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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Thanks! This was helpful to normalize the aftercare for my 17 year old daughter who thinks she isn’t going to make it 😉
Day 9 – definitely seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Man oh man it’s been a rough week. That seemed to feel like 3 weeks. Yes there is still pain when I swallow, but it’s not excruiating anymore. I’ve been sleeping with a mist vaporizer right next to my head for the past two nights from realizing how horrible it is to wake up with a dry throat. Felt like swallowing glass. I’ve been living off of yogurt and Chicken broth was also very soothing. Applesauce and ice cream burnt so bad to eat. So I’ve avoided that for the most part. Today I ate cooked and really soft zucchini and onions. It felt amazing to eat real food again. I’ve also lost 10 pounds in the last 9 days. I’ve stuck with only drinking ice cold water. My scabs are still pretty apparent for the most part but they are off my uvula and it’s definitely thinning out for the most part. Today I was able to float in my pool for about 25 minutes and get some vitamin D. Slowly starting to feel human again! But still resting as much as possible as I can. I have another 5 days till I go back to work, hoping and praying I’ll be good to go!
Today has been the best so far, I continue to improve slowly each day, and I do mean slowly. Mentally I am much better and after a week with no solid food my body has much more energy after getting some noodles and soup yesterday. Though I want to go out and do stuff I am forcing myself to not be that active other than running some errands, when in between pain doses it is still quite obvious how uncomfortable my body is. Chicken noodle soup for breakfast, mac n cheese for dinner, its nice to have some substance again. Still taking 5-325 hydrocodone/acetaminophen every 6 hrs, hoping tomorrow or the next day I can stop during the day and only have to take it at night. Staying away from ibuprofen as it thins the blood and can increase the risk of bleeding, which I am paranoid about. I am sure I will still be following my nightly and morning routine of immediately getting into a hot shower for a half hour upon waking up to help the very painful dry throat that occurs during sleep. Still staying away from hot foods and liquids, only luke warm to ice cold, ice cold being the most uncomfortable but i’ve noticed if i push through and drink ice water often enough it helps numb the throat a bit resulting in less pain. My wounds are about half the size they were after surgery, I can see where the new skin has formed and healed. The scabs(white areas pretty much) appear to be thinner, hopefully implying healing tissue underneath. All that stuff aside for those who are couple days behind or on day 9 but still struggling, it does start to end, your body will turn a corner and you will start to recover and feel better with it. Ent told me I would be completely recovered by 2 weeks, to me this meant eating what ever I wanted and back to drinking a beer with friends, this will not be the case. I will be much better I’m sure, but it is a slow process. Keep your head and sanity, push fluids and respect your body and the recovery process, especially diet. I read of people eating chicken sandwiches and toast, if you do this you take the risk of removing the scabs before the tissue underneath has healed enough which leads to bleeding which can lead to a trip to the ER, another surgery and starting your recovery over. Hasn’t happened to me but you read about it on this very site. Anyway thats all I got for today, will update on day 10 page tomorrow.
I promise it gets better. It’s a hard recovery. I threw up for the 1st 3 days after surgery- I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy! But 2 years later I haven’t been sick one time since I recovered. It took about 3 weeks to feel ok again and about 2 months for my ears and throat, and me, to feel like me again. Use the pain meds. Rest. Drink. Repeat. It is so worth it in the end!!
Morning of day 9. I’m 18 and I’m in horrid pain!!!! I was feeling fine day 7 then day 8 started and it was this!?!?? Omg never been in so much pain! I’m coughing(idk why) I feel dry and raw. When I swallow like chunks of glass are in my throat. Headache. Nothing taking it away and I’m in tears.
Thanks! This was helpful to normalize the aftercare for my 17 year old daughter who thinks she isn’t going to make it 😉
Day 9 – definitely seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Man oh man it’s been a rough week. That seemed to feel like 3 weeks. Yes there is still pain when I swallow, but it’s not excruiating anymore. I’ve been sleeping with a mist vaporizer right next to my head for the past two nights from realizing how horrible it is to wake up with a dry throat. Felt like swallowing glass. I’ve been living off of yogurt and Chicken broth was also very soothing. Applesauce and ice cream burnt so bad to eat. So I’ve avoided that for the most part. Today I ate cooked and really soft zucchini and onions. It felt amazing to eat real food again. I’ve also lost 10 pounds in the last 9 days. I’ve stuck with only drinking ice cold water. My scabs are still pretty apparent for the most part but they are off my uvula and it’s definitely thinning out for the most part. Today I was able to float in my pool for about 25 minutes and get some vitamin D. Slowly starting to feel human again! But still resting as much as possible as I can. I have another 5 days till I go back to work, hoping and praying I’ll be good to go!
Day 9: 26 year old
Today has been the best so far, I continue to improve slowly each day, and I do mean slowly. Mentally I am much better and after a week with no solid food my body has much more energy after getting some noodles and soup yesterday. Though I want to go out and do stuff I am forcing myself to not be that active other than running some errands, when in between pain doses it is still quite obvious how uncomfortable my body is. Chicken noodle soup for breakfast, mac n cheese for dinner, its nice to have some substance again. Still taking 5-325 hydrocodone/acetaminophen every 6 hrs, hoping tomorrow or the next day I can stop during the day and only have to take it at night. Staying away from ibuprofen as it thins the blood and can increase the risk of bleeding, which I am paranoid about. I am sure I will still be following my nightly and morning routine of immediately getting into a hot shower for a half hour upon waking up to help the very painful dry throat that occurs during sleep. Still staying away from hot foods and liquids, only luke warm to ice cold, ice cold being the most uncomfortable but i’ve noticed if i push through and drink ice water often enough it helps numb the throat a bit resulting in less pain. My wounds are about half the size they were after surgery, I can see where the new skin has formed and healed. The scabs(white areas pretty much) appear to be thinner, hopefully implying healing tissue underneath. All that stuff aside for those who are couple days behind or on day 9 but still struggling, it does start to end, your body will turn a corner and you will start to recover and feel better with it. Ent told me I would be completely recovered by 2 weeks, to me this meant eating what ever I wanted and back to drinking a beer with friends, this will not be the case. I will be much better I’m sure, but it is a slow process. Keep your head and sanity, push fluids and respect your body and the recovery process, especially diet. I read of people eating chicken sandwiches and toast, if you do this you take the risk of removing the scabs before the tissue underneath has healed enough which leads to bleeding which can lead to a trip to the ER, another surgery and starting your recovery over. Hasn’t happened to me but you read about it on this very site. Anyway thats all I got for today, will update on day 10 page tomorrow.
I promise it gets better. It’s a hard recovery. I threw up for the 1st 3 days after surgery- I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy! But 2 years later I haven’t been sick one time since I recovered. It took about 3 weeks to feel ok again and about 2 months for my ears and throat, and me, to feel like me again. Use the pain meds. Rest. Drink. Repeat. It is so worth it in the end!!
Morning of day 9. I’m 18 and I’m in horrid pain!!!! I was feeling fine day 7 then day 8 started and it was this!?!?? Omg never been in so much pain! I’m coughing(idk why) I feel dry and raw. When I swallow like chunks of glass are in my throat. Headache. Nothing taking it away and I’m in tears.