Hi, I had my tonsils out 5 weeks ago and i still cant swallow properly. I cant keep down bread or anything thick like chips etc. It comes back up after being stuck and i have to spit it out. NICE. Also cant drink properly at all, every time i golp a drink down out it comes from my nose!! The worse thing for me is my voice, i sing regulary and it just doesnt seem to be able to get back to before. Not happy. Wish i never had it done. Hayley
Hello how r u feeling now , my son underwent the surgery last week and he has similar issues fluid out of nose when he gulps and more importantly speech issues, very nasal speech hard to understand which frustrates him. I am so worried about him iam having sleepless nights. God help my son. How are you now? Can you talk? Has the fluid from nose stopped?
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My doc is an ass he is not much help to me. Pls reply
It's been nearly 3 weeks since my Tonsillectomy. I'm 36. It took two weeks before I could talk without having to stop for hours due to the pain. I talked to my family via paper and pen most of the time til then. This whole time my tongue has been swollen and painful. It feels like canker sores in the back sides where the clamp was. The Dr. said my tongue swelling was a complication. My husband who is a dentist told me it's possible the nerves were damaged and it could take months for the nerves to regenerate. I hope that's not the case. It also causes a slight lisp and I want that to go away soon as well. I was taking an anti-inflammatory which helped with the swelling but I have a different surgery tomorrow and had to go off of it. The second it was out of my system my tongue was swollen again. Anyway, good luck everyone! I wanted to share what I knew about what is going on with me for anyone else who may go thru this. The good news is eventually it should go back to normal and oh, I lost 10lbs...not a good way to lose it but I think it was my tongue making it so much worse as some people were eating after a few days...interesting.
Hi Guys, I'm so glad that I found this forum. I have been suffering since my tonsillectomy 9 days ago and blaming my bad luck for that. I have also started to regret from going for the operation as if it was a miracle solution to tonsil and related problems I have been having. I watched some tonsillectomy videos on youtube and compared the results to my throat, read some articiles etc to find an answer to my question which is "what might have gone wrong!!!". I am trying so hard to be optimistic but I am afraid its not working :(
After my surgery I woke up with numb lower lip with a big bruse inside of it and partially numb face. There was hardly any pain or any considerable discomfort. No taste in my mouth. I was very surprised... Couple of hours later things started to change for the worse. Pain in my throat, discomfort in almost every way..... AGONY... Same day early evening I have been sent home with just pain killers. As long as I took those pain killers I was feeling only just acceptable. I wasn't able to sleep because I just wanted to see some improvements and excited. I kept playing games on my phone in my bed to keep my mind out of what has happened. The best position was either sitting up or face down laying. Otherwise I could breath in but couln't breath out through my nose (walves would close if I try to breath out while laying back or on my side specially on my right side). I was tired sitting up and decided to lay face down and put a pillow under my chest to support me whilst playin a game on my phone. Here comes 4am, I felt something sweet quickly filling my mouth. I didn't know what it was but had an idea -bleeding-. Hardly made to the sink and spit mouth full of fresh blood then again and again and again. My blood was draning out through my mouth so quick. I called an ambulance and ended up in A&E, bleeding stopped and started after 30 mins or so again. Lost more blood but doctors couldn't find the vessel to stop it bleeding before it stopped again. I have been asked to wait in there. Half an hour later bleeding started again but this time was worse than the first two times. Doctors, nurses were running around me. They were trying to find the source while it was bleeding but my bleeding was overwhelming the suction. They were not able to pin point where it was bleeding. They tried hydrogen-peroxide gargle, it didn't work. They tried adrenalin tampon, it didn't work. Tried cauterising blindly, it didn't work. I lost nearly 300-400ml blood there on top of the amount I have lost 1st and 2nd time. Panic was growing between the staff. They cut off my clothes put me on two drips on both sides and took me in for an emergency surgery. I came out of the second surgery worse than the first one due to not tailor made anesthesia for my body. There was no bleeding anymore but the cost of it was to burn (cauterise) everywhere back of my throat because they couldn't finger point which vessel was bleeding. Far too much damage... Burns are not symetrical, uvula has been burned in couple of places, on the right side one of the connections from side of my throat to top of my throat is shaved off by most probably not steady cauterisation!!!
Last 9 days I tried to eat but everything tastes sickeningly sweet. Cannot taste anything. Swallowing anything even water is difficult. Cannot breath out through my nose unless Im standing/sitting up. Speaking hurts my throat. If I sleep, I sweat buckets and woke up soaking. I have to chance everything on me. My pillows are soaking in sweat and SALIVA. I have to lay on my side to be able to breath otherwise I jump suffocating out of bed. I can feel the second pain killers are wearing off. I want to wake up from this nightmare but its not a nightmare and there is no waking up from it... I am afraid I have to live with what I am left with. As times passes my hopes are about getting better is running low.
Result of the tonsillectomy relies on your throat, uvula, jaw anatomies and the capability of your surgeon (this is very very very important, if you get done by an L plate surgeon, you are doomed!!!!!!!!), and your luck but if the first two are complies then you don't need to be too lucky anyway.
I condemn those who think they can be surgeons despite of not being able to handle a screwdriver or a pair of pliers properly and to those who are giving them the licence to operate on us despite of their lack of interest and surgical capabilities.
This day and age they should be able to pin point where the vessels and veins are. They should be able to improve instruments to prevent damage to lips and teeth. They should be able to use the cauteriser better and don't damage uvula or anything else in the mouth and back of your throat. For God's sake JUST cauterise the tonsil beds. Is it too much to ask????
robF have you had your appointment yeT? I'm 31 in the uk, starting week 4 of my recovery. All liquids are coming out my nose when I drink, its quite bad ive been really worried as no follow up a appointment or tel given to ask about this. Everything else ok. Doc has referred me to speech therapist to learn how to swallow again! Thinking omg I can never go to bar or resturant again as so embarrassed!
Hi Nina, yeah I'm several years down the road now ... everything is back to "normal" ... and the post operative problems I had are a distant memory. Didn't have to resort to the speech therapist, as things got better all on their own - once the obvious and not so obvious swelling went down .... I'm guessing that since it was over 8 months since your post that things have improved - least I hope that they have :-)