I am 36 years old. I had my tonsils out on Dec 13th. On Dec 21st I woke up choking on a large scab. The scabs on one side fell off all at the same time. I spit out the scab and bleeding started. I was able to stop it with cold water but only for a little bit. Then, it started again and got worse. By the time I got to the E.R. I had filled a 32oz cup with blood. They stopped the blood in the E.R. with Afrin, but that only lasted about 15 minutes and the bleeding started again. I was at a small town hospital and they did not have the capability to cauterize the bleeding. I would get huge blood clots that would get so big they would run into my uvula and gag me causing me to heave and then spit out a blood clot about the size of two golf balls. After a few hours of trying to stop the bleeding I was transported by ambulance to a larger hospital. By that time I had swallowed so much blood that I kept throwing up and had the worst nausea. I was put under and cauterized to stop the bleeding. After surgery I was given a blood transfusion because I had lost too much blood. It is now Dec 31st. I quit taking the pain medication yesterday and I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. 3 weeks of hell and almost dying of blood loss. The pain after the second cauterization was way worse than the first time. The swollen uvula and pain was such that I could not swallow. If I tried to swallow the water would come out my nose. If I plugged my nose to swallow the water would go into my ears. I had to put ear plugs in my ears and plug my nose in order to swallow anything. So I set an alarm for every 30 minutes, day and night and I would take one swallow of water with ear plugs and plugged nose. That way I was able to keep from getting dehydrated. For 4 days after the second cauterization I did not have any food except a cup of jello with each pain medication. So every 4 hours. I am down 22lbs since the surgery and I was in great shape (work out 5 days a week for years). This is definitely a miserable experience, but, it’s looking almost over now and at least I will never have to do it again.