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 this is day 9 for me and I still feel like absolute crap. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. My uvula is still huge and it feels like I’m choking on it all the time. My throat burns with every swallow. I have not eaten in 3 days and I am angry and starving. Even now I just watched my boyfriend chow down on a cheese steak and I just glared at him the whole time. I have lost 10 pounds which is great but I’m really suffering. I need this to be over. I can yawn without being in excrutiating pain. Hot tea and liquid Tylenol does help some. Naps and sleeping through the night are horrible. I think I am sleeping about 4 hours at a time. I’m weak from not eating. I know it will get better but its been an uphill battle the whole 9 days. I hop day 10 is better
Hello…try to drink much cold, ice water as best as u can.. I know it’s paining and the burn when swallowin.gezz I had that too around my day 5.. but that cold water will help. Also try drinking some Ensure on ice…. hang in there.
Day 9 was really rough for me. During the night, at around 2 am my left tonsil bed started to bleed excessively to the point where I felt I had to go to the emergency room. After arriving at the hospital I only waited an hour in the waiting room (canada’s health care system) considering I was bleeding from the mouth. I waited in the hospital chair for a few minutes and the doctor came in and checked it out. He said my right side was healing nice but my left was bleeding a little bit. I dont think the spitting the blood in the cup helped because it made my left side start gushing bright red blood and it was horrible. Anyways, I stayed in the emergency for 9 hours while the daytime doctor communicated with my ENT over the phone. My ENT said that bleeding can be normal in this stage because of the scabs coming off, but Im a little weary of that because it was a lot of blood. I ended up throwing up quite a bit of blood and some blood clots, but only the nighttime doctor saw how much I actually bled. It eventually stopped bleeding on its own so my ENT did not come to see me, but they told me to come back if it starts to bleed excessively like that again. I find it weird because my tonsil bed always starts to bleed at the same time of night while Im trying to fall asleep. This was the third time my tonsil bed was bleeding this week, but the first two times were not nearly as bad. Luckily the doctor also gave me a steroid drug for my swollen uvula/tongue and Im hoping that will help. Im also switching from tylenol to advil to maybe help with the swelling even more. All in all it was a terrifying experience and I really hope I can get back to my normal life soon!
I’m finishing day 8 / I went back to work today
I only took two ibuprofen and was considerably ok!! I’ve come home now and was soooo hungry that I thought I’d eat spaghetti bolneise but then i remembered I still can’t eat!!! Aaaaahhhhh.
Pain in my ears when I woke up coupled with all of my teeth hurting. Have lost 3 1/2 kg..:((
I’m 16 years old and i’m on day 9. Been out of school for a week and a half now and let me tell you, i can’t wait for my normal life to come back. My worst days were definitely days 4-7. I’d try to drink, pain, try to eat even JELLO, pain. Nothing was working for me but i tell you things will turn a corner. I have went days 8-9 with little pain, i’m off the hycet unless i need it before bed but other wise i’m actually swallowing tablet forms of ibuprofen which really help with pain and swelling. Most of the pain comes from fresh skin in the back of my throat from descabbing but the one thing that will help anyone who has had this done is drinking tons and tons of water, and eating does help you heal faster as well. the more hydrated your scabs are the less pain you will feel and faster you will be able to return to normal. The pain maybe be excruciating when you first drink but the pay off is worth it. good luck to anyone still early on in their process! it does get better and you will be glad you did it once the pain subsides.
Well I’m on Day 7 and its a pain I never felt before. Eating mash jello and applesauce can’t eat because it feels like poison over a open sore. Hoping for the best tomorrow. Warm tea I did all day and I felt a lil relief. Still on the pain meds.
I’ve had this issue since day 5 and my recommendation is a heating oh the joys of the heating pad and although it may sound silly put it over your head and head phones or something in that ear helps a bunch!
So this is day 9 for me and I still feel like absolute crap. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. My uvula is still huge and it feels like I’m choking on it all the time. My throat burns with every swallow. I have not eaten in 3 days and I am angry and starving. Even now I just watched my boyfriend chow down on a cheese steak and I just glared at him the whole time. I have lost 10 pounds which is great but I’m really suffering. I need this to be over. I can yawn without being in excrutiating pain. Hot tea and liquid Tylenol does help some. Naps and sleeping through the night are horrible. I think I am sleeping about 4 hours at a time. I’m weak from not eating. I know it will get better but its been an uphill battle the whole 9 days. I hop day 10 is better
I’m on day 9 right now and am feeling the exact same! Everytime I eat my throat just stings and I give up.
Hello…try to drink much cold, ice water as best as u can.. I know it’s paining and the burn when swallowin.gezz I had that too around my day 5.. but that cold water will help. Also try drinking some Ensure on ice…. hang in there.
Day 9 was really rough for me. During the night, at around 2 am my left tonsil bed started to bleed excessively to the point where I felt I had to go to the emergency room. After arriving at the hospital I only waited an hour in the waiting room (canada’s health care system) considering I was bleeding from the mouth. I waited in the hospital chair for a few minutes and the doctor came in and checked it out. He said my right side was healing nice but my left was bleeding a little bit. I dont think the spitting the blood in the cup helped because it made my left side start gushing bright red blood and it was horrible. Anyways, I stayed in the emergency for 9 hours while the daytime doctor communicated with my ENT over the phone. My ENT said that bleeding can be normal in this stage because of the scabs coming off, but Im a little weary of that because it was a lot of blood. I ended up throwing up quite a bit of blood and some blood clots, but only the nighttime doctor saw how much I actually bled. It eventually stopped bleeding on its own so my ENT did not come to see me, but they told me to come back if it starts to bleed excessively like that again. I find it weird because my tonsil bed always starts to bleed at the same time of night while Im trying to fall asleep. This was the third time my tonsil bed was bleeding this week, but the first two times were not nearly as bad. Luckily the doctor also gave me a steroid drug for my swollen uvula/tongue and Im hoping that will help. Im also switching from tylenol to advil to maybe help with the swelling even more. All in all it was a terrifying experience and I really hope I can get back to my normal life soon!
I’m finishing day 8 / I went back to work today
I only took two ibuprofen and was considerably ok!! I’ve come home now and was soooo hungry that I thought I’d eat spaghetti bolneise but then i remembered I still can’t eat!!! Aaaaahhhhh.
Pain in my ears when I woke up coupled with all of my teeth hurting. Have lost 3 1/2 kg..:((
I’m 16 years old and i’m on day 9. Been out of school for a week and a half now and let me tell you, i can’t wait for my normal life to come back. My worst days were definitely days 4-7. I’d try to drink, pain, try to eat even JELLO, pain. Nothing was working for me but i tell you things will turn a corner. I have went days 8-9 with little pain, i’m off the hycet unless i need it before bed but other wise i’m actually swallowing tablet forms of ibuprofen which really help with pain and swelling. Most of the pain comes from fresh skin in the back of my throat from descabbing but the one thing that will help anyone who has had this done is drinking tons and tons of water, and eating does help you heal faster as well. the more hydrated your scabs are the less pain you will feel and faster you will be able to return to normal. The pain maybe be excruciating when you first drink but the pay off is worth it. good luck to anyone still early on in their process! it does get better and you will be glad you did it once the pain subsides.
Well I’m on Day 7 and its a pain I never felt before. Eating mash jello and applesauce can’t eat because it feels like poison over a open sore. Hoping for the best tomorrow. Warm tea I did all day and I felt a lil relief. Still on the pain meds.
I am on day 9 and my right ear hurts to the point where I am in tears most of the day. What can I do?
I’ve had this issue since day 5 and my recommendation is a heating oh the joys of the heating pad and although it may sound silly put it over your head and head phones or something in that ear helps a bunch!