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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I just woke up and I am beginning my Day 9. So far, the pain is no better than Day 8 which is pretty bad. The right side feels ok, but the left side is still real bad. I have to jump up and down to get my pain meds to swallow it hurts so much. The pain meds do take a lot of the edge off. Dr. wants me off of the pain meds by the end of day 10. If day 10 is similar to day 9, we will have a serious problem without pain meds!
Hello! I’m on Day 9 of recovery and I am still in quite a bit of pain. My ears, throat, tongue and jaw hurt, but I don’t have all that foam in the back of my throat anymore do I feel like I can at least breathe better! I haven’t been able to eat much at all except 4 bites of a pancake today and I’m only getting down around 20oz of Gatorade a day. I’m pretty weak and light headed when I do get up and I run down quickly. Hoping I wake up tomorrow and feel much better!
Wow…day 9!! I actually had a meal: protein, carb, vegetable. Still some pain but bearable with some moderate pain meds. I feel most normal today. I still see a small area of scabs so I’m guessing those will be coming off in the next couple days, and that pain will come again. I’m so glad I’m finally turning the corner. The only taste issue I find is the sweet drinks are a little too sweet.
Well that was yesterday! I think I’ve had a set back today my throat is soo very sore. Even water hurts today fore some reason. I don’t really know what to do..i’m back to ice chips and Percocet ..who would have thought that??? Anyone else have a similar experience after feeling like the worst was behind you?
Yes! I felt great day 4-6, then day 7 my throat tickled so bad I kept coughing and woke myself up coughing night 7 until I thought I was going to throw up. This is the night of day 8 and I completely feel like I’ve gone backwards. I’m now back on the oxycodone liquid that makes me sick just so I can get some sleep. I was so proud that I didn’t need anything but Tylenol after day 3, but here I am with the worst pain since day 1-2 in the hospital. Miserable. And I’m not sure what these scabs are that everyone is always talking about. I just see white in the back of my throat that has spots of a slightly yellowy color now (hideous), but what exactly falls off and what stays? I really hope these pain meds kick in so I can sleep.
Omg, I thought it was going pretty good until day 6, and now I’m on day 9 and its a good thing we don’t keep a gun around. I’m coughing and sneezing, my ears are killing me and I finished the original bottle of pain meds last night. They gave me a new script of 10 more Percocet and I am just praying that this all ends very, very soon. I’m still eating soft foods however cold ones seem to bring a throbbing pain in my mouth/gums. Not sure what to do anymore, so over this!
You poor thing. Hang in there. It WILL get better. It has taken me three weeks to be able to say there is no pain left. It will get better. This is the peak of it.
Today I went to olive garden with the family and forced myself to eat some ravioli and a little bit of a breadstick. It was the first real food I’ve had in nine days. I guess the food did the trick because I went home, went in my bathroom and coughed slightly an all o a sudden the pain on my left side went from a 10 to a 2. I guess my scab came off. I feel so much better now that at least one scab is off, it’s such a relief! The other side is being a little more stubborn but I feel so much better already!
I’m nearing the end of post-op day 9 and although I’m still experiencing a significant amount of pain (throat/ears/jaw), my body is slowly starting to wake up on its own rather than from the pain. I also noticed that mouth is not as dry waking up today as it has been during the past week. I’ve been brushing my teeth with arm&hammer breath freshening toothpaste a 2-3x/daily and gargling salt water after meals–that seems to have helped the white film on my tongue disappear. Out of fear of harming myself, I didn’t start gargling until day 6 (which was also when I learned about baking soda based toothpastes helping with bad breath). Eating foods that involve some chewing still hurts, but I suck it up and eat as much as I can. My tongue is still huge and is preventing me from getting a good look into my throat but I think I may have ripped them off while eating because after eating lunch yesterday, my throat felt so raw and I haven’t had the feeling that something is stuck in my throat since then. It mostly feels like a mild case of a sore throat– I read (on here or another website) that someone had been using chloraseptic and I tried yesterday but with my tongue being so huge, the most I could do was numb my tongue. I start working again on Monday–which is good since then I’ll either be too distracted to acknowledge my pain or I’ll just suck it up and deal with it but I’m going to miss being able to just relax all day (even though this past week hasn’t really been a trip to the spa). I read on this forums facebook page that it took some people months to get their voice and sense of taste back– I really hope that’s not the case for me!
I just woke up and I am beginning my Day 9. So far, the pain is no better than Day 8 which is pretty bad. The right side feels ok, but the left side is still real bad. I have to jump up and down to get my pain meds to swallow it hurts so much. The pain meds do take a lot of the edge off. Dr. wants me off of the pain meds by the end of day 10. If day 10 is similar to day 9, we will have a serious problem without pain meds!
Hello! I’m on Day 9 of recovery and I am still in quite a bit of pain. My ears, throat, tongue and jaw hurt, but I don’t have all that foam in the back of my throat anymore do I feel like I can at least breathe better! I haven’t been able to eat much at all except 4 bites of a pancake today and I’m only getting down around 20oz of Gatorade a day. I’m pretty weak and light headed when I do get up and I run down quickly. Hoping I wake up tomorrow and feel much better!
Wow…day 9!! I actually had a meal: protein, carb, vegetable. Still some pain but bearable with some moderate pain meds. I feel most normal today. I still see a small area of scabs so I’m guessing those will be coming off in the next couple days, and that pain will come again. I’m so glad I’m finally turning the corner. The only taste issue I find is the sweet drinks are a little too sweet.
Well that was yesterday! I think I’ve had a set back today my throat is soo very sore. Even water hurts today fore some reason. I don’t really know what to do..i’m back to ice chips and Percocet ..who would have thought that??? Anyone else have a similar experience after feeling like the worst was behind you?
Yes! I felt great day 4-6, then day 7 my throat tickled so bad I kept coughing and woke myself up coughing night 7 until I thought I was going to throw up. This is the night of day 8 and I completely feel like I’ve gone backwards. I’m now back on the oxycodone liquid that makes me sick just so I can get some sleep. I was so proud that I didn’t need anything but Tylenol after day 3, but here I am with the worst pain since day 1-2 in the hospital. Miserable. And I’m not sure what these scabs are that everyone is always talking about. I just see white in the back of my throat that has spots of a slightly yellowy color now (hideous), but what exactly falls off and what stays? I really hope these pain meds kick in so I can sleep.
Omg, I thought it was going pretty good until day 6, and now I’m on day 9 and its a good thing we don’t keep a gun around. I’m coughing and sneezing, my ears are killing me and I finished the original bottle of pain meds last night. They gave me a new script of 10 more Percocet and I am just praying that this all ends very, very soon. I’m still eating soft foods however cold ones seem to bring a throbbing pain in my mouth/gums. Not sure what to do anymore, so over this!
You poor thing. Hang in there. It WILL get better. It has taken me three weeks to be able to say there is no pain left. It will get better. This is the peak of it.
Today I went to olive garden with the family and forced myself to eat some ravioli and a little bit of a breadstick. It was the first real food I’ve had in nine days. I guess the food did the trick because I went home, went in my bathroom and coughed slightly an all o a sudden the pain on my left side went from a 10 to a 2. I guess my scab came off. I feel so much better now that at least one scab is off, it’s such a relief! The other side is being a little more stubborn but I feel so much better already!
I’m nearing the end of post-op day 9 and although I’m still experiencing a significant amount of pain (throat/ears/jaw), my body is slowly starting to wake up on its own rather than from the pain. I also noticed that mouth is not as dry waking up today as it has been during the past week. I’ve been brushing my teeth with arm&hammer breath freshening toothpaste a 2-3x/daily and gargling salt water after meals–that seems to have helped the white film on my tongue disappear. Out of fear of harming myself, I didn’t start gargling until day 6 (which was also when I learned about baking soda based toothpastes helping with bad breath). Eating foods that involve some chewing still hurts, but I suck it up and eat as much as I can. My tongue is still huge and is preventing me from getting a good look into my throat but I think I may have ripped them off while eating because after eating lunch yesterday, my throat felt so raw and I haven’t had the feeling that something is stuck in my throat since then. It mostly feels like a mild case of a sore throat– I read (on here or another website) that someone had been using chloraseptic and I tried yesterday but with my tongue being so huge, the most I could do was numb my tongue. I start working again on Monday–which is good since then I’ll either be too distracted to acknowledge my pain or I’ll just suck it up and deal with it but I’m going to miss being able to just relax all day (even though this past week hasn’t really been a trip to the spa). I read on this forums facebook page that it took some people months to get their voice and sense of taste back– I really hope that’s not the case for me!