adult adenoidectomy experience at 24

Hello all, 

as I couldn't find many posts dealing with adult adenoidectomies separate from tonsillectomies, I thought I would post my experience here, so that someone who's preparing for it can get an idea what to expect.

I'm 24, male, had a septoplasty for a deviated septum at 19, and underwent an adenoidectomy 14 days ago for grade 3 adenoid obstruction. Since I was about 18 I've been having trouble breathing in general and the nose in particular, which the septoplasty didn't fix. If anything it made things worse, with permanent sinusitis as a result. The past 2 years I've been continuously tired, and slept poorly. I saw an ENT about 3 months back, who recommended surgery to remove my adenoids as they were greatly restricting any airflow. I underwent an MRI and biopsy to confirm that it was lymphatic tissue. The biopsy wasn't fun, and was rather unpleasant, but I'd rather that the doctors be thorough and rule out any tumours which would complicate surgery.

The surgery itself was under general anaesthesia, with went well. I spent one day post-op in the ENT ICU ward for monitoring, and 3 more days in the hospital in the general ward. The 2nd day post-op I felt the best that week, I was on novalgin painkillers, and could pretty much function normally. No issues eating, swallowing, breathing, or such. However, during the first 10-12 days I was experiencing absolutely killer headaches and neckpain when not on painkillers, to the point where I could barely make it to nurse's station to ask for some. The doctor's said this was likely the result of the way the procedure is done, with your head tilted severely back. They too were surprised it went on as long as it did, today (14days post-op) is the first day I don't have to take any painkillers. 

About 5 days post-op I could eat food normally again, my throat wasn't too sore anymore, just felt like I should be  careful. 8 days post-op I had my first check up (there were daily checkups when I was in hospital), doc confirmed that the wound was healing nicely and expected me to be good for work (light office duties) again 3 weeks post-op. The scab is now starting to come off which is rather unpleasant and can sometimes hurt, but that's about it. I hope to be able to get back into the gym and sports in 2 weeks time. I haven't been allowed to leave the house much due to risk of infection and bleeding, so it's been incredibly boring, but neck/head pain aside, uneventful.I'll post an update after my next checkup in a weeks time, if anyone's interested.