I had been reading all the posts at another board (or maybe this board, not sure since I didn't bookmark it) and it freaked me out so much I thought about cancelling my surgery. But I toughed it out and went under the knife on March 10 (almost a month ago). I'm still sore, but not so bad. They were right about needing 2 weeks off. I was up and around after day 7, but still uncomfortable. I had the surgery for a number of reasons: a lifetime of sore throats, asthma (the irritated tonsils aggrivates it) and most recently tonsil stones. Enough was enough and the doctor thankfully agreed!
The day of the surgery was great. They bumped me up from 1pm to 8:30am, thank goodness!!! Not eating when I'm hungry makes me cranky. I'm 37, so that's pretty pathetic, I know. After surgery I felt fine, just a little groggy. My husband took me home and told my 4 year old daughter to "be gentle with mommy." and told her I couldn't talk for awhile. That was really hard, and I paid the consequences whenever I tried to talk to her (oww!).
So day 1 was okay until I attempted to wait an extra hour to take my medicine (Tylenol with codeine). The directions said every 4 to 6 hours, so I decided to take it at 5 hours. BIG MISTAKE!!! You have to take it BEFORE you start to hurt or it doesn't work very well. The doctor had to double my dosage because of it. So day 2 and 3 I was very nauseous. I had to force myself to eat or the nausea would get worse (codeine was most likely mixing with the anesthesia that was still in my system, doctor said). I didn't vomit, thank goodness, but I had to lay down all the time to counteract it. I had trouble sleeping, especially because I had to take my meds every 4 hours. I set a timer. I had to sleep on the sofabed because I was snoring so loud. My hubby was gonna take the couch, but I wanted to be closer to the kitchen and tv, sometimes watching at 1am. (I got addicted to HGTV and the Style Network. I've decided I need to update my wardrobe and reorganize my house.)
I drank water constantly, even though it hurt a bit to swallow. But if you don't drink your water the pain gets worse--so drink it!!! Thanks to advice from the board I bought a Brita pitcher for the counter because cold water started to hurt after the third day. I started out eating apple sauce, jello and sorbet (they got old very fast and I got so sick of sugar, something I thought impossible for this self-proclaimed junk food junkie!). All cold stuff was hurting me after 3 days or so and I switched to soup. I was also able to eat Ritz crackers and graham crackers because they get mushy pretty quick. Stay away from tomato based anything!!! I was craving Spaghettios one day and hubby got them for me. I took one bite and it burned like heck! I was so bummed. My family tossed them out because they said they tasted gross. Even my 4 year old didn't like 'em. That's good since they're not the healthiest things in the world. I avoided milk products the first week because of phlegm (you're not supposed to clear your throat). But I got so sick of jello and sorbet I had to have something else. I got chocolate pudding! I was eating regular food after day 10.
The nurse gave me this ice pack for my neck! That worked better than the codeine!!! The pain in the ears is awful, but not unbearable. The ice pack worked great and I used it almost 24/7. I didn't have any problems, probably because I drank my water like I was told. If you're not going to the bathroom every hour or so, you're not drinking enough!
Hope this insight helps somebody the way the other posts helped me.
Holly
Re: recent tonsillectomy 
Im extremely tired and nothing seems to help. I take 2 Vicodins every 4 hours and it doesn't even take all the pain away. I JUST WANT TO SLEEEEEEEEEP! I also can't wait to eat a decent meal. I've lost 10 lbs so far in 7 days. When did the turn around point come for everyone? IM so scared I will end up like some of these people who can't eat even after 2 weeks.
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