Tonsil & Adenoid Problems

TONSILS

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I am 22 and getting mine out in about 5 hours. Just wondering if anyone got anything to help them sleep from the doctor? Also, I just wanted to say this really helped reading everybodies stories. I am hoping for the best but now I have an answer to what is the worst. Because the doc doesn't sit and...

by Guest over a year ago

Tonsillectomy Day 2

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I just had my surgery yesterday. I did great. I had 2 bananna popsicles before I left the hospital and some water to drink. I had very minor bleeding, nurses said it was normal. When I got home I stayed up and watched movies. I went to bed around 7:45 and that is when i took my first pain...

by Micki200042589 over a year ago

gaging after tonsilectomy

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please help!i had a tonsilectomy .5weeks ago i went thru everything you guy did.im 43.my problem is i cant stop gaging .my doc says everything is fine,but he put me on lorazapam.it helps but the attacks are so severe that i think my insides will come out.he also put me on nystatin he said i may have...

by skoshielou over a year ago

Very worried about lack of appetite

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It was two weeks ago that I first noticed my appetite slowly going away. During that time, I came down with a severe case of tonsillitis. It was at first I had a severe sore throat, that later formed into a peritonsillar abscess. During the course of my infection I had no appetite and lost some...

by evolution8338810 over a year ago

Post-op mouth and jaw pain

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I am on day 5 of post-op recovery from the tonsillectomy and the pain I'm experiencing intensifies with every day. I'm waiting for the apex of the pain which I fear will never come. While on the hydrocodone, I experience little pain as long as my mouth is SHUT. The pain when swallowing even water...

by martyshane2638939 over a year ago

Lump in throat

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I have had a feeling as if something was stuck in my throat for quite some time, but learned to ignore it when i wake up its not as bad, and as i clear my throat/cough it feels better. Last night I took around a 30-35 mile bike ride through the woods/beach/water setting and later that night got home...

by naneergynnhoj over a year ago

cold with a lot of phlegm building up, and one night it blocked my airway

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I suspect my ENT specialist is going to tell me I have to have a tonsillectomy (I am 61). I had a cold with a lot of phlegm building up, and one night it blocked my airway. I had a panic attack and had myself taken to the hospital. My breathing still seems a bit restricted, and having been so...

by lordcavendish38255 over a year ago

tonsillectomy okay despite bleeding

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I thought I should put up my 'not deathly scary' tonsillectomy information for those who are scared. I was too. Surgery was 3 weeks ago. I'm 30, I had one enlarged tonsil from many bouts of tonsillitis age 8-20. Once I went back to working indoors, the bouts started up again. The worst one in...

by mscoconut038069 over a year ago

Painkillers after tonsillectomy?

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Hi, after cases of bad tonsillitis when i was 20 i got a very bad case of strep last year and my lymph nodes have been up until i had my tonsils out last week. I didnt respond to antibiotics and was gagging on lymph nodes in my throat for the past 6 months, not to mention the chronic tonsil stones...

by g18c over a year ago

Tonsil are ouchie!!

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JUST FYI !! This was the most excruciating thing I ever suffered. For those of you who don't know what to expect, I was a nurse for a while and am used to documenting and recording. Soooo, I took lots of pics immediately post op until I am almost healed every 6-12 hours usually and documented my...

by donnellypcdude37306 over a year ago