Tonsillectomy Checklist:
Tonsillectomy survival list:
- Water Bottle to spit into, dont waste swallows spit out mucus, swish and spit into bottle after eating to keep germs away- clean out sugar/salts
- HUMIDIFIER- keep it on all day and night on the highest setting, keeps your throat from being dry, better quality of sleep and helps with healing
- Cough syrup- tastes horrible but reduced phelm and mucus at night.(better quality of sleep)
- Luke warm water is easier to drink than ice cold- cold stuff contracts muscles in the throat
- Diet: water, Apple sauce, campbells chicken noodle soup, and Flintstone vitamins
- Take meds and set alarms so you dont forget or overdose
- Stay away from: menthol cough drops, dairy, and cold dry air
- Keep an Ice pack to wrap around your jaw line on both sides- this really helped after eating or before eating, or while eating
I hemorrhaged on the 1st day(felt like a nose bleed in the back of my throat), went to the ER and had to have surgery to stop the bleeding, this probably added a day to my recovery but once i got a routine things healed quicker and easier, mornings still suck, after eating still hurts but laying on my side always made things better. (28 year old Male day 6)