Had my tonsils out 7days ago haven't eaten in 7 days can barley get any water down. Basically this is easy people Everyone is different if you had not noticed and depending on your age and how fast your body grows makes all the difference. Me for example the pain meds don't do anything and when they gave me the way stronger stuff I just piled non stop had to go to er. But hey if all this pain means no more step, throat infections or even sore throat totally worth it so suck it up and just get it over with the sooner you get it done the better the recovery time. And f**k you people going oh don't liten to those horror stories you sound like my boss saying I'll be back to work in a couple days and doc says 2 weeks well now who's screwed filling in my days cause I still can't even talk. And I've lost over 20lbs.