Hey I'm a 20 year old female. I had my surgery this year Jun24 and I'm on day 10. My experience was a lot different from other people because not only did I get both of those things  removed but I got some inflamed tissue out of my nose as well . I can't say the 1st 5 or 6 days I was sucking on pops and drinking water. For ME it was too painful. I couldn't talk , eat , drink , or sleep for that matter. I ended up throwing up blood at some point but not because it was in my tummy or anything but I started throwing up which caused bleeding in my throat. I was throwing up 3 days before the doctors thought it was good enough to give me fluids which I ended up getting 4 litters pumped into me , Motrin , meds to help with me throwing up and so some to settle my stomach . I didn't eat ice cream but mucus was a BIG issue of mine. It was making me cough and spit up a lot and made my throat hurt more. I used the numbing cough drops to control the coughing and help my throat. I sleep right next to a humidifier to help me breath and I leave water by the bed so I can wake up and drink because waking up after getting maybe and hour or two of sleep is like the worst pain EVER !! I'm able to drink water a lot now but I cant eat much of anything.  I maybe eat once a day right now  During my surgery I was ALSO trying to get a job so I was slightly stressed and currently in a mild depression. I'm not sure when I'm going to see my dr but Im healing and my recovery is coming , slowly but it's coming. I hope my story helped someone and if anyone has any tips for me please let me know. 

^__^ Scorpio12 ^__