I thought I'd share my experiences with tonsil and adnoid removal I had yesterday afternoon. My twin sister had hers out last year and a good percentage of my family members have had theirs out as well. Everyone was telling me how awful it was, not it would be a different sort of pain, me grandma even told me I'd 'have a knife in my throat'. Aside of all that, the experience has been very good. It just feels like I have a bad case of strep. The hospital called to check on me and they got a laugh out of the fact I had some potato chips when I got home last night. I'm just one tylonal with codine and antibiotics, both are which are liquid and actually taste very good. My only problem is that I'm really swollen, but I've been keeping ice on my face to help. My sister was in bed for days, I'm up looking for things to do. She made some rice krispie treats yesterday and I'm dying to convince my mom I can have some! Anyway I guess everyone handles things differently but to me, this has been no different than the awful strep cases I've had over the past few months. I'll post in a few days when the scabs some, that's when my sister had really bad bleeding but since I'm eating a lot I hope that won't heppen. I'm just amazed at how well I'm doing. Yay!
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wow, you are EXACTLY who i need to talk to right now, hahaha. i have my surgery on tuesday, and it seems like all i hear are horror stories, so its good to hear an uplifting one, lol. i'm hoping that this is the cause of my pain to begin with. i have pain in my throat, but it seems a lil low to be my tonsils, even though my tonsils hurt bad too. how far down your throat do you think your tonsils can affect. i feel it on the left side, next to my esophagus. it comes and goes when the tonsils are infected, which is why i'm pretty certain it hasta do with them. i also seem to get lil infections on my tongue whenever my tonsils get infected. i don't think i have ever been this excited to get something cut out of me, haha. i know i'll be in pain, i know i won't be able to do anything for a while, but crap, if i never hafta look, or feel my tonsils again, ITS WORTH IT! good luck with the rest of your recovery, and please post back and keep me updated. i'm sure i'll start a thread on tuesday of my situation, so i'm sure we'll talk soon.
I'm not sure exactly where to put this so that most people will see it. I have to say, I read all these boards prior to tonsillectomy and was TERRIFIED!!! But, since I'm a teacher and can't be continually dealing with illness like this, I 'sucked it up' and went in right before spring break.
I am on day 8 and have not had any pain that is worse than any of my sore throats! I have felt great, eaten lots of jello, applesauce, pushed fluids, etc. I have gone out, run errands, gone to the movies, etc. Nothing too strenuous, but this has not affected me in the ways I thought it would! Today I started mac and cheese, pudding, and scrambled eggs. Slightly solid!
This will SO be worth it if I don't get sick as much! I know there's a lot of scary stuff posted, but please know that my experience has been fine! I'm 28, good health (other than tonsillitis!) slightly overweight, and other than that very normal. I think, but can't prove, that the steroid dexamethosone that he prescribed me reduced nausea and post-op bleeding - I had NONE of that. If you ****** dexamathosone tonsillectomy and you can see some studies.
Plus, I started on the Lortab (Hydrocodone) on Weds. night for pain but by Sat. I was majorly itchy all over. The dr. said it was the hydrocodone and to switch to liquid Tylenol, which is over the counter. I was skeptical about taking Tylenol which can barely cure a headache for me, but it has been great and I have used it for the past 4 days, and today I switched to pill form.
Anyhow, my experience has been fine, and most people told me to stop freaking out about what I read because the people who **** about it are going to be the people who had/have bad experiences. So, I thought I would come here and tell you all about how wonderful it has been! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions/reservations. I plan to come back here and report lack of tonsillitis next winter. I usually get it in the winter so we'll have to wait and see...
I'm not sure exactly where to put this so that most people will see it. I have to say, I read all these boards prior to tonsillectomy and was TERRIFIED!!! But, since I'm a teacher and can't be continually dealing with illness like this, I 'sucked it up' and went in right before spring break.
I am on day 8 and have not had any pain that is worse than any of my sore throats! I have felt great, eaten lots of jello, applesauce, pushed fluids, etc. I have gone out, run errands, gone to the movies, etc. Nothing too strenuous, but this has not affected me in the ways I thought it would! Today I started mac and cheese, pudding, and scrambled eggs. Slightly solid!
This will SO be worth it if I don't get sick as much! I know there's a lot of scary stuff posted, but please know that my experience has been fine! I'm 28, good health (other than tonsillitis!) slightly overweight, and other than that very normal. I think, but can't prove, that the steroid dexamethosone that he prescribed me reduced nausea and post-op bleeding - I had NONE of that. If you use a search engine and type dexamathosone tonsillectomy and you can see some studies.
Plus, I started on the Lortab (Hydrocodone) on Weds. night for pain but by Sat. I was majorly itchy all over. The dr. said it was the hydrocodone and to switch to liquid Tylenol, which is over the counter. I was skeptical about taking Tylenol which can barely cure a headache for me, but it has been great and I have used it for the past 4 days, and today I switched to pill form.
Anyhow, my experience has been fine, and most people told me to stop freaking out about what I read because the people who post about it are going to be the people who had/have bad experiences. So, I thought I would come here and tell you all about how wonderful it has been! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions/reservations. I plan to come back here and report lack of tonsillitis next winter. I usually get it in the winter so we'll have to wait and see...
I can't even tell you how comforting it is to read a post like this! I am scheduled for tonsillectomy on 3rd April next Tuesday and am beyond terrified by all of the horror stories.
Thanks again for reassuring many nervous people that it's not always a nightmare. It's good to be prepared for the worst but nice to know the worst may not necessarily happen!
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