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 For me. Can’t believe it’s finally there…the light at the end of the tunnel. I ate my first real meal tonight for dinner and I cried of joy. Before the surgery, I didn’t knew too much about it, beside that you are in pain for 10 days. Well they should tell you that you are going to experience the worst pain of your life. I gave birth naturally and I thought I knew what pain was ….well I would have 10 more deliveries instead of having a tonsillectomy. Maybe that why they don’t say it because nobody would ever do it! During my recovery, ICE, ICE packs, everything with ice was a gift from God, TV, WATER!!!! WATER and again WATER!!! Dring!!!! Whatever you do, don’t let your throat dry up. They also give you good drugs to ease the pain for a few hours but don’t oversleep because..you will suffer! I thought I was suffering when I was having a strepthroat every month, and having all the problems that comes with it, but believe me when I say that whatever you have experienced, you will feel 10 X worst after the surgery! You will need somebody to help you out, with your kids if you have some, to crush your pills, to bring you ice, lots of it, to bring you comfort because you will think you are going insane! But after all this, I’m still glad I did it! I’m at peace now, no more strepthroat, no more bad breath! If you are really tired of your situation, do it, if not don’t! But if you do, yes you will suffer, yes you will feel pain, real pain but…we all live through it!! My journey is still not done yet but I can proudly say I’m a tonsillectomy survivor!! 18 pounds lighter lol !
I am 38 and had my op on 13nov. Just woken up to day 9. This site has been a godsend and like others I wish I had read all about the recovery before I had the surgery. I am in the uk and all I got was info about the procedure stating that the pain would start to improve after day4/5! How misleading was that! Also got no recovery advice. This site has been a real help and I will post my daily journal when up to it. At the moment I have a problem with the stabs near my jaw opening- they seem to be stuck which is causing more and more pain as my body is trying to get them out. Any suggestions please? Or has anyone else had this problem? I am worried that they will get infected if they do not cone out. Any comments or suggestions appreciated.
Today is day 9…and still struggling through the pain.
I had the UPPP done, a little more than your standard Tonsillectomy, so as I read others, I don’t know if I am doing better or worse. And not sure if I am losing scabs or not. I guess more questions than answers.
Days 8 and 9 are all about the extremely painful throat and swallowing. Nothing seems to help the pain…ice, ice cream, icee, Percocet, Vicodin, magic mouthwash, nothing. I can’t seems to figure out how to eat.
I’ve lost 16 lbs and at this rate, will break 20 by the end of this. This is the ONLY good part so far.
But I am hungry, oh so hungry. I did splurge this afternoon… French toast. This is the most solid food that I have had in 9 days. Also, I am now paying for it. I guess my question is: will eating more difficult help the healing, hurt the healing, or just be painful?
Jamie,
Days 8 & 9 were by far my worst . I found that eating more hard food is better in the long run. It hurts like hell going down , but the time between meals seems to be with less pain. I have gone back to a pretty normal diet today (10) – it still hurts to swallow , but the tongue pain is about 75% improved
Good Luck – and great job on the weight loss! I only lost 5 Lbs – 🙁
I had a bleed on day 7 and got taken to hospital. I found day 8 to be the most painful and im about to close out day 9. I have basicaly eaten nothing the last few days because im terrified of getting another bleed. As a guess I would say ive lost about 5kg or 11/12 pounds.
Today is my day 9 day 1 & 2 were a blur. After ththat I’ve been back and forth with my pain meds. You literally cannot let them wear off. My liquid lorcet was only supposed to be taken every 4 hours but I needed it every 2. So I justnpicked up percocet to hopefully get me thru the whole 4 hours so I don’t ingest so much tylenol. Today my pain is bad cuz I’ve been like 6hours with out medicine. And it feels like I can’t turnturns neck to far or speak. I can’t sticl my tongue out to look at the surgery site cuz it hurts too bad. Hopefully this percocet kicks in soon. And have to up my water badly.
What a roller coaster of a day- was woken up at 12:15am with the worst (so far) pain in my throat and ears. Took a Tylenol and watched some Netflix – slept for a few more hours and awoke again to horrible pain. Popped another Tylenol and started my day. Grabbed some soup and chicken from the grocery store and actually forced myself to eat a tablespoon of chicken salad. Exhausted after lunch I took a nap- woke up again to horrible sharp pain . Went and gargled and finally had a small piece of scab come off.
For dinner I forced a very small salad and a chicken drumstick – figuring that swallowing ANYTHING hurts, I might as well eat something other than jello, applesauce and Mac and cheese! Now I am blissfully sipping a vodka cranberry.
I am taking control of my life again! The heck with this pain!!!
Day. 9 For me. Can’t believe it’s finally there…the light at the end of the tunnel. I ate my first real meal tonight for dinner and I cried of joy. Before the surgery, I didn’t knew too much about it, beside that you are in pain for 10 days. Well they should tell you that you are going to experience the worst pain of your life. I gave birth naturally and I thought I knew what pain was ….well I would have 10 more deliveries instead of having a tonsillectomy. Maybe that why they don’t say it because nobody would ever do it! During my recovery, ICE, ICE packs, everything with ice was a gift from God, TV, WATER!!!! WATER and again WATER!!! Dring!!!! Whatever you do, don’t let your throat dry up. They also give you good drugs to ease the pain for a few hours but don’t oversleep because..you will suffer! I thought I was suffering when I was having a strepthroat every month, and having all the problems that comes with it, but believe me when I say that whatever you have experienced, you will feel 10 X worst after the surgery! You will need somebody to help you out, with your kids if you have some, to crush your pills, to bring you ice, lots of it, to bring you comfort because you will think you are going insane! But after all this, I’m still glad I did it! I’m at peace now, no more strepthroat, no more bad breath! If you are really tired of your situation, do it, if not don’t! But if you do, yes you will suffer, yes you will feel pain, real pain but…we all live through it!! My journey is still not done yet but I can proudly say I’m a tonsillectomy survivor!! 18 pounds lighter lol !
I am 38 and had my op on 13nov. Just woken up to day 9. This site has been a godsend and like others I wish I had read all about the recovery before I had the surgery. I am in the uk and all I got was info about the procedure stating that the pain would start to improve after day4/5! How misleading was that! Also got no recovery advice. This site has been a real help and I will post my daily journal when up to it. At the moment I have a problem with the stabs near my jaw opening- they seem to be stuck which is causing more and more pain as my body is trying to get them out. Any suggestions please? Or has anyone else had this problem? I am worried that they will get infected if they do not cone out. Any comments or suggestions appreciated.
Today is day 9…and still struggling through the pain.
I had the UPPP done, a little more than your standard Tonsillectomy, so as I read others, I don’t know if I am doing better or worse. And not sure if I am losing scabs or not. I guess more questions than answers.
Days 8 and 9 are all about the extremely painful throat and swallowing. Nothing seems to help the pain…ice, ice cream, icee, Percocet, Vicodin, magic mouthwash, nothing. I can’t seems to figure out how to eat.
I’ve lost 16 lbs and at this rate, will break 20 by the end of this. This is the ONLY good part so far.
But I am hungry, oh so hungry. I did splurge this afternoon… French toast. This is the most solid food that I have had in 9 days. Also, I am now paying for it. I guess my question is: will eating more difficult help the healing, hurt the healing, or just be painful?
How much longer is this going to last??
Jamie,
Days 8 & 9 were by far my worst . I found that eating more hard food is better in the long run. It hurts like hell going down , but the time between meals seems to be with less pain. I have gone back to a pretty normal diet today (10) – it still hurts to swallow , but the tongue pain is about 75% improved
Good Luck – and great job on the weight loss! I only lost 5 Lbs – 🙁
I had a bleed on day 7 and got taken to hospital. I found day 8 to be the most painful and im about to close out day 9. I have basicaly eaten nothing the last few days because im terrified of getting another bleed. As a guess I would say ive lost about 5kg or 11/12 pounds.
Today is my day 9 day 1 & 2 were a blur. After ththat I’ve been back and forth with my pain meds. You literally cannot let them wear off. My liquid lorcet was only supposed to be taken every 4 hours but I needed it every 2. So I justnpicked up percocet to hopefully get me thru the whole 4 hours so I don’t ingest so much tylenol. Today my pain is bad cuz I’ve been like 6hours with out medicine. And it feels like I can’t turnturns neck to far or speak. I can’t sticl my tongue out to look at the surgery site cuz it hurts too bad. Hopefully this percocet kicks in soon. And have to up my water badly.
What a roller coaster of a day- was woken up at 12:15am with the worst (so far) pain in my throat and ears. Took a Tylenol and watched some Netflix – slept for a few more hours and awoke again to horrible pain. Popped another Tylenol and started my day. Grabbed some soup and chicken from the grocery store and actually forced myself to eat a tablespoon of chicken salad. Exhausted after lunch I took a nap- woke up again to horrible sharp pain . Went and gargled and finally had a small piece of scab come off.
For dinner I forced a very small salad and a chicken drumstick – figuring that swallowing ANYTHING hurts, I might as well eat something other than jello, applesauce and Mac and cheese! Now I am blissfully sipping a vodka cranberry.
I am taking control of my life again! The heck with this pain!!!