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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Recovery day 9: Today was a beautiful day. I did not have to take my prescribed meds or even ibuprofen for that matter. I feel like I have canker sores. The surgical site looks a little more transparent. I got my appetite back today. Even though I wasn’t able to eat a full meal, I did enjoy some bread, chocolate, and mashed potatoes. I was so tired of applesauce. I did throw up in the morning but I am feeling a lot better. I’m starting to feel like myself again!
So…have your scabs fallen off!!??? I’m on day 8(in the morning) and I think mine are just starting to fall off. I’ve had quite the easy experience this far and im hoping it continues like this!! From what I’ve read and heard from previous tonsillectomy patients, I’m very lucky!! Just curious what the next few days will bring
if you count the day of surgery (which i do) it has been 9 full days! i can’t believe that i made it this far! i seriously thought i would never make it. i still have to take my pain meds but not as much as i was in the beginning. i would have to take them every 2-4 hours and now i take them about every 6-7 hours or so except when i am sleeping, so that’s progress for me. i also think one of my scabs must have came off when i was eating or something because i checked the back of my throat today and some of them have disappeared, but not all. i woke up with a horrible migraine today. i suffer from migraines on the regular and they are very painful and my vision gets blurry. as soon as i noticed the blurry vision this morning i took some tylenol. i’d rather take tylenol on an empty stomach than a painkiller and i just went back to bed. woke up again and had lots of ear pain but my throat wasn’t as bad. i’ve said this before in one of my posts but waking up is when the pain really starts and once i eat and have my pain meds the pain calms down throughout the day. i am planning on going back to work tomorrow and i am bummed yet excited. i did enjoy this “vacation” only because i was able to lounge around all day but reality will set in tomorrow haha. i am set to see my doctor next week for my 2 week post op visit so i am excited/nervous to see what he has to say next week. good luck everyone!
9th day I am feeling so much better, still sore when I swallow but most of scab nearly gone uvala still big but not as bad, still can’t extended my head back without it making my throat sore but much much better and also now getting the stinging in throat and tonsil bed but I’m guessing that’s normal and I’m on the heal. I weight 104kg now I’m 96kg lost so much weight, can’t wait to be fully healed and back to the gym also I had bleeding on the 6 day which I went to the ER did some acid gargle and stayed over nite but after that no more bleeding can people talk about their bleeding experiences mine was sort of scary at the time…
I had bleeding at night on day 7. Lost 300ml of blood at home then another 400 on the way to hospital. It stopped as i arrived to the hospital but they transferred me to another one as they didnt have an on duty ENT. I spent thw night and was realeased the next day. Now i terrified it could happen again.
Day 9, so far it is not as bad as the first 8, 8 was killer doctor said i have THRUSH in my mouth which was causing a STINGING/BURNING feeling in the back on my tongue. I have been back to work since day 5 ( i sit at a desk on a computer) LOTS of pain and no pain meds allowed at work. NOT Sleeping well at all so i usually go home load up on some meds and hit the bed for a few hours have not really eaten in 9 days other then gum and ice water and ice cubes just do not have appitite and so not worth the pain i have lost 9 pounds in 9 days and have not had a bowl movement since the day before surgery
Day 9 – I was able to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner today which is great progress! Hadn’t eaten much since day 5. Days 6, 7 and 8 have been just pure torture. I’ve lost almost a stone in weight already. I can definitely feel I’m on the mend although still very painful. The only foods i can take are plain vegetables, plain chicken and fish. Sorry if this next bit offends: I’ve not pooped since before the operation – 10 days. I don’t even feel like i need to go. Ive started drinking prune juice ( watered down because it stings like mad ) so hopefully it won’t be much long. More grateful the worst is over. Hang on in there to anyone going through the ‘hellish’ days. You’ll be on the mend any day now!!!
Recovery day 9: Today was a beautiful day. I did not have to take my prescribed meds or even ibuprofen for that matter. I feel like I have canker sores. The surgical site looks a little more transparent. I got my appetite back today. Even though I wasn’t able to eat a full meal, I did enjoy some bread, chocolate, and mashed potatoes. I was so tired of applesauce. I did throw up in the morning but I am feeling a lot better. I’m starting to feel like myself again!
So…have your scabs fallen off!!??? I’m on day 8(in the morning) and I think mine are just starting to fall off. I’ve had quite the easy experience this far and im hoping it continues like this!! From what I’ve read and heard from previous tonsillectomy patients, I’m very lucky!! Just curious what the next few days will bring
if you count the day of surgery (which i do) it has been 9 full days! i can’t believe that i made it this far! i seriously thought i would never make it. i still have to take my pain meds but not as much as i was in the beginning. i would have to take them every 2-4 hours and now i take them about every 6-7 hours or so except when i am sleeping, so that’s progress for me. i also think one of my scabs must have came off when i was eating or something because i checked the back of my throat today and some of them have disappeared, but not all. i woke up with a horrible migraine today. i suffer from migraines on the regular and they are very painful and my vision gets blurry. as soon as i noticed the blurry vision this morning i took some tylenol. i’d rather take tylenol on an empty stomach than a painkiller and i just went back to bed. woke up again and had lots of ear pain but my throat wasn’t as bad. i’ve said this before in one of my posts but waking up is when the pain really starts and once i eat and have my pain meds the pain calms down throughout the day. i am planning on going back to work tomorrow and i am bummed yet excited. i did enjoy this “vacation” only because i was able to lounge around all day but reality will set in tomorrow haha. i am set to see my doctor next week for my 2 week post op visit so i am excited/nervous to see what he has to say next week. good luck everyone!
9th day I am feeling so much better, still sore when I swallow but most of scab nearly gone uvala still big but not as bad, still can’t extended my head back without it making my throat sore but much much better and also now getting the stinging in throat and tonsil bed but I’m guessing that’s normal and I’m on the heal. I weight 104kg now I’m 96kg lost so much weight, can’t wait to be fully healed and back to the gym also I had bleeding on the 6 day which I went to the ER did some acid gargle and stayed over nite but after that no more bleeding can people talk about their bleeding experiences mine was sort of scary at the time…
I had bleeding at night on day 7. Lost 300ml of blood at home then another 400 on the way to hospital. It stopped as i arrived to the hospital but they transferred me to another one as they didnt have an on duty ENT. I spent thw night and was realeased the next day. Now i terrified it could happen again.
Day 9, so far it is not as bad as the first 8, 8 was killer doctor said i have THRUSH in my mouth which was causing a STINGING/BURNING feeling in the back on my tongue. I have been back to work since day 5 ( i sit at a desk on a computer) LOTS of pain and no pain meds allowed at work. NOT Sleeping well at all so i usually go home load up on some meds and hit the bed for a few hours have not really eaten in 9 days other then gum and ice water and ice cubes just do not have appitite and so not worth the pain i have lost 9 pounds in 9 days and have not had a bowl movement since the day before surgery
Day 9 – I was able to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner today which is great progress! Hadn’t eaten much since day 5. Days 6, 7 and 8 have been just pure torture. I’ve lost almost a stone in weight already. I can definitely feel I’m on the mend although still very painful. The only foods i can take are plain vegetables, plain chicken and fish. Sorry if this next bit offends: I’ve not pooped since before the operation – 10 days. I don’t even feel like i need to go. Ive started drinking prune juice ( watered down because it stings like mad ) so hopefully it won’t be much long. More grateful the worst is over. Hang on in there to anyone going through the ‘hellish’ days. You’ll be on the mend any day now!!!