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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Felt a little better today but still in pain, tried to eat Risotto, not a good idea. Hurt to talk, stayed on my pain med schedule, 2 paracetamol/Tylenol every 6 hours. (Allergic to any other kind of pain med.) Hoping for a more fun day tomorrow.
I feel that today might be the day I turned the corner. Woke up dry and gross and painful until I got my meds in and drank some water and tea. Then I realized it just didn’t hurt as much. Doesn’t mean I ate a lot or that I was magically hungry again. It just felt pretty good to swallow all day. I hope it continues to get better every day!
Day 9: I went to work today for the first time since surgery. I did 5 hours and it wore me down, but it was okay. Came home and slept the rest of the afternoon with my pain meds. Only taking them every 6-8 hours now, my ears still hurt, I am still swollen a bit, but on day 7 I got an Rx for prednisone since I was very paranoid about the swelling since about day 3 or 4. Still eating soft foods, can’t wait to eat a big deli sandwich. Throat looks yellowish white with black spots. Not working again for another 4 days, then back to life again.
Okay so yesterday was my day 9 and that was the day things really started turning around. Night was pretty much the same, woke up in agonizing pain every few hours and spent the morning in pain but after an hour the pain subsided and it wasn’t too bad. I was able to talk, but I talk like a def or mentally handicapped person and eventually my throat would start hurting again and I got really tired so I didn’t talk much but then the weirdest thing happened! I actually like left the house and ran some errands with my husband and we decided to go to Panera bread, I of course had no energy but did my best to walk without totally hanging on my husband. Anyway, Panera bread, I got Mac and cheese and we were chatting a little me with my def sounding voice still and I half way through my meal (oh did I mention this is the first solid beside oatmeal I have eaten in 9 days? Ya, best thing ever.. Hurt like hell but whatever) and I swallowed some mac and cheese then continued my sentence and my voice totally came back!!! I think a scab came off or something cause all the pain disappeared from that side too! It was so weird. But as the night went on my voice slowly went back into the def sounding voice. Weird. But anyway every night it starts to hurt again. But I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel so I have regained some faith. Hang in there, you WILL get there! PS huge blessing from God: I have had insanely bad menstral cramps (and I won’t take birth control) since I was little, like I have had to go to the emergency room bad, so you can imagine I was terrified to not be able to take the only thing on this earth that helps, ibuprofen, when I started (2days early) right? The pain was like nothing. Totally tolerable. First one in my life. I could never give God enough praise for this one! Sorry tmi
I don’t want to jinx myself..but i think i can see a little speck of the light!! Lol finally slept probably 6 or a little more hours last night. It still hurt pretty bad when i got up to take my pain meds but i could handle it. After 5 minutes of getting it in me it helped. Drank as much water as i could when i woke up also & had the humidifier going. Today i can whisper a little bit louder but i think i got too excited and over did it to i kinda got sore again :/ the ear ache is a lot better today. I ate the inside of 2 biscuts for breakfast & right now im eating some afredo noodles (smushed up) and guacamole. Omg yummmm! 😛 lol still taking my pain med every 4 hours but either the pain is better today or i’m just tolerating it way easier today. Thank you Lord! 🙂 hoping tomorrow will still get better and not regress like some people have written -_- everyone keep your heads up 😀
Felt a little better today but still in pain, tried to eat Risotto, not a good idea. Hurt to talk, stayed on my pain med schedule, 2 paracetamol/Tylenol every 6 hours. (Allergic to any other kind of pain med.) Hoping for a more fun day tomorrow.
I feel that today might be the day I turned the corner. Woke up dry and gross and painful until I got my meds in and drank some water and tea. Then I realized it just didn’t hurt as much. Doesn’t mean I ate a lot or that I was magically hungry again. It just felt pretty good to swallow all day. I hope it continues to get better every day!
Day 9: I went to work today for the first time since surgery. I did 5 hours and it wore me down, but it was okay. Came home and slept the rest of the afternoon with my pain meds. Only taking them every 6-8 hours now, my ears still hurt, I am still swollen a bit, but on day 7 I got an Rx for prednisone since I was very paranoid about the swelling since about day 3 or 4. Still eating soft foods, can’t wait to eat a big deli sandwich. Throat looks yellowish white with black spots. Not working again for another 4 days, then back to life again.
Okay so yesterday was my day 9 and that was the day things really started turning around. Night was pretty much the same, woke up in agonizing pain every few hours and spent the morning in pain but after an hour the pain subsided and it wasn’t too bad. I was able to talk, but I talk like a def or mentally handicapped person and eventually my throat would start hurting again and I got really tired so I didn’t talk much but then the weirdest thing happened! I actually like left the house and ran some errands with my husband and we decided to go to Panera bread, I of course had no energy but did my best to walk without totally hanging on my husband. Anyway, Panera bread, I got Mac and cheese and we were chatting a little me with my def sounding voice still and I half way through my meal (oh did I mention this is the first solid beside oatmeal I have eaten in 9 days? Ya, best thing ever.. Hurt like hell but whatever) and I swallowed some mac and cheese then continued my sentence and my voice totally came back!!! I think a scab came off or something cause all the pain disappeared from that side too! It was so weird. But as the night went on my voice slowly went back into the def sounding voice. Weird. But anyway every night it starts to hurt again. But I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel so I have regained some faith. Hang in there, you WILL get there! PS huge blessing from God: I have had insanely bad menstral cramps (and I won’t take birth control) since I was little, like I have had to go to the emergency room bad, so you can imagine I was terrified to not be able to take the only thing on this earth that helps, ibuprofen, when I started (2days early) right? The pain was like nothing. Totally tolerable. First one in my life. I could never give God enough praise for this one! Sorry tmi
I don’t want to jinx myself..but i think i can see a little speck of the light!! Lol finally slept probably 6 or a little more hours last night. It still hurt pretty bad when i got up to take my pain meds but i could handle it. After 5 minutes of getting it in me it helped. Drank as much water as i could when i woke up also & had the humidifier going. Today i can whisper a little bit louder but i think i got too excited and over did it to i kinda got sore again :/ the ear ache is a lot better today. I ate the inside of 2 biscuts for breakfast & right now im eating some afredo noodles (smushed up) and guacamole. Omg yummmm! 😛 lol still taking my pain med every 4 hours but either the pain is better today or i’m just tolerating it way easier today. Thank you Lord! 🙂 hoping tomorrow will still get better and not regress like some people have written -_- everyone keep your heads up 😀
Oh & saliva build up is WAYYY less today. Makes it a little easier to swallow (even though it still feels like hmmm hot glass)