Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy - Voice, Anxiety, Pressure, Pain, Bleeding!! Stories:) | Tonsil & Adenoid Problems discussions | Body & Health Conditions center

My name is Monica. I am 18 years old, a senior in high school, and I play trumpet. I'm in Jazz and Wind Ensemble, and the week after my surgeon said I'm allowed to play I have festival, and it will be the last one of my entire life. I'm also planning on testing for another black belt in a new style. So this is pretty important.

My surgery was on Wednesday, 2/15/12, and other than the first day and the anxiety attacks, I think it went pretty well. But I still have questions, looking for more stories, as to estimate how I will recover. I'll walk you through:)

Day 1, Wednesday. Surgery at 7am. Woke up after surgery, have a panick attack cause I couldn't figure out how to breathe then my chest was constricting and I couldn't talk, I figured it out, and eventually calmed down. I had some applesauce and ice and other than the numbness and dizziness, I felt pretty good. A lot better than my wisdom teeth, cause I was OUT the car ride home that time. (Surprising cause I had absolutely NO problems with that surgery, and they had to DIG for my teeth cause they hadn't even came in yet. I had no swelling or anything. Back to karate the next day:D) Anyways, sorry about the tangent. So I came home, drank water, and slept. I woke up, drank some more, and slept. Then it was about 10 pm, I woke up nauseus. I ended up puking, through my nose, cause my uvula was so swollen. I dealt with it, it was expected. About an hour later, it became bloody. As my discharge papers directed, my aunt took me to the ER. The doctor said it was well cauterized and sent me home with anti-nausea medicine. Well, I still haven't taken any more than the one he gave me at the time. Rest of the night went fine.

Day 2, Thursday. I don't remember much details. I wasn't in pain really. I dealt with everything. Didn't really eat. It hurt to drink, but I managed, and the only thing I thought was strange was the build up of foam in my mouth, which I can't swallow cause it hurts too much.

Day 3, Friday. Feeling fine, eating pudding. Spitting more foam. Good day.

Day 4, Saturday. THE WORST DAY, so far. Feeling a little bit of pain. Can't drink, hurts too much, and only when I use my throat muscles. Pudding seems to stick in my throat: I started noticing that whenever someone yells at me, or something loud hit, I have an anxiety/panick attack. My chest constricts, and I can't breathe, and my throat hurt excruciatingly, this has happened since Thursday, but I just now make the connection. Even more foamy than previous days.

Day 5, Sunday. Sooo much better. I had taco bell today:) Finally could open my mouth a little, and tried talking, with failure. Normal amount of foam. Oh, and later that night, I started having more anxiety probs, so it ended in me being in so much pain that I ended up taking a tylenol pm, cause I tried taking the pain meds yesterday and gagged it up. It stuck in my throat, I'm sure so I just fell asleep, very uncomfortable, and with a very numb throat.

Day 6, Monday. Doing pretty good. No pain, just discomfort when eating. Until that night. I sneezed, and my throat started bleeding, so I jumped in the shower, and when I came out, everything was fine. So I just went to sleep. Still a lot of foam.

Day 7, Tuesday. I went out today and it really doesn't hurt except when I cough. I woke up with a lot of blood in my mouth too. I am drinking a slurpee as we speak and feel fine. It's really wierd not being able to talk to others, and I worry about what they think. Character flaw: Anyways, my spit isn't really foamy, more watery, and I am afraid to eat. It doesn't hurt to swallow:) I does hurt to cough though, and unfortunately, it's productive. I am very prone to pneumonia, so I hope that this isn't a problem... :(

I think that is all. Looking forward to responses. Thanks ahead of time:)

My name is sara. Im 16 years old and a junior in high school, i had my tonsils taken out 6 days ago today, and your story really helped me. Our stories are pretty much matching, except toward the end. I have a lot of "foam" but its really just spit and its watery and gross so when i read that you did too i didn't feel so weird. It hurts to eat hard food unless i eat it little bit (LIKE TINY) by little, do you know when that pain will go away? Ive finally been getting an appetite, i didn't eat practically anything the first 3 days from nausea and vomiting, which you didn't have but i had a lot, i don't cough that much but it hurts when i do. Like i said I'm only on day 6 so hopefully by the end of the week it'll be better... Thanks so much for your story, it helped me realize that my recovery is going as planned and isn't taking foreverrrrrr.