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 for me here. Had a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy on Tuesday, December 27th. It’s now January 3rd, so theoretically this is…8 days including day of surgery, or 7 days not including day of surgery.
This has been a miserable, isolating experience. The first two days were okay–painful, but tolerable. My uvula swelled to at least 5x its normal size and it felt like it was choking me, dangling all over my throat like a punching bag. I had to tilt my head in certain positions when sleeping so that I didn’t gag. Weirdest feeling ever, and quite scary at first. Couldn’t talk anymore, either, because of its size and it resting on my tongue. Since then, my uvula has shrunk to only about 3x its normal size; I finally slept three hours last night instead of 30 minutes or one hour. I guess the good ends there.
After drinking almost a gallon of water on the first and second days, I now struggle just to swallow my saliva and can only tolerate maybe 10 sips of water each day and no food. There is such a sharp, intense shooting pain on the left side of my throat that radiates through my left ear every time I swallow ANYTHING or even when the liquid Hydrocodone hits my throat it STINGS so horribly that I cover my ears get low to the ground and just want to cry. Pure torture. Then the pain dulls a little bit, but sticks around for about 15-20 minutes…so long as I don’t swallow. Then it happens again.
I hate this I hate this I hate this. It feels like a raw, enflamed muscle from my throat to my ear canal that gets nipped by a chainsaw every time I swallow or try to eat anything. My doctor said this is normal. Great, thanks. It’s been three days with this now. It seriously makes me question why I want to keep living. This needs to end soon and I’m not religious, but I pray that this will go away.
On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst pain:
Day 1 (surgery): 4
Day 2: 5
Day 3: 7
Day 4: 8.5
Day 5: 9
Day 6: 9
Day 7: 9
Day 8: 7 (today. definitely better in a lot of ways, but this throat/ear pain still leaves me confined to my bed and unable to communicate…it’s so horrible and prevents me from eating and drinking)
Good luck y’all. Hopefully some of you reading this can relate because I know how good it feels to read these websites and to be like OMG YES THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I’M FEELING, then you feel so much less alone
The pain got worst for me at the end of my recovery, then suddenly got a lot better. You’re almost there! I’m a few years post tonsillectomy now and I would do it again a million times over, life is so much better without them. Good luck!
I’m 36 on day 9, and it’s awful. My dr. Told me that it was the worse case he has seen in over five years. Today I am still only eating popsicles mac and cheese and water. I’m going to call them in the morning find out if I can see them sooner. My throat has a tickle and feels like there’s something at the base of my tongue and causes me to gag. I can’t sleep and each time I try to relax it gets me again. This is the worst experience ever.
Chewing fruity gum got rid of the tickle in my throat and helped me not to cough during recovery (don’t try mint gum, it burns!). Good luck, hang in there.
I can totally relate (I’m 39 years old)on day 7-8 for me I had that feeling at the back of my throats like I was half swallowing my scab or a lettuce leaf! I got so beside myself I’d just end up in tears anytime I ate or drank or swallowed tablets . Just terrible . The thing that changed it for me was I’d been taking my meds and drinking loads of water but not much food at all ( I was trying to eat but it just wasn’t happening ) my best friend bought me watermelon , yogurt , and baby food . Mashed potato with extra butter to slide down and steamed veges with extra butter too . This changed things for me . Although still in pain I could feed my body something ! And go to the loo once it had been nourished which shifted my emotions .. try a yogurt ice cream for breakie to get started on your day . Mornings suck !
Biggest hug to whoever reads this !
Camomile tea and honey made hot then cooled to luke warm temp helps soothe the lump and wash it down .. it will go down !
Love ally
On day I don’t know pain is killer I lost 25 lbs I haven’t ate anything someone help I know it’s New Years but I’m starving my email is velardej820@icloud.com
I’m currently on day 8… the last two days have been absolutely miserable. On Christmas, which was my day 5, I felt so much better and I actually went for a walk. I ate some normal foods, and I thought it would only go up from there. Wrong.. I woke up the next morning and could barely even drink water. Today I have zero appetite, and I’ve now lost 11 pounds. I’m 22 years old, I am almost 5’6, and was 122 before the operation. I didn’t have much weight to lose, but I lost it! My ears have not been in pain at all until this morning. Last night was my first sleepless night, and it was just too much pain and I felt restless. Reading these other responses helps so much because it’s comforting knowing there’s other people who are feeling the same way. Every time I feel more pain I get worried something is wrong and then I found this page where pretty much everyone is describing what I’m going through!
I am 25 It’s day 8 for me after my recovery, I’m finding it very hard today. When I try to drink a small zip of water my throat burns me and is extremely painful, I find myself holding my head and putting my fingers in my ears for releif. My pain releif from my meds is starting to wear off only lasting a hour two at a push for releif. I havnt tried to eat today as I am afraid so I am barely getting enough water in me to keep me going. I am counting down the days hopefully day 9 will feel a little bit better.