I had my tonsils removed on Wednesday. It's now Friday. I'm 24. The pain isn't anything worse than I've had with strep. Wednesday when I got home I slept most of the day, and into Thursday. I got up Thursday afternoon and ate a big container of potato cheddar soup from Bob Evans, with bacon and chives. It went down really well. I had some ice cream, but it left a funky taste in my mouth, so I think I'll stay away from it until later on. 

I've been drinking water like crazy. If I'm awake, I have a bottle of water. I tried using powder drink mix, but it made me mucusy, so I recommend sticking to plain water.

Also, this morning when I took some Lortab, it burned a tiny bit in the back of my throat. After drinking water it stopped, but that worries me.