Adult Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy Surgery - Part II - Ear, Nose & Throat Message Board

Anarchist · 12-27-2004, 12:09 PM

The moderators have asked we start a new thread, since the other one is getting long.

Here is a link to the previous thread: [url]http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?p=1392964#post1392964[/url]

It's 7 days till my surgery, Jan 3rd! Suprisingly I am not that freaked out yet. Maybe I will be sunday night.. lol.

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strangecookie · 12-27-2004, 02:42 PM

Well, to help start this new thread on the eve of my tonsillectomy, i'll paraphrase my story. For a year I've been reading the old thread as i debated if i should get my 32 year old tonsils removed per doctors advice. Last year i spent about 6 months on anti-biotics trying to get rid of the white spots and constant sore throats. Then i had the summer relatively free of sore throats so i thought i'd not get the surgery...but then they came back.

So tomorrow i go in for removal as well as a 'nasal antral window' because i demanded a CT scan thinkign that something in my head (i have tons of headaches in particular on one side.) Seems i have a cyst in one of my nasal caveties which will be taken care of too.

I'm armed with: tons of protein drinks, vicadin, jello, gum, and will go get a bunch of movies tonight. I am also quitting smoking tomorrow. So, it's big news for me and i really hope that people use this tread because i'll want to hear others stories simulateously.
cheers,
ariel

JTodd · 12-27-2004, 03:05 PM

Strangecookie-
Good luck with your surgery tomorrow! Make sure they give you something for nausea and vomitting BEFORE surgery. My problem on surgery day was that I could not stop vomitting. If I even moved my head slightly, I threw up. So they ended up admitting me into the hospital for the night. The vomitting finally stopped and I got to come home the next day, but that's not the way I would have chosen to start my recovery. The nurse told me that if I have surgery again on anything that I should tell them up front that I get nauseous after surgery and they'll give me drugs to combat that up front.

As far as recovery goes, it does hurt ALOT! I think the hardest part for me is not seeing a big improvement from day to day. Usually when you're hurt or when I had my kids, it hurt but gradually it felt better. I'm on day 10 and still not really able to eat anything. I thought that by now I'd be at least eating. But I'm still taking pain meds every 3 hours and surviving on drinking with small portions of food.

Well, good luck! I wish you well with your surgery and kicking your smoking habit!! Let us know how it goes!

rajaraja1 · 12-27-2004, 03:34 PM

my story is i'm 30 yrs and my surgery is scheduled for jan 6th at 6pm
i go tommorrow for my pre-op clearance

the previous thread of this topic has answered a lot of questions for me, everyone has been soo helpful with their direct responses.

i have this week off from work for the holidays. i return to the office jan 3 then a few days later its on. right now i'm trying to re-energize from the x-mas chaos. i'm in the middle of cleaning then its all about rest time.

i'm uping my pilates to relax and get some energy and as per the recommendations of the previous thread, i'm going to eat and eat well.