Tonsillectomy recover uncomfortable feeling in back of throat not going away

Andrea over a year ago

Hi all. Glad I found this forum. I am a 51yo female and had UP3 surgery with tonsillectomy one month ago. This involves shortening the uvula, tightening the soft palate and pillars and removal of tonsils. Recovery was horrendous! However, I am now back eating normally and virtually pain-free, apart from the odd twinge when I yawn.

But, like everyone on here, I am also experiencing that lump-like feeling at the back of the throat. It's alsoworse on one side. What I will say that I noticed when I shone a torch down there, was a stitch sticking out both sides which haven't dissolved as yet. It was really hard to see them at first and they could easily have been mistaken for saliva. The stiches are a clear colour. Someone earlier said it felt like they had a hair stuck in their throat; wondering if they might also have stitches in there that they can't really see?

I don't know if the stitches are put in for tonsillectomy or if it was due to some other part of my procedure (haven't had my ENT follow up appt yet). But I am certainly taking hope from a lot of the comments on here that this lump feeling will eventually go away! Good luck to everyone. It's not exactly beer and skittles!

Andrea

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Guest over a year ago

Thanks so much for this post. It has been the only one so far that lets us know that the swollen uvula/lump sensation does go away. At exactly 21 days out, I am aware that the sensation for me actually is the half uvula that was left in, touching the back of my throat and even sticking to the back of my throat when my mouth gets dry. I am very relieved to know that this well eventually get better and that it likely the remnants of swelling. Thanks a million!

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htur over a year ago

had my tosills out when i was 22 i am 73 now---the dr. said one tonsill was deeply embeded on the left side---when i get a sinus infection today it mainly infects that left side--dont know if it left a larger hole or what--i just learned to live with it

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Guest over a year ago

I had my Tonsils taken out on May 28, 2014 and I have that same exact feeling - you had yours in 2009 DO YOU STIL HAVE THIS FEELING OR EVER figure out what this was -???

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fletch over a year ago

I had mine took out and has been a while now maybe 2 months or so and lately been get alot of mucus/ flem in back of my throat and worse when laid down anyone else have this?

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lusine323471 over a year ago

Dear Sedeusch, You are giving me a lot of hope. I'm one month post tonsillectomy and I have that feeling in the back of my throat like something is stuck and I gag on it often. I can handle that feeling but I also have an additional burning sensation, sort of like my right tonsil is still there and is inflamed and burning and lot. Also, the back of my throat ( all the way back, behind the tonsils) is almost blood red. It gets even more red and burning at nights and calms down and turns orange by evening. Did you ever have this? I know you wrote this over a year ago and I hope you see this soon.

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Daddy44 over a year ago

Hi there , I'm 9-10 weeks post t&a and I'm 44 years old. I still have a lump feeling to a scratchy feeling until now, i learned from this thread ,the older you are the longer the healing. I'm so very very frustrated of what feeling as of this moment, I sometimes can't explain what I'm feeling . I do have slight pain that radiates down to the neck area, I don't if somebody has this symptom too. I been reading svantate and sedeuzte post, and to tell you the truth what you re saying in this forum, gives me hope , how are you guys right now? Please respond please!.

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Daddy44 over a year ago

Hi lusine how are you ,my name is francis, I'm 9 weeks post t/a, I'm 44 yo, I hope you don't mind me replying to your post, I saw your post which is like 8 months ago? How are you? I been reading forums to forums, and it seems my symptoms is unending. Do you feel much better now? In your where in like a burning sensation , did it go away, that lump feeling on the back and side of your throat , did it went away? . With my situation right now, I'm so very very frustrated with my situation right now. I feel like I'm a hopeless case. Hope you respond how you're feeling now . Thank you very much in advance.

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Guest over a year ago

I am 6 months in now and I still have that feeling when I swallow that feels like a piece of toast is lodged in the back of my throat.

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Daddy44 over a year ago

Hi suzie, my name is frank, I'm 10 weeks post tonsillectomy, how are you feeling right now? I'm also at the same boat where you were before, I got no more pain on my throat, but this sensation of something that's is rubbing on sides of my throat , more on the r side. I can see and feel the scarring on both Side, this feeling is on and off affecting me sometimes in the noontime or at night, it doesn't bother me when I sleep . Talking about anxiety? I'm very anxious 100 %, you were talking about hope with sedeutzh(sorry for my spelling) I'm sometimes at brink of losing hope. Please enlighten me of how you are now suzie!!! Please ibeg you .

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Daddy44 over a year ago

Hi there guest how are you, i saw your post which is six days ago, how are you feeling today? I'm 10 weeks post tonsillectomy, I ve been reading forums to forums. Did you have scarring problems too, I'm going back to my ent in the middle of April, that would be my 3rd month. Still I have the scratchy feeling on the sides of my throat. Did you have these feeling too. It's on and off. Hope for your response.

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Sleepypanda1000341814 over a year ago

did you ever have pain on either side of your throat? around a month or so after the surgery? i am having some pain from it and well my mom and dad thinks that it's nothing but it is keeping me from sleeping because it is in my neck...

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Guest over a year ago

Hi I still feel like I have something at the back of my throat I had it done 3 of March and now it's 3 of June

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Guest over a year ago

Hey, I just got a tonsillectomy 10 days ago. One of my symptoms before getting a tonsillectomy was having a feeling like something was stuck in the back of my throat on the left hand side. This is the 10th day and I am just now starting to feel it again. I'm not sure if this is normal or not and I am just wondering if you had this feeling before your surgery as well

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Guest over a year ago

...adding to this message, I have never experienced any gagging. Not painful. Just very annoying.

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