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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Day 9, and I am doing much better. My throat still stings most of the time but the unbearable times are getting fewer, although they still exist. My ears hurt like crazy! It’s been this way for days though. I found that taking some ear drops helps numb my ear pain. My tongue feels pretty much normal with the exception of the very back which I’m pretty sure is connected to the bottom skin right below the tonsillectomy site. I do pretty well most of the day but then come evening it’s back to more pain. But that break during the day is so wonderful.
Day 9 and I finally had some sort of improvement. Day 5-9 have been the worst with pain medication not being effective.(pain level 10) Today the pain medication is at least working but when it wears off I do feel my throat- it gets difficult and extremely painful to swallow my own saliva. I can’t eat or drink any cold things at the moment as it seems to give me excruciating earache. Does the ear ache go away? I found when I was chewing my dinner, that as my jaw opens and closes, my ears make fluid noises. should i be worried about this?
Day nine is comparable to my first few days (pain level 3 to 4). I can feel myself healing, and am still resting quite a bit during the day. The next day is when I discontinue pain meds (writing this on day 13) and switch to acetomenaphen.
Day nine marks the day when I also purchased a humidifier. I still wake up with a pinching feeling in my throat (from dryness), but it is less often. My sleep apnea from this procedure has also lessened, and I no longer snore (as I did on day one).
I can also speak, and move around more. I am also able to eat solid food on this day (teriyaki chicken bites cut up finely). I feel this progression really sped up the healing process for me. I ate solid food for dinner on day 20, and then for every meal days 11-13. I am currently on day 13, with only very very mild sore throat symptoms.
If you are still in pain, hang in there. I am very happy I had this procedure done, even though the pain was quite intense for a spell.
Im 33 and i also had nasal surgery at the same time as my tonsillectomy, big mistake!
9th day, good day. I worked half a day! Wanted to attempt a real schedule. Scrambled eggs for breakfast. I took my meds more today bc of going back to work and the doc emailed me to take as needed. Lots of pain but spirits were good. Left work 12ish and are a whole can of soup, amazing! The pain has changed today. It feels like someone is putting cigarettes out on my throat. Burning is different. Tea with honey helps. Still can’t do cold at all. Tetracaine pops help to tide me over until pain med time. Eat half a can of soup for dinner and some jello. Also ate some sugar cookies. probably a terribke idea. Most I’ve eaten since this thing started. Trouble getting to sleep. Too much energy from finally eating? Going to work tomorrow again, light duty. Remember to rinse and gargle after eating anything. Best day so far.
I’m on day 9 and still feel pretty miserable 🙁 ate a slice of cheese on toast this morning and suffered all day for it,the pain didnt subside till at least 2 more doses of pain relief,throats still hurting but not as much,the back of my tongue feels really weird tho all sore and numb :/ pain in my ears is still pretty bad too..I am feeling better than previous days tho so there is light at the end of the tunnel 🙂 can some one explain to me what they mean about the ‘scabs’ I have white/yellow gunk is this what u mean or are the scans yet to come?and also I keep dribbling has any1 else had this and is it likely to be permanent?thanks guys,wishing u all a quick recovery!
Day 9, and I am doing much better. My throat still stings most of the time but the unbearable times are getting fewer, although they still exist. My ears hurt like crazy! It’s been this way for days though. I found that taking some ear drops helps numb my ear pain. My tongue feels pretty much normal with the exception of the very back which I’m pretty sure is connected to the bottom skin right below the tonsillectomy site. I do pretty well most of the day but then come evening it’s back to more pain. But that break during the day is so wonderful.
Day 9 and I finally had some sort of improvement. Day 5-9 have been the worst with pain medication not being effective.(pain level 10) Today the pain medication is at least working but when it wears off I do feel my throat- it gets difficult and extremely painful to swallow my own saliva. I can’t eat or drink any cold things at the moment as it seems to give me excruciating earache. Does the ear ache go away? I found when I was chewing my dinner, that as my jaw opens and closes, my ears make fluid noises. should i be worried about this?
Day nine is comparable to my first few days (pain level 3 to 4). I can feel myself healing, and am still resting quite a bit during the day. The next day is when I discontinue pain meds (writing this on day 13) and switch to acetomenaphen.
Day nine marks the day when I also purchased a humidifier. I still wake up with a pinching feeling in my throat (from dryness), but it is less often. My sleep apnea from this procedure has also lessened, and I no longer snore (as I did on day one).
I can also speak, and move around more. I am also able to eat solid food on this day (teriyaki chicken bites cut up finely). I feel this progression really sped up the healing process for me. I ate solid food for dinner on day 20, and then for every meal days 11-13. I am currently on day 13, with only very very mild sore throat symptoms.
If you are still in pain, hang in there. I am very happy I had this procedure done, even though the pain was quite intense for a spell.
Im 33 and i also had nasal surgery at the same time as my tonsillectomy, big mistake!
9th day, good day. I worked half a day! Wanted to attempt a real schedule. Scrambled eggs for breakfast. I took my meds more today bc of going back to work and the doc emailed me to take as needed. Lots of pain but spirits were good. Left work 12ish and are a whole can of soup, amazing! The pain has changed today. It feels like someone is putting cigarettes out on my throat. Burning is different. Tea with honey helps. Still can’t do cold at all. Tetracaine pops help to tide me over until pain med time. Eat half a can of soup for dinner and some jello. Also ate some sugar cookies. probably a terribke idea. Most I’ve eaten since this thing started. Trouble getting to sleep. Too much energy from finally eating? Going to work tomorrow again, light duty. Remember to rinse and gargle after eating anything. Best day so far.
I’m on day 9 and still feel pretty miserable 🙁 ate a slice of cheese on toast this morning and suffered all day for it,the pain didnt subside till at least 2 more doses of pain relief,throats still hurting but not as much,the back of my tongue feels really weird tho all sore and numb :/ pain in my ears is still pretty bad too..I am feeling better than previous days tho so there is light at the end of the tunnel 🙂 can some one explain to me what they mean about the ‘scabs’ I have white/yellow gunk is this what u mean or are the scans yet to come?and also I keep dribbling has any1 else had this and is it likely to be permanent?thanks guys,wishing u all a quick recovery!