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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This day is slightly horrible. I feel like I am catching a cold , plus hot and cold. Votiming twice at 1am. So sleepy scared to take medicine don’t want to vomit anymore!!!
Get some zopfran rX for vomiting!
I take with my pain meds at the same time . Hard to eat and then you take the pain meds and they make you sick !
Get numbing lollipops rX
I’m almost 17, Had surgery the 9th and it was a thursday, sunday i spent the entire day throwing up. it was HORRIBLE. didn’t deystroy my throat as there was really not much to throw up. my surgeon called in Zofran dissolvable tablets and that SAVED ME. Having a very difficult time finding things to eat. I tried a soaked waffle in ice cream which didn’t help, Ice cream makes me flemy and I can’t handle that right now. Today marks one week and i get by w some GoGo Squeeze apple sauce daily but that’s about it. I know i’ll never enjoy that again. Gonna try to do some white rice today. Thought i’d be eating like a human again but nope not the case. I love buffalo chicken, waffles, and Chipotle. my favorite foods. But i’m eating like a six month old lol Gatorade even watered burns, Apple juice watered was great the first few days. I find Yoohoo boxes are actually best
Woke up with severe pain in my throat and ear due to dryness in the mouth. I had water then took brufen 600mg. Day nine is by far the best day ever since I did my operation. I took a pain killer once in the morning and decided to ease off with my medication today because I had no pain at all, just a slight discomfort that I later learned it’s gonna be normal and you’ll just get used to it. I went shopping today and was able to eat a decent meal (pasta alfongo with sautéed mushrooms, mashed potates and watermelon AND plenty of water)
Swallowing was odd but didn’t cause me any discomfort or trouble. However, I felt nauseous while eating and mycousin (is a doctor) said it’s normal because I haven’t eaten ANY food in ten days, I just sipped on apple juice and drank a lot of water (and attempted to eat a small piece of waffles in day 6) so my stomach reacted in a normal way.
As for speaking, I kept talking none stop but my voice was Slightly different and it’ll take a few days to return to normal, but it’s so much better compared to a couple of days ago! I sounded like kermit and my throat hurt after saying a few words but now I can talk normally with no problems but slight discomfort that I didn’t even pay attention to.
I’m not sure about this but I think that day 9 is where you can see the light at the end of the tunnel and you can return to normal activities. Terrible experience but totally worth it.
Tomorrow is my first appointment with my ENT doctor.
Almost 3 weeks now and the pain is still there sonewhat nothing like day 6. Im a mlm,and work 55 hrs a week as well. I needed a full 14 days before I went back to work. Take as long as you can to recover its hard but its my best advice. Along with water water water!! O ya and drink as much water as you can!! As for normal and maybe not even notice it idk when that happens…….im hoping soon.
I’m on day 6 now. 31, mother of 4. (Youngest is 4). I have actually managed to get off the couch and clean the kitchen and even sorted the laundry for my husband to start washing when he gets home from work. I made dinner tonight (hamburger helper was the easiest). As far as pain, I am still taking these stupid pain pills every 5-8 hours. Everytime I take them it’s like I get set back 2 steps with drowsiness, but it takes the pain away. I tried today to see how long I could go past the scheduled time and i was only able to go about 45 minutes past my 6 hour mark. I just want this pain to go away. Everyday I wake up and swallow and pray that there will be no pain but BAM there it is. I’m thankful to have had this done and a great support system with the kids during my recovery but I’m a mom, who works a very demanding job and needs to be back to normal asap. Any helpful tips on recovering a little more faster (by day 7 or 8) would be a blessing. Thanks for taking the time and reading my post. Hope all my fellow tonsil removal people feel better soon!! -Kristi Chandler
I haven’t ate in the past few days, I’ve barely had ANYTHING to drink either. So over this. On the bright side, pain is a 2/10 and I’ve been completely off of meds for 2 days.
This day is slightly horrible. I feel like I am catching a cold , plus hot and cold. Votiming twice at 1am. So sleepy scared to take medicine don’t want to vomit anymore!!!
Get some zopfran rX for vomiting!
I take with my pain meds at the same time . Hard to eat and then you take the pain meds and they make you sick !
Get numbing lollipops rX
Where do you get the numbing lollipops?
I’m almost 17, Had surgery the 9th and it was a thursday, sunday i spent the entire day throwing up. it was HORRIBLE. didn’t deystroy my throat as there was really not much to throw up. my surgeon called in Zofran dissolvable tablets and that SAVED ME. Having a very difficult time finding things to eat. I tried a soaked waffle in ice cream which didn’t help, Ice cream makes me flemy and I can’t handle that right now. Today marks one week and i get by w some GoGo Squeeze apple sauce daily but that’s about it. I know i’ll never enjoy that again. Gonna try to do some white rice today. Thought i’d be eating like a human again but nope not the case. I love buffalo chicken, waffles, and Chipotle. my favorite foods. But i’m eating like a six month old lol Gatorade even watered burns, Apple juice watered was great the first few days. I find Yoohoo boxes are actually best
Day 9 | 23 year old female
Woke up with severe pain in my throat and ear due to dryness in the mouth. I had water then took brufen 600mg. Day nine is by far the best day ever since I did my operation. I took a pain killer once in the morning and decided to ease off with my medication today because I had no pain at all, just a slight discomfort that I later learned it’s gonna be normal and you’ll just get used to it. I went shopping today and was able to eat a decent meal (pasta alfongo with sautéed mushrooms, mashed potates and watermelon AND plenty of water)
Swallowing was odd but didn’t cause me any discomfort or trouble. However, I felt nauseous while eating and mycousin (is a doctor) said it’s normal because I haven’t eaten ANY food in ten days, I just sipped on apple juice and drank a lot of water (and attempted to eat a small piece of waffles in day 6) so my stomach reacted in a normal way.
As for speaking, I kept talking none stop but my voice was Slightly different and it’ll take a few days to return to normal, but it’s so much better compared to a couple of days ago! I sounded like kermit and my throat hurt after saying a few words but now I can talk normally with no problems but slight discomfort that I didn’t even pay attention to.
I’m not sure about this but I think that day 9 is where you can see the light at the end of the tunnel and you can return to normal activities. Terrible experience but totally worth it.
Tomorrow is my first appointment with my ENT doctor.
Almost 3 weeks now and the pain is still there sonewhat nothing like day 6. Im a mlm,and work 55 hrs a week as well. I needed a full 14 days before I went back to work. Take as long as you can to recover its hard but its my best advice. Along with water water water!! O ya and drink as much water as you can!! As for normal and maybe not even notice it idk when that happens…….im hoping soon.
I’m on day 6 now. 31, mother of 4. (Youngest is 4). I have actually managed to get off the couch and clean the kitchen and even sorted the laundry for my husband to start washing when he gets home from work. I made dinner tonight (hamburger helper was the easiest). As far as pain, I am still taking these stupid pain pills every 5-8 hours. Everytime I take them it’s like I get set back 2 steps with drowsiness, but it takes the pain away. I tried today to see how long I could go past the scheduled time and i was only able to go about 45 minutes past my 6 hour mark. I just want this pain to go away. Everyday I wake up and swallow and pray that there will be no pain but BAM there it is. I’m thankful to have had this done and a great support system with the kids during my recovery but I’m a mom, who works a very demanding job and needs to be back to normal asap. Any helpful tips on recovering a little more faster (by day 7 or 8) would be a blessing. Thanks for taking the time and reading my post. Hope all my fellow tonsil removal people feel better soon!! -Kristi Chandler
Day 9
20 yrs old
I haven’t ate in the past few days, I’ve barely had ANYTHING to drink either. So over this. On the bright side, pain is a 2/10 and I’ve been completely off of meds for 2 days.