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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Hi everyone, 23yr old female. I have seen a slight improvement. Don’t get to excited it’s very minor improvement.. but something to look forward too… the worst part now has been sleeping. I dread falling asleep because I know when I wake up I will be in alot of pain from having s dry mouth and that first sip and many sips after will be very and I mean very painful. Im still really only able to eat ice cream (yeah your thinking, lucky you right now) mostly anything else seems to burn my throat to where it feels like it is almost swelled shut. And that’s pretty scary so instantly ice cream comes into the picture. Soda seems to help a little with painful drinking. But then makes you feel dehydrated and back to square one. Every once in a while I’ll get a tickle in my throat (like it’s healing) thank goodness! I keep wanting to sneeze and that is excruciating when I can’t stop it. I feel like I finally see a little light at the end of the tunnel where ever that end of the tunnel may be..
Pains meds are Norco and 800mg ibprophen. It doesn’t take away all the pain but makes it to where it is tolerable, like a sick sore throat. It does however seem to take awah the esr ache pain which just keeps increasing in intensity.
I don’t regret getting it done though because eventually it will be over with and I won’t get anymore horrendous tonsil stones, bad breath, runny snotty noses, or all that sickly flem from having infected tonsils.
So point blank… this hell will be over, eventually… It has to end at some point right?
I am a 25 year old female on day 9 of recovery. Feeling barely human but this forum gives me hope. I was on Tylenol 3 the first few days of recovery but was in such excruciating pain that my doctor prescribed me some Percocet. Felt immediately better but then vomited. Next day, took Percocet again and vomited all day. It was extremely painful due to the stomach acids touching my scabs as I vomited. Also made me very depressed as it was so painful to eat any food and I didn’t even manage to keep it down. I am now back on Tylenol 3, alternating it with Advil.
One terrible new symptom is that my nose has become stuffy with mucus. Since I can’t breathe through my nose, I end up breathing through my mouth which gets very dry. Every sip of water is like swallowing knives. I’ve been putting ice in a thin towel and wrapping it around my neck, tying it with a hair band. That helps a bit. Been putting Vix Vaporrub around my nose to try and help with my stuffy nose. Been eating jello and warm french toast. I soak the brioche bread in the egg mixture for a long time so it gets very soggy (I use almond milk because I’m avoiding regular milk) and then put it in the pan. Then I soak it in a bit of maple syrup and wait for it to cool down. It’s been quite tasty and easy to eat as the bread is soft (don’t eat the crunchy sides).
I got this operation due to horrendous and chronic tonsil stones. I don’t regret it, because one week of hell is worth a lifetime of not having constant bad breath and tonsil pain, and poking around my tonsils every night looking for stones.
I wish the Percocet didn’t give me nausea and vomiting, because so far it has been the only med that really took the pain away. I even tried taking anti acids at the same time as the Percocet but it did nothing.
I haven’t left the house in days, it hurts to speak, drinking water is a daily battle, sleep doesn’t seem worth the pain of waking up.
Every time I look at my scabs I cry because there are still SO MANY and it seems like I have such a long way to do. Every time I close my eyes I think about all the work and e-mails I am missing and how much I will have to catch up when I am better…IF I am ever better.
Here we go day 9! Not much difference so far from day 8. Still pain when drinking/eating. Ear pain at times but doesn’t stay longer than a few seconds (rarely 2-3 minutes). I am still scared of bleeding and I’m praying I won’t need to visit the A&E again. I have my check up tomorrow morning.
Yesterday was the first day I managed to look into my mouth, I wanted to know how much scabbing I had and I’m not sure if I had more before but it looks like 30% gone from the full scabbing I’ve seen online. Will check again tonight to see how I’m progressing.
Day 9.
The night before i had been bleeding quite a bit but it stopped after about 10 minutes. Slept all right, woke up several times in pain with a dry throat and when i was drinking water it stung. This morning wasnt too bad, only thing that sounded good for breakfast was veggie broth that seemed to sooth my throat. The right side looks a lot clearer than the left side. Still scabs on the left side. Its painful. Havent taken anything today for the pain. Today is definitely an improvement from the last 8. My god I thought it would never end. The key to surviving this is, drinking lots of water, timing your meds so you arent in pain waiting for the drugs to kick in. And eating! Yes it is painful, but it helps! Warm up some bread with jelly and slowly munch on that.
Oh and another thing. I have finally gotten the whole water going up my nose thing, down! It doesnt happen anymore! I believe day 5, I was taking my meds and instead of going down my throat it went up my nose. I waa so baffled by this, and it hurt like a bitch. Turns out that its quite normal, for the first couple months after surgery, to get fluid up your nose while drinking. Tonsils left a big fat whole and your uvula is swollen so you have to train yourself for it not to happen.
I can deal with the throat pain it’s the ear pain mixed with the throat pain thats not helping
Doctor said by day 7 which is only half way through recovery it should feel better but to me it only gets worst. I think I have lost all my scabs except around the thing that hangs in the middle and it’s like once your scabs are gone the pain worsen either way I just want it to all just go away so I can eat I haven’t had anything since the surgery only water everything else burned consuming and now the water is burning to swallow so I guess that’s it for me no food or nothing just rot until my meds are gone.
I thank God, I feel better but the ear pain is still there with little pain in my throat and can’t breathe when I lie with my back. I feel I can take a walk today.
Hi everyone, 23yr old female. I have seen a slight improvement. Don’t get to excited it’s very minor improvement.. but something to look forward too… the worst part now has been sleeping. I dread falling asleep because I know when I wake up I will be in alot of pain from having s dry mouth and that first sip and many sips after will be very and I mean very painful. Im still really only able to eat ice cream (yeah your thinking, lucky you right now) mostly anything else seems to burn my throat to where it feels like it is almost swelled shut. And that’s pretty scary so instantly ice cream comes into the picture. Soda seems to help a little with painful drinking. But then makes you feel dehydrated and back to square one. Every once in a while I’ll get a tickle in my throat (like it’s healing) thank goodness! I keep wanting to sneeze and that is excruciating when I can’t stop it. I feel like I finally see a little light at the end of the tunnel where ever that end of the tunnel may be..
Pains meds are Norco and 800mg ibprophen. It doesn’t take away all the pain but makes it to where it is tolerable, like a sick sore throat. It does however seem to take awah the esr ache pain which just keeps increasing in intensity.
I don’t regret getting it done though because eventually it will be over with and I won’t get anymore horrendous tonsil stones, bad breath, runny snotty noses, or all that sickly flem from having infected tonsils.
So point blank… this hell will be over, eventually… It has to end at some point right?
Hi everyone,
I am a 25 year old female on day 9 of recovery. Feeling barely human but this forum gives me hope. I was on Tylenol 3 the first few days of recovery but was in such excruciating pain that my doctor prescribed me some Percocet. Felt immediately better but then vomited. Next day, took Percocet again and vomited all day. It was extremely painful due to the stomach acids touching my scabs as I vomited. Also made me very depressed as it was so painful to eat any food and I didn’t even manage to keep it down. I am now back on Tylenol 3, alternating it with Advil.
One terrible new symptom is that my nose has become stuffy with mucus. Since I can’t breathe through my nose, I end up breathing through my mouth which gets very dry. Every sip of water is like swallowing knives. I’ve been putting ice in a thin towel and wrapping it around my neck, tying it with a hair band. That helps a bit. Been putting Vix Vaporrub around my nose to try and help with my stuffy nose. Been eating jello and warm french toast. I soak the brioche bread in the egg mixture for a long time so it gets very soggy (I use almond milk because I’m avoiding regular milk) and then put it in the pan. Then I soak it in a bit of maple syrup and wait for it to cool down. It’s been quite tasty and easy to eat as the bread is soft (don’t eat the crunchy sides).
I got this operation due to horrendous and chronic tonsil stones. I don’t regret it, because one week of hell is worth a lifetime of not having constant bad breath and tonsil pain, and poking around my tonsils every night looking for stones.
I wish the Percocet didn’t give me nausea and vomiting, because so far it has been the only med that really took the pain away. I even tried taking anti acids at the same time as the Percocet but it did nothing.
I haven’t left the house in days, it hurts to speak, drinking water is a daily battle, sleep doesn’t seem worth the pain of waking up.
Every time I look at my scabs I cry because there are still SO MANY and it seems like I have such a long way to do. Every time I close my eyes I think about all the work and e-mails I am missing and how much I will have to catch up when I am better…IF I am ever better.
Someone tell me this hell will soon be over.
Here we go day 9! Not much difference so far from day 8. Still pain when drinking/eating. Ear pain at times but doesn’t stay longer than a few seconds (rarely 2-3 minutes). I am still scared of bleeding and I’m praying I won’t need to visit the A&E again. I have my check up tomorrow morning.
Yesterday was the first day I managed to look into my mouth, I wanted to know how much scabbing I had and I’m not sure if I had more before but it looks like 30% gone from the full scabbing I’ve seen online. Will check again tonight to see how I’m progressing.
Day 9.
The night before i had been bleeding quite a bit but it stopped after about 10 minutes. Slept all right, woke up several times in pain with a dry throat and when i was drinking water it stung. This morning wasnt too bad, only thing that sounded good for breakfast was veggie broth that seemed to sooth my throat. The right side looks a lot clearer than the left side. Still scabs on the left side. Its painful. Havent taken anything today for the pain. Today is definitely an improvement from the last 8. My god I thought it would never end. The key to surviving this is, drinking lots of water, timing your meds so you arent in pain waiting for the drugs to kick in. And eating! Yes it is painful, but it helps! Warm up some bread with jelly and slowly munch on that.
Oh and another thing. I have finally gotten the whole water going up my nose thing, down! It doesnt happen anymore! I believe day 5, I was taking my meds and instead of going down my throat it went up my nose. I waa so baffled by this, and it hurt like a bitch. Turns out that its quite normal, for the first couple months after surgery, to get fluid up your nose while drinking. Tonsils left a big fat whole and your uvula is swollen so you have to train yourself for it not to happen.
I can deal with the throat pain it’s the ear pain mixed with the throat pain thats not helping
Doctor said by day 7 which is only half way through recovery it should feel better but to me it only gets worst. I think I have lost all my scabs except around the thing that hangs in the middle and it’s like once your scabs are gone the pain worsen either way I just want it to all just go away so I can eat I haven’t had anything since the surgery only water everything else burned consuming and now the water is burning to swallow so I guess that’s it for me no food or nothing just rot until my meds are gone.
I thank God, I feel better but the ear pain is still there with little pain in my throat and can’t breathe when I lie with my back. I feel I can take a walk today.