Well Im having my tonsillectomy and atnoidectomy(sp) tomorrow, Im sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo scared!!! I didnt go to bed till 4:30am last night because was having those racing thoughts and panic!!!
Im sure I will be fine just scared as ever!!!
Please keep me in your thoughts!!!
I will update and let you guys know how Im doing!!!
Jen

Good luck tomorrow and in the next couple of weeks. Just remember it will all pass and you will be fine. Today is two weeks for me. I've been back to work. I ate a cheesburger today, with fries. I even went to my favorite hot dag place tonight and ate a couple of dogs and somoe chips. Still a little pain. But it's not so bad any more.

You'll be fine. Let us know how you are...

Good luck, think positive and drink fluids don't matter how bad it hurts. Don't try many solids for at least 5 days, some people's obsession with food causes unecessary pain. I had my surgery on 9/11 and I was clear of pain meds by Monday morning. I don't however recommend that, take the meds as long as you need them. Friday and Saturday will be a blur and it will get better every day, good luck to you!

Good luck. My son and I went through this May and October of last year. Look over the LisaMP's guide to a tonsillectomy.

Also some prescriptions to note:
1) Oticaine ear drops for pain around day 5-7..
2) Steriods if the pain and swelling gets to difficult.
3) Ice chips and ice water.. lots of it.. If you start to bleed.. start sucking on the ice chips and get an ice wrap for the throat.
4) Saline nasal spray for sinus dryness
5) keep a medicine chart so you do not miss or doubel a dose accidently
6) ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE WITH YOU for at least the first seven days.
7) Do not over exert yourself.. recline and rest.. no chasing kids doing chores or walking about too much.

Ask for liquid pain meds and a lydocaine mouth rinse and spit.. the rinse and spit tastes nasty, but will help when the other pain meds wear off too soon to take more.

Good luck.
Sincerely,
MG

Jen,

How'd it go? You feeling ok, taking your meds?. Sleep it up girl. It'll be over before you know it.

God does this HURT!!!
But its not like Id imagined at all!!! I had to stay overnight in the hospital due to pain manangement ( had a hard time with pain when I had my ear tubes put in march) So friday i didnt sleep AT ALL!!! they kept pumpking me up with fentanyl and morphine, then when I got into my room they gave me roxicet (liquid perocet)...So still in pain later friday night had BAD BAD anxiety, I think it was from the anesthesia...stayed up the whole night!!!
Dr. released me around 10:30am saturday and was home by 11:30am and by 12pm I wanted to go back to the hospital,I felt like my throat was closing up, but It was just the uvula *spelling* anyways I didnt fall asleep saturday until 5pm and that was only for 1 hour but did manage to sleep saturday night off and on for probably 5 hours, today I dont feel like my throat is as swelled BUT I WISH I COULD EAT SOMETHING!!! all ive had since thursday night has been WATER!!! I have no desire to eat, I forced myself tonight to eat some chicken broth and did ok with it, Im just sooo weak and tired but cant sleep, minds racing...
K this is enough rambling for now, will let u guys know how im feeling when I can keep a thought together! Thanks!!!
Jen

Jen, remarkably, I had mine on the 19th. Mine was done at 7am. I awoke around 11am and had to spend the night in hospital. I wasnt released untill 10am the next day ( which was awful ) So we are going through this just a few days apart.

Im on erm, day 6 I beleive, l must say the last two days have been the worst, not much sleep, even less food But alas, im halfway there :cool:

Ok well just learned that I cant take liquid Roxicet (perocet), Makes me too jittery,gives me severe anxiety and insominia, so Now im on lortab...I feel 100% better except that the Lortab doesnt last as long or is as strong as Roxicet But Ill take that over what I was feeling on the Roxicet!!!
I think this is day 4, Had the surgery on friday at 9:30am so umm i think this is day 4?
Its not unbearable at this point, in the morning and after eating is the worst
I still havent had the nerve to brush my teeth yet...gross I know but Im afraid of it hurting, any kind of salt or spices hurt so Im sure that my toothpaste will hurt!!! Maybe I will brush them without toothpaste? Any suggestions?
Heres a lil suggestion to anyone just having this done or getting it done, if the meds burn your throat put a lil bit of water in a cup and mix the meds in there, not as harsh!!
I still cant drink anything except water!!! But I did manage to eat about 1 cup of mashed potatoes and 2 eggs yesterday. Maybe today Ill try Iced tea...for some reason the gatorade tastes horrible!
Ok thats my update for now!!!
Jen

Jenny, I have some decent news, some people *do* make quick recoveries. Im currently on day 8. I have zero throat pain, my scabs have come off, my throat is looking normal and im feeling great :). Days 5 - 6 were horrible but it quickly got better after that,

Hang in there :)

I guess I spoke too soon about the pain not being that bad....today was the worst day!!! It wasnt unbearable but was close to it, I am drinking Iced-Tea ...WOOHOO something other than water!!! I ate a fairly good amount today, had chicken and stars soup, tried to eat mashed potatoes but the pepper that was in then burned, then I had cream of chicken soup and put a TON of crackers in it and let the crackers get soft. I brushed my teeth today also!!! I used my daughters strawberry toothpaste...lol Wasnt able to brush my tounge real good.
I am smoking again which isnt good but atleast Im only smoking maybe 5 cigarettes a day. I just looked at my scabs and they look the same to me, maybe a tiny bit smaller. I feel like I over-did it today,I learned my lesson...lol
Hopefully this is going to be the worst it gets!!!
Jen