I chugged a bunch of water. I have been doing my best to stay as hydrated as I possibly can. It just sucks having to literally go to the bathroom every 2 minutes but I’ll take that over pain. When I woke up today it felt like the first few days all over again especially when forcing myself to eat oatmeal for breakfast. I called my doctor and asked if it is normal to still be in so much pain and he said it can last anywhere from 7-10 days and sometimes a full 2 weeks! I also started to panic because I still have my scabs and I read that they should have been off by now but again they start falling off anywhere from day 7-10. Think I may take the day off work tomorrow as well. I am a part time nanny for two 9 year old boys so I need to have all the energy I can since they’re wild little boys haha. Good luck everyone! hoping for a better day tomorrow!
Other than waking up at 4:30 in a pretty good clip of pain (used my ole’ trusty NSAID with a popsicle chaser), I am minimally uncomfortable other than the itching and”weirdness” of scabs and tissue regrowth. I want to brush my teeth and gargle all the time, LOL. Going back to work tomorrow for a half day, my job involves a lot of talking (counseling/social work mgmt) however, I planned administrative projects knowing my voice would be weak. I need to get out and start rebuilding some stamina. I have discovered that tuna and chicken salad are great options to get protein in my body to help with that as well.
So it’s finally day 8! I’m still in some pain! I have been taking my medicines like I am supposed to. There is something new that I noticed and want to know if anybody has had this problem. My jaw hurts when I open my mouth. It used to not but now it does. Any explanation?
Day 8 of my second tonsilectomy…that’s right, I’m 54 now ….had a tonsilectomy when I was 20 and at that time, it was so terrible I thought I would die. Fast forward, right tonsil slowly grew back and was disgusting with tonsil stones, etc. So…tonsilectomy on the right side only. I totally prepared for the worse, and am happy to say, it wasn’t that bad. WARM FEELS MUCH better than cold….and I’m less sick this time. Maybe they should take one at a time!