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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So it’s 11:22pm and I’m in so much pain. I’m on day 8 going on day 9 at 12am this is so bad I’m crying..idk what happened I went better yesterday. But tonight it hit. I regret getting them out. I’m about to puke, And I can’t describe how bad the pain is when I swallow I can’t do this. I feel like death .. when will it stop. ……it’s so horrible.:,(
Go to the hospital for some pain relief
I had to do it two times throughout this terrible recovery as well as get new pain medicines twice
Percocet was my only saving grace
If your pain is still that bad.. Don’t make yourself suffer. Go to the hospital and call your surgeon
Today is day 9 for me and I am still in pain??? and I now regret getting my tonsils removed as bad as I needed them out the pain is not worth it. No one should have to go through this non stop nightmare? I no longer have hope and I feel like this is how i am going to have to live my life for a while I don’t think it will ever stop?
Hi it’s July 15th I think? Got my tonsillectomy on the 6th. I felt better the 7th day of my recovery which was 2 days ago. But today ???????????? it’s horrible I’m in beyond so much pain. Do you feel better? Does it go away? I have no hope anymore ?
Day 10, (30yo) still hurts when swallow and cant speak yet. Managed to eat some food today. Scab is nearly gone. I m getting the dryness everyone is speaking about, got a humidifer but dont feel any diference so guess I just have to wait few more days. Cant believe this is nearly over… It has been a really painful recovery, no more tonsillitis ever again at last. Thank all the coments here, really helped me to get through every day. We almost there.
Day 9. My daughter (11) and I (35) both had T&As on May 25th. Still hard to sleep, because I keep getting dried out. However, my mouth has stopped creating so much saliva and the bad taste is almost gone. For both of us we have decreased our meds and were able to eat more; there is still a little soreness when swallowing and talking, but I can tell it’s all uphill from here. The only event we had today was that my daughter bled this afternoon, but it stopped after a gargle of water/hydrogen peroxide. It’s good to be on this side of recovery.
Day 9, May 11 – Better day. Throat still hurts to talk. Not sure if this is normal or still trauma related from day 7. Thinking about backing off the 15 ml/4hr of Lortab/Tylenol. Right now though it still is hard to swallow after about 2ish hours if I only take 10ml. Going to try 15ml for midnight and 4am but other 10-12ml.
So it’s 11:22pm and I’m in so much pain. I’m on day 8 going on day 9 at 12am this is so bad I’m crying..idk what happened I went better yesterday. But tonight it hit. I regret getting them out. I’m about to puke, And I can’t describe how bad the pain is when I swallow I can’t do this. I feel like death .. when will it stop. ……it’s so horrible.:,(
Go to the hospital for some pain relief
I had to do it two times throughout this terrible recovery as well as get new pain medicines twice
Percocet was my only saving grace
If your pain is still that bad.. Don’t make yourself suffer. Go to the hospital and call your surgeon
Today is day 9 for me and I am still in pain??? and I now regret getting my tonsils removed as bad as I needed them out the pain is not worth it. No one should have to go through this non stop nightmare? I no longer have hope and I feel like this is how i am going to have to live my life for a while I don’t think it will ever stop?
Hi it’s July 15th I think? Got my tonsillectomy on the 6th. I felt better the 7th day of my recovery which was 2 days ago. But today ???????????? it’s horrible I’m in beyond so much pain. Do you feel better? Does it go away? I have no hope anymore ?
Day 10, (30yo) still hurts when swallow and cant speak yet. Managed to eat some food today. Scab is nearly gone. I m getting the dryness everyone is speaking about, got a humidifer but dont feel any diference so guess I just have to wait few more days. Cant believe this is nearly over… It has been a really painful recovery, no more tonsillitis ever again at last. Thank all the coments here, really helped me to get through every day. We almost there.
Day 9. My daughter (11) and I (35) both had T&As on May 25th. Still hard to sleep, because I keep getting dried out. However, my mouth has stopped creating so much saliva and the bad taste is almost gone. For both of us we have decreased our meds and were able to eat more; there is still a little soreness when swallowing and talking, but I can tell it’s all uphill from here. The only event we had today was that my daughter bled this afternoon, but it stopped after a gargle of water/hydrogen peroxide. It’s good to be on this side of recovery.
Day 9, May 11 – Better day. Throat still hurts to talk. Not sure if this is normal or still trauma related from day 7. Thinking about backing off the 15 ml/4hr of Lortab/Tylenol. Right now though it still is hard to swallow after about 2ish hours if I only take 10ml. Going to try 15ml for midnight and 4am but other 10-12ml.