HOw long does it take to recover after your tonsilectomy?

Morgan · Guest

I had my tonsils and adenoids taken out a week ago and i am still in a lot of pain. I cant eat, i have the worst ear aches and i am crying all the time. I have lost 5 pounds and i wasnt very heavy to begin with people were always trying to get me to eat more so now i weigh 82 pounds and i am 12. I want to know how much longer i am goign to be in this horrible pain. Also the doctor said that whe thye took one of my tonsils out that it was infected will that slow down the healing. One of my tonsils took up half of my throat and it seems to hurt a lot more than the other side. Please tel lme when i will be able to feel normal and be normal again. Crying or Very sad

julie9050 · Newbie Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 8

well when i had that done i did not eat for a week and a helf and it feels like there is a hole in ur thought

Guest · Guest

hi im christina im 30 years old i just got my tonsils out on the 3rd of june
just wanted to let you no they told me on side was more infected than the other im on the 5th day after surgery and still cant eat nothing i feel so nausea and have lots headaches and my ears hurt to .when will this pain go away Sad

scotsessa · Newbie Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 2

I am 33 and have just had a tonsilectomy. I did a little research on the net before the op which probably wasn't the best thing to do cos there are alot of hyperchondriacs out there!!! There was very little pain the first few days after the op but then it kicked in! I made sure I ate toast the first day after the op and found that dry toast helped clear some of the healing scab material at the back of the throat. I think the worse thing was the gagging feeling at the back of the throat due to the healing process (I think) but it does eventually go away, promise there is a light at the tunnel. Some advice...make sure you get pain killers that work for you as I was prescribed tramadol (zydol) which really didn't take the pain away plus it makes you feel really strange and spaced out! I took two weeks off work to recover and didn't have any sign of bleeding after the op but did have a little earache. I'm sure it will be well worth it. Don't get sucked in by all the negative experiences out there.

Guest · Guest

I had mine taken out last year I was 22 and 3 weeks to the day I was back in the hospital, I woke up in the middle of the night bleeding "pretty bad" overall it took about 4 1/2 weeks before I could eat norma. I lost 32lbs My doctor said most recover ALL THE WAY in 10-15 days but not me. I even drank 8 glasses of water every day to keep it wet so it would not dry up.....

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