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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My stomach is bothering me more today that it has the entire time during this whole process. Frustrating bc my throat does not hurt as much as it has. I had my post op yesterday and Dr. says take is easy another week or at least 5 more days. I plan to take it easy and do “softer foods” until the weekend but the stomach ache is an unpleasant hurdle. I have not throw up yet(knock on wood) but really feel like I am going to. Just took a 3 hour nap so hopefully that helps.
There is a nasty stomach bug going around this area and I am praying I dont get it.
Started a probiotic today also…hope that has nothing to do with my stomach ache but after being on antibiotics the week before my surgery and again right after it my Dr. agreed that would be a good idea.
Throat hurt at a 5 or so when waking up this morning and has hovered between 3 to 4 on the pain scale. Scabs are slowly coming off, but no bleeding yet(knock on wood)
I’m on day 9 and although the pain isn’t bad, I have had a continuous stomach ache that will not go away and I feel extremely weak. I am so frustrated! I just want to feel better!
Hi Nikko- thanks for reading and also commenting. The pain med’s are probably the cause of the stomach trouble. Try to take a little food with them- even Jell-o helps. Good luck!
Day 9 today, at least i had a scrambled egg! The mincemeat made me go nuts! The pain in my ears/jaws is awful.
My mouth is so bitter and everything tastes so horrible. I have just resorted back to my warm soup.
Will this end
Day 9 – Yesterday was the first day I actually felt like a live human being again. Such a relief! …. Then there was this morning. Stabbing pains down my throat, ears and tongue. The tears started to flow the second I felt the first sting. Does this ever end? After going through the now normal wake up routine of crying, choking down ice water and ice chips, taking medicine and waiting for the slighest sign of relief, I dreaded the thought of another pain riddled day. I mustered up the strength to drag myself to the shower and attempt a semi-normal day. I have found that standing in a steamy hot shower really seems to open up my throat. I stand directly under the shower head, head down and just breathe. There was a few times out of the day I felt like I was alive again but the stabbing pain in my throat reminds me that this is not over just yet. 🙁 After a long day of pain, medicine and ice water a friend cooked me dinner. Of course I never thought I could eat it. BUT I DID!!!! A simple dinner of tortelinni with a mushroom sauce never tasted so good in my life. I was only able to get a few bites in before the pain was a little to intense to keep going but YAY…food!
Well yesterday and today started a whole new recovery tactic. I can no longer handle anything even remotely close to cold, anything cold or room temp is agitating my throat and forming a stabbing pain from my jaw I my neck. So today I tried tea and it actually did not hurt so apparently some of the membrane has fallen off exposing something causing this. So now it’s got tea and no pain meds, and hopping I only have a few more days of jello to go. Today I managed a ham and cheese sandwich which my stomach didn’t know what to do with it was so foreign.
My stomach is bothering me more today that it has the entire time during this whole process. Frustrating bc my throat does not hurt as much as it has. I had my post op yesterday and Dr. says take is easy another week or at least 5 more days. I plan to take it easy and do “softer foods” until the weekend but the stomach ache is an unpleasant hurdle. I have not throw up yet(knock on wood) but really feel like I am going to. Just took a 3 hour nap so hopefully that helps.
There is a nasty stomach bug going around this area and I am praying I dont get it.
Started a probiotic today also…hope that has nothing to do with my stomach ache but after being on antibiotics the week before my surgery and again right after it my Dr. agreed that would be a good idea.
Throat hurt at a 5 or so when waking up this morning and has hovered between 3 to 4 on the pain scale. Scabs are slowly coming off, but no bleeding yet(knock on wood)
I’m on day 9 and although the pain isn’t bad, I have had a continuous stomach ache that will not go away and I feel extremely weak. I am so frustrated! I just want to feel better!
Hi Nikko- thanks for reading and also commenting. The pain med’s are probably the cause of the stomach trouble. Try to take a little food with them- even Jell-o helps. Good luck!
Day 9 today, at least i had a scrambled egg! The mincemeat made me go nuts! The pain in my ears/jaws is awful.
My mouth is so bitter and everything tastes so horrible. I have just resorted back to my warm soup.
Will this end
Day 9 – Yesterday was the first day I actually felt like a live human being again. Such a relief! …. Then there was this morning. Stabbing pains down my throat, ears and tongue. The tears started to flow the second I felt the first sting. Does this ever end? After going through the now normal wake up routine of crying, choking down ice water and ice chips, taking medicine and waiting for the slighest sign of relief, I dreaded the thought of another pain riddled day. I mustered up the strength to drag myself to the shower and attempt a semi-normal day. I have found that standing in a steamy hot shower really seems to open up my throat. I stand directly under the shower head, head down and just breathe. There was a few times out of the day I felt like I was alive again but the stabbing pain in my throat reminds me that this is not over just yet. 🙁 After a long day of pain, medicine and ice water a friend cooked me dinner. Of course I never thought I could eat it. BUT I DID!!!! A simple dinner of tortelinni with a mushroom sauce never tasted so good in my life. I was only able to get a few bites in before the pain was a little to intense to keep going but YAY…food!
Well yesterday and today started a whole new recovery tactic. I can no longer handle anything even remotely close to cold, anything cold or room temp is agitating my throat and forming a stabbing pain from my jaw I my neck. So today I tried tea and it actually did not hurt so apparently some of the membrane has fallen off exposing something causing this. So now it’s got tea and no pain meds, and hopping I only have a few more days of jello to go. Today I managed a ham and cheese sandwich which my stomach didn’t know what to do with it was so foreign.