I am on day 5 after my tonsillectomy, and in more pain than I think I have ever been in my whole life. all i get to have is water, and it still hurts to eat. I have lost between 10-15 lbs, and while its nice to see it go, its not the right way to lose it. I can't wait until i can eat my solid people food again... anyone who wants this surgery, make sure it's going to actually make a difference. don't get it just because one doc says you need it. It's too painful to go through it just to go through it. I am 22 year old, and would rather give birth than ever go through tis pain again.
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I'm also on day 5. 29 year old male (my b-day was yesterday). I greatly underestimated the pain I would go through AFTER surgury - I was moer scared of the surgury itself (which was a breeze - they froze my throat so I didn't feel a thing until I left the hospital.)
The Tylenol-3s the dr proscribed made me vomit since I couldn't eat, so I wasn't able to keep anything down for a full day until I stopped taking them. I switched to children's liquid tylenol and have been using anasthetic losenges (the same ones I would use when I'd get tonsilitis) to numb the throat.
I didn't expect to still be in pain 5 days later. I wish I had done more reasearch. Waking up the pain is the worst and then it subsides. I don't drink enough water, however. I can barely drink water so I get a couple of sips in then have to stop and when I go back to it it's become warm and I can't drink it at all. Getting up every hour or so for a couple of sips of water does not sit well with me.
I managed to eat food yesterday and today. Started with a chef's salad with cucumbers, romaine lettus and PROCESSED meats (don't use fresh cooked meat - the grain on the meats are killer). It took me 30 minutes or so to eat because I had to chew thoroughly!
Slurpees have been a godsend - Canadian slurpees are not carbinated, so they are just soothingly cold (eat with a spoon, not a straw). If you live in the US - I would be scared to try a slurpee because I think the carbonation could sting.
Today I've started eating scrambled eggs to keep my protien up.
The Tylenol-3s the dr proscribed made me vomit since I couldn't eat, so I wasn't able to keep anything down for a full day until I stopped taking them. I switched to children's liquid tylenol and have been using anasthetic losenges (the same ones I would use when I'd get tonsilitis) to numb the throat.
I didn't expect to still be in pain 5 days later. I wish I had done more reasearch. Waking up the pain is the worst and then it subsides. I don't drink enough water, however. I can barely drink water so I get a couple of sips in then have to stop and when I go back to it it's become warm and I can't drink it at all. Getting up every hour or so for a couple of sips of water does not sit well with me.
I managed to eat food yesterday and today. Started with a chef's salad with cucumbers, romaine lettus and PROCESSED meats (don't use fresh cooked meat - the grain on the meats are killer). It took me 30 minutes or so to eat because I had to chew thoroughly!
Slurpees have been a godsend - Canadian slurpees are not carbinated, so they are just soothingly cold (eat with a spoon, not a straw). If you live in the US - I would be scared to try a slurpee because I think the carbonation could sting.
Today I've started eating scrambled eggs to keep my protien up.
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I am having my tonsils and Adnnoids taken out on monday the 13th and I am very nervous I am a 28 yr old male that has never had anything like this before
I am looking for encourgement I am taking three weeks off from work is that long enough
thanks I will re post after surgery
I am looking for encourgement I am taking three weeks off from work is that long enough
thanks I will re post after surgery
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I would like to say that the surgery was a breeze. . . I was on my feet about 3.5 hours after the ordeal raring to go home. . . It actually felt as though I had ants in my shoes. Now for the bad news. . . I haven't actually experienced any vomiting at all, but BOY OH BOY it sucks. . . I can't eat hardly anything, and let me tell you I love to eat. when I talk it seems as though I have to talk around a tennis ball in the back of my throat. I am on day 6 after my surgery, and am a 23 year old male. I have my Post Op tomorrow, and am scheduled to go back to work on Friday 4/10 I am hoping this is enough time. . . Physically I am fine, but as a correctional officer I NEED my voice!
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The pain for me hasnt been to bad- as long as i take 2 co-codamol 4 times a day and one diclofenac 3 times a day. I found this greatly reduces the pain. The pain is worst when i wake up in the morning probably due to clenching jaw or inactivity of throat etc (dont know). But i do feel the pain comming back bad if i dont take these tablets. The first two days also were pretty easy for me.
The worst thing ive found is this awful mucous! its an awful taste in the mouth and makes eating hard. AVOID dairy if you have thickened mucous!
The worst thing ive found is this awful mucous! its an awful taste in the mouth and makes eating hard. AVOID dairy if you have thickened mucous!
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