A collection of various experiences of adult tonsillectomy patients on their ninth day of recovery
From thousands of post comments to the tonsillectomy recovery forum, I have assembled a sampling of various accounts and impressions of tonsillectomy recovery for each day. Below I share comments about tonsillectomy day 9. These comments are taken from tonsillectomy patients who were kind enough to share their experiences to help others as they navigate the bumpy road of tonsillectomy recovery.
Many will experience depression toward the end of of their tonsillectomy recovery.
Depression After Tonsillectomy?
Please feel free to add your own experience with tonsillectomy day 9.
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Tonsillectomy Day 9 : Pain hasn’t changed, but something’s different. I’m going walking-So Day 9 was overall much better than any day so far of this recovery. But the pain came back tonight in force. Urgh. Back to the painkillers and junk TV.
Tonsillectomy Day 9 : My throat felt a lot better last night, it was moister and clearer than it has been in a few days. THANK YOU HUMIDIFIER!! The Tylenol I’m slowly easing off of, and the pain is almost gone in my throat. My ears still hurt, but definitely not that bad. I didn’t eat much today because of the panic attacks again, but I kept drinking through them because I know I need to keep a moist throat. I actually went out today!! I went to the mall with my mom which felt very liberating after spending so much time confined to my house. The only semi-new symptom is stinging in my throat. Every time I drink water it stings a lot and I’m not sure why. It could be because it’s healing and still raw; but I’m not really concerned. My dad looked in my throat today and he said almost all of the scabs are gone. He did see a few small red bumps in my throat, but I’m not quite sure what they are (another question to ask my doctor about)! Otherwise I’m feeling okay today.
Tonsillectomy Day 9 : day 9 and today I was able to talk a bit without pain. I haven’t napped at all today and am fading fast. It was nice to have friends visit me but also exhausting.
Tonsillectomy Day 9 : day 9 (today i feel better again)I had bled quite a bit last night before I went to bed which scared me a lot because it was more than a tablespoon, however I kept rinsing my mouth with ice water and sucking a piece of ice and after 5 minutes it stopped.
Tonsillectomy Day 9 : Day 9 – hallelujah… feeling so much better in myself. My throat still feels sore and im still on my meds., but I find I’m not willing for the 4th hour to come to pop more in. It’s also a little easier to talk today (something I have not done for the past 8 day’s and believe me it’s been hard having 2 son’s 5 & 2yrs) I went to the doctors yesterday to make sure thing’s where as they should and all is well.
Tonsillectomy Day 9 : Day 9/10 is slightly better than the last couple of days. The white in the back of my throat looks a bit more transparent, so I think it’s slowly sloughing off. There’s a red rim where it used to be. Everything is still sore, but not as bad. However, my right ear and the area behind my right jaw are KILLING me. It feels more like an ear infection than referred ear pain, but my temp is normal, so I’ll wait to bring it up at my post op on Monday
Tonsillectomy Day 9 : first day I’ve spent most of the day alone. No much to report, but that is a good thing. My appetite is returning a little bit. I had some chicken noodle soup last night, and tried some mac n’ cheese for dinner tonight. It was a little painful getting tonight’s dinner down, but not to bad. Pain levels are still about the same. I tried talking in a fairly normal voice for a little bit today, but didn’t maintain it very long, it did get a bit painful. In the interest of tracking my recovery and health i will share the following story. Had my first BM in a week yesterday, was fairly constipated.
Tonsillectomy Day 9 : Day 9 and I am waking with a bit more energy.
Tonsillectomy Day 9 :Day 9: The skies opened, and the angels sang! I felt good! (by good, I mean much better than the previous 8 days, but not “back to normal”) I could eat, with some pain, but actually consumed a breakfast, lunch and dinner. I stopped taking Lortab and haven’t been back. This helped get my head cleared up, and also helped with my extended absence from the bathroom, if ya know what I mean 😉 I was able to do some work (from home) and really started to feel like myself again.
Tonsillectomy Day 9 :Recovery Day 9 (post-op day 10):
I have lost the majority of the scabbing on my right tonsil bed but my left side still have massive scabs. my uvula was so huge it was resting on the back of my tongue but it seems to finally be starting to shrink a bit but when i do talk it makes me sound a bit slurred. Pain today is not nearly as bad as it was during the first 8 days. Was able to eat 2 over easy eggs today
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Just out of hospital. Still in so much pain. Back to the old pain meds at home. Worried as I’ve been on morphine in hospital hope what I have will be enough. Happy knowing It’s day 9 not and earlier in the recovery process. Scabs off except for a thin layer 🙂
Just started day 9 and I feel terrible. Throat feels better, I can eat more and speak more but this ear pain & throbbing has me in tears. The pain medicine won’t make it go away 🙁 I return to work on Monday, I am afraid I may not be ready 🙁
Just finished Day 9…I thought I’d never get here! But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I ate normal-ish foods today. My throat is still sore, but the kind of sore I’ve been used to with such frequent tonsillitis. I’m using Tylenol still, and still the Benedryl…not sure if it’s surgery related or just allergies, but either way, that’s all I’m doing for meds. I can talk more easily. Still hydrating lots, and am much more able now to drink more fluids. I know you’re supposed to drink so much while you’re going through recovery but I was lucky to get 30-40 ounces a day, and on a day or two, probably much less.
You can do this! Just think of how we’re going to feel so much better after this is all over. I know it’s hard to remember that now, but keep your chin up. Or just take some children’s benedryl, and sleep through it 🙂
Went to the doc yesterday for my one week follow up. I was still unable to eat much and having a significant amount of pain. He offered a Celestone (steroid) shot which I gladly accepted. I must say by last night I felt like the skies were finally opening and I could actually eat again! I highly recommend that to anyone. Today is a little better as well, just hoping its nothing but improvement from here!
Day 9 was one of my worst days ever!!! that morning when I woke up I felt like I had wire and glass in my throat and I just could not take it anymore. I called the emergency number my ENT gave me and they admitted me into the hospital. I got there around 7:30am and they gave me fluids, steroid for swelling, morphine, and Loratab (oral meds. for pain). Out of all the medicine they gave me I felt as if the steroid worked the best. By about 12:00pm I was eating, just a little, talking and feeling like I was finally getting better. Then at 11:00pm all the pain I had when I was admitted came back! At this point mentally I was so messed up, all I have been hearing and reading is that by day 9 and 10 I should be feeling better, but I was not getting any better. For the rest of that night I had to deal with the pain all they had left to give me was morphine (which really did not work for me) and the Loratab. The morning finally came and the doctor was making his rounds. When he got to me he gave me some medicine to gargle with to coat my throat, more steroids and a stronger pain medication. Overall, he told me that everyone heals at their own rate. Nothing was wrong with how I was healing it was just taking me longer. I ended up staying in the hospital for another night and that was the night I got my first good night sleep since I had the surgery on the 12th. I am now home and I feel as if I am recovering!
I hope this post helps someone, having this procedure done as an adult is very hard physically and mentally. Just know it’s true what they keep telling you, it will get better 😉 but don’t be upset or ashamed if you need to go back to the hospital to help you deal with your pain and recovery. I wish everyone reading this the best.
Bless your heart, you poor thing. I feel the same way though!
Day 8 and specifically night of day 7 (tonight for me) is the worst since day 1-2 in the hospital. I just put myself back on the oxycodone liquid they gave me (which makes me dry and nauseous) just so I can sleep. It feels like I’ve gone backwards with healing. I was really proud that I was feeling so great and only needed Tylenol day 4-7, but here I am. Miserable.
I’m glad I’m not alone, but I’m sorry you’re so miserable. I hope you’re feeling better now.
We will need to party after putting up with boring soft foods, sleepless nights, ear throat and neck pain, pain even swallowing own saliva. Im literally counting down the days..just want my normal daily routine back of going to work and travelling.
I agree! I’m on week three now and my throat is still sore. Lol. I’m happy that I had this done, I sleep better than I ever have, but its a lot to deal with. Now I’m mostly itchy in the back of my throat. Probably because it’s healing. I notice that if I drink eater too fast, eater wants to come out my nose!
Just out of hospital. Still in so much pain. Back to the old pain meds at home. Worried as I’ve been on morphine in hospital hope what I have will be enough. Happy knowing It’s day 9 not and earlier in the recovery process. Scabs off except for a thin layer 🙂
Just started day 9 and I feel terrible. Throat feels better, I can eat more and speak more but this ear pain & throbbing has me in tears. The pain medicine won’t make it go away 🙁 I return to work on Monday, I am afraid I may not be ready 🙁
Just finished Day 9…I thought I’d never get here! But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I ate normal-ish foods today. My throat is still sore, but the kind of sore I’ve been used to with such frequent tonsillitis. I’m using Tylenol still, and still the Benedryl…not sure if it’s surgery related or just allergies, but either way, that’s all I’m doing for meds. I can talk more easily. Still hydrating lots, and am much more able now to drink more fluids. I know you’re supposed to drink so much while you’re going through recovery but I was lucky to get 30-40 ounces a day, and on a day or two, probably much less.
You can do this! Just think of how we’re going to feel so much better after this is all over. I know it’s hard to remember that now, but keep your chin up. Or just take some children’s benedryl, and sleep through it 🙂
Good luck, everyone!!!!
Went to the doc yesterday for my one week follow up. I was still unable to eat much and having a significant amount of pain. He offered a Celestone (steroid) shot which I gladly accepted. I must say by last night I felt like the skies were finally opening and I could actually eat again! I highly recommend that to anyone. Today is a little better as well, just hoping its nothing but improvement from here!
Day 9 was one of my worst days ever!!! that morning when I woke up I felt like I had wire and glass in my throat and I just could not take it anymore. I called the emergency number my ENT gave me and they admitted me into the hospital. I got there around 7:30am and they gave me fluids, steroid for swelling, morphine, and Loratab (oral meds. for pain). Out of all the medicine they gave me I felt as if the steroid worked the best. By about 12:00pm I was eating, just a little, talking and feeling like I was finally getting better. Then at 11:00pm all the pain I had when I was admitted came back! At this point mentally I was so messed up, all I have been hearing and reading is that by day 9 and 10 I should be feeling better, but I was not getting any better. For the rest of that night I had to deal with the pain all they had left to give me was morphine (which really did not work for me) and the Loratab. The morning finally came and the doctor was making his rounds. When he got to me he gave me some medicine to gargle with to coat my throat, more steroids and a stronger pain medication. Overall, he told me that everyone heals at their own rate. Nothing was wrong with how I was healing it was just taking me longer. I ended up staying in the hospital for another night and that was the night I got my first good night sleep since I had the surgery on the 12th. I am now home and I feel as if I am recovering!
I hope this post helps someone, having this procedure done as an adult is very hard physically and mentally. Just know it’s true what they keep telling you, it will get better 😉 but don’t be upset or ashamed if you need to go back to the hospital to help you deal with your pain and recovery. I wish everyone reading this the best.
Bless your heart, you poor thing. I feel the same way though!
Day 8 and specifically night of day 7 (tonight for me) is the worst since day 1-2 in the hospital. I just put myself back on the oxycodone liquid they gave me (which makes me dry and nauseous) just so I can sleep. It feels like I’ve gone backwards with healing. I was really proud that I was feeling so great and only needed Tylenol day 4-7, but here I am. Miserable.
I’m glad I’m not alone, but I’m sorry you’re so miserable. I hope you’re feeling better now.
Ick. I completely threw up after taking the oxycodone and I’ve remained nauseous throughout the day. It’s terrible. I guess I’ll deal with the pain.
We will need to party after putting up with boring soft foods, sleepless nights, ear throat and neck pain, pain even swallowing own saliva. Im literally counting down the days..just want my normal daily routine back of going to work and travelling.
I agree! I’m on week three now and my throat is still sore. Lol. I’m happy that I had this done, I sleep better than I ever have, but its a lot to deal with. Now I’m mostly itchy in the back of my throat. Probably because it’s healing. I notice that if I drink eater too fast, eater wants to come out my nose!