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Dreamland
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 Posted: 05/28/07 - 05:02 Post subject: |
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You don't need to worry about your daughter, its easy for children. its the old u get the worse it gets. just make sure she gets lots of rest after.
I find that drinking milk helped. for the first few days i was only drinking ribena (blackcurrant juice) but i realised that it was that which gave me so much pain. so i had a cold glass of milk and found it really helped. andother thing which is really good if your hungry is quavers (not sure if you get them in america) can just suck on the and the disolve in your mouth. am now on day 10 and my throat is practically clear of all scabs and am drinking pretty much normally, i jsut cant swallow as much in one go as i could before. as for eating its still painfull to eat but no where near as bad as it was a few days ago. and my speech is going back to normal too... so there is light at the end of the tunnel... you just have to go through hell to see it.
given the choice now, knowing what ive been through i wouldnt do it again. id rather live with tonsilitous. |
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| Posted: 05/28/07 - 10:01 Post subject: |
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I CAN EAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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| Posted: 05/28/07 - 22:12 Post subject: tonsils |
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well hello everyone i am now on day 11, and it is nice to be able to eat real food again. i have to take it really slow and really chew but i have been able to eat. i had corn on the cob and about a half of a half of a burger lol. i also noticed that i can drink as much as i could before. my voice is almost normal. i am in alittle pain right now, but that could be i was talking alittle more today than i have in the past few days. i can honestly say that i am glad that i went thru this. it was bad in the beginning, but it does get better. as for what it feels like when the scabs come off, well it is not the best feeling. you will definetly know when they do come off. i am just not exactly sure how to describe it, but u will know. i am still off from work for the rest of this week, i am hoping to go back next monday the 4th of june, but if the doctor says i should take another week off, because of the dusty environment i work in, haaa i am not gonna cry about it  |
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| Posted: 05/29/07 - 04:10 Post subject: |
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I had my tonsillectomy on friday the 25th so im on day 4. Im 22.
i wasnt expecting this pain at all. its not how i thought it would be.
ive been able to eat regular food: toast, chips, pasta etc but it does hurt. ALOT.
my doc said this was much better and would get the scabs down.
but my scabs arent going down.
theyre huge and white and very uncomfortable. they go from the base of my tongue to the roof of my mouth almost.
ive been told no ice cream or dairy as it will conjeal at the back of the mouth so ive stuck with popsicles which offers a temporary relief.
Im on co codamol and another pain med that im too tired to go get the name of!
WHEN DOES THIS GET BETTER?
the mornings are agony and make me cry which doesnt help either!
crying when you cant swallow is ridiculous!
any help/suggestions/experiences with timeframes? |
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| Posted: 05/29/07 - 19:57 Post subject: hang in there |
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| Wow-I am surprised your doctor approved you eating...I am strictly forbidden off all bread products for 10 days. I am on day 9 right now...I am afraid to say it hasn't gotten much better yet. Sleep as much as you can.Chew gum-that REALLY helps the ear pain. I made hot chicken broth last night, and inhaled the vapors before I drank it. The warmth felt VERY good as opposed to the cold. Cold felt good early on, but now warm does. You are right about ice cream-it makes mucas in your throat and that doesn't feel good. ( Itried it about day 3...bad idea). Anyway-hang in there. I am 28, and was expecting this to be worse. I hope to go back to work in a coule days, but was told if I was still on my meds I couldn't. (Apparently if you are on narcotics, they don't want you teaching children!!) |
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| Posted: 05/30/07 - 07:31 Post subject: |
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thank you for your reply.
im still feeling terrible but im hoping tomorrow will be better.
im eating alot less now which is weird. but im still trying to do as much as i can.
one thing ive been able to do in life is eat so its really bizzare not wanting to/being able to!!!
im going to be sure to update here when i feel better so this messageboard isnt all horror stories!
Thanks again. |
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| Posted: 05/30/07 - 10:04 Post subject: |
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| i'm 21 years old and i'm on day eight...drinking fluids has gotten much easier...still having little trouble with solid food...my Dr. game me so Viscous Lidocaine and it really helps with eating...gotta tell ya that first 1-5 days are difficult...but you start to feel more better after the first week...wish i had it done as a child because you tonsills are a lot smaller...and you are you usally able to recover faster...hang in there guys i no it's horrible |
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| Posted: 05/31/07 - 07:46 Post subject: Re: tonsillectomy |
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| Guest wrote: | I am 33 and just had a tonsillectomy yesterday. My throat and neck are very swollen and tonight my ears are starting to hurt. I don't handle pain medication well, I get sick to my stomach. The Dr. prescribed Hydrocodone for me, he thought it would be easier on my stomach, So, he has me alternating between the Hydrocodone and Ibuprofen. It only helps the pain a little. I have just a sensitive stomach and can't take much pain medication.
I know what some of you are talking about when others are acting like you shouldn't be in that much pain, they weren't they say or they know someone that wasn't in much pain...but, they are talking about having it done when they were a child, not an adult! They don't realize how difficult this surgery can be on adults and that is frustrating. |
Hi, I am 41 years old and had my tonsils out 10 days ago and am very glad i did even thru the pain i would still do it again. I was taking liquid meperdinine for pain also i found that over the counter cepacol throat lozenges work ok, just have to be careful not to swallow them, and a really big life saver was getting a couple of bags of ice and keeping an ice pack around.I kept an ice pack on my neck and throat for the first couple of days. And for nausea the doctor prescribed phenergan, you dont have to swallow it its like a cream you rub onto your wrist and it really does help get rid of nausea. |
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| Posted: 05/31/07 - 09:21 Post subject: |
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well i can honestly say im almsot back to normal! and im now on day... um... 13? i think lol
being able to eat food and drink again is such a relief... it wasnt until about day 8 or 9 that things started to look up for me. hang in there though... it doesnt feel like it now but it does get better! |
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| Posted: 06/01/07 - 14:08 Post subject: All recovered from tonsillectomy |
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Well I'm well and truly recovered from my tonsillectomy. Its nearly 2 months on now, and I feel fine. The only change I've found from when I had tonsils to when I don't, is now I sneeze more violently - which is a bit peculiar but doesnt hurt or anything.
I just suffered my first cold since the operation, and I was surprised that it was no worse without tonsils.
Good luck to all of you in the big tonsillectomy family out there! Get lots of sleep, avoid dairy and citrus, and keep a heatpack nearby.  |
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