I woke up and had a turn for the worse last night, or I guess it would be this morning. At around 3, I woke up really nauseous and in great pain, but the nausea was what was keeping me up. I didn't ever vomit, but it kept me from taking my meds as I felt I couldn't handle another dose, so I sat in my bathroom for two hours in pain before finally quitting and going to sleep without meds. I woke up around eight and had the courage to gulp down the disgusting magic liquid. But I am constantly bleeding now. Its only a very little bit at a time, but every time I spit up it has a little red in it. Also my phlegm is bloody and very very gross. I don't know how to end this. I don't think it is enough to send me to the ER, but its also too much to stop. WHat do I do???? I feel like there is blood dripping into the bottom of my throat or something. Blah. On the upside, I know that this will all be worth it. I had post nasal drip that got stuck in my tonsils and wreaked havoc for years. Mono, tonsillitis x100, difficulty breathing, eating, and even talking, and plenty more issues will all be gone after a few weeks.
BPayne - Just make sure you keep drinking. It makes a huge difference. Here's hoping for a easy and speedy recovery!
shmeels - If it feels like a constand bleed, that could be what is making you nauseous. Blood is hard on the stomach. Could also be the pain meds. Did you ask for an anti-nausea med? Maybe a call to your ENT wouldn't be a bad idea. Then you could ask about the bleeding and get a prescription for an anti-nausea med. It makes a difference. Hang in there. The "de-scabbing" if by far the worst part (at least I thought so). I had the ear and neck pain as well with it and kept alternating between ice packs and a heating pad.
Day 1 update.... I got home from the hospital around 8:45am and my only issues were my uvula and tongue being super swollen. I managed to drink a Gatorade and a ton of water which really helped. I have taken two naps, but I have set alarms to wake up and drink. I also ate some applesauce and instant mashed potatoes. My throat feels like normal tonsillitis. However, I know the fun hasn't even started. Hope you all are doing well.
BPayne ~ Glad to hear things are going well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that you will have an uneventful and easy recovery! It's nice to see positive updates.
Woke up several times coughing up mucus last night. And this morning my throat is feeling worse, but it still bearable! Uvula is still huge. Hopefully my pain meds start to kick in soon! I will update on Day 2 later today. Hope y'all have a great day
Good morning! I had the icky mucus too. With everything swollen in the mouth, it makes it kinda rough and feels weird the first few days, but if you chew a piece of gum for a few minutes, it gets your saliva flowing and that helps break up the mucus.
It's already day 3 for me, and day 2 was definitely worse than day 1... I took a little more pain meds and slept a large portion of the day. Ate cold cream of wheat. lt which went down realllly easily! Also I had some watered down chicken and stars which tasted great but the salt hurt my scabs. Continued to drink lots of water and a gatorade. Woke up again every hour or so last night coughing up mucus.
Morning of Day 3 has begun and I showered and feel about the same. Pain meds are about to kick in and I'll probably take a nap. Hope I find the rest of you doing well!
Oh boy. I am now on day 8/9 depending if you count surgery day or not. It still SUCKS! I thought that since I am younger that this would heal quickly compared to the rest of the people with "horror stories," but I guess not. I am showing very little progress with the scabbing. They just don't seem to want to come off. The right one has progress, but hurts waaaaaaaay more, as if it was full of cancer sores that constantly were being dripped on with salt. The left side is a different story: pretty much no pain, but a full scab intact. This is so crazy, I have been in so much pain from the "sloughing" that I thought it would be done by now, but I still have a whole other side that is just drooling with anticipation to start torturing me. I am so deep in this process WHEN WILL IT END???
BPayne ~ Two other things I found relatively easy to get down were cream of chicken soup and campbell's bean with bacon soup. Not so much the beans part of that, but the thicker soup part. Every little bit of nutrition helps. Sorry to hear you are having the mucus problem. It sucks not to be able to sleep through the night. I haven't been able to since the surgery, but it is getting better.
shmeels ~ Really not much to do but keep drinking what you can and keeping up with your pain meds. I never did have any major pain or bleeding on my left side, and it's all just about cleared up now. Hang in there, it really does start to get better around day 10/11.
Day 3 was a little worse than day 2 but much of the same. I finally showered and felt a little better. My throat hurt a little worse than the days before. I didn't nap as much. Woke up this morning of Day 4 with ear pain and a pretty rough sore throat.
I didn't run out of pain meds. I ended up not taking them from about day 3 through day 5 because I was getting sick. I started them back up around day 5 when I couldn't stand the pain anymore. Hopefully your ENT will give you another prescription for them so you don't run out.
Try a heating pad around your neck and ear area for the ear pain, it may help. Hang in there!!
Ear pain, huh? I never had that. Are you chewing gum and sleeping elevated? Chewing gum is supposed to help with that.
I still have about half of my bottle of Lortab. The taste of it made me sick, so I had my ENT switch me to pills on Day 4. I agree with Mom. Call your ENT and ask for a refill or some pills.
Called my ENT and got more nausea and pain meds prescribed. I have been sleeping elevated and chewing gum. A heating pad on my ears had been helpful too. I've been drinking tons of water and mainly eating apple sauce and instant mashed potatoes.
Tomorrow will be day 5, and I'm dreading the de-scabbing phase. Talk to y'all later!
Woke up last night with my ears throbbing, but a heating pad helped. Throat still hurts. Waiting on the de-scabbing process... I wake up coughing a lot. Could this cause a tear in my scabs? Hope you all are doing well
Accidentally slept through my alarm for my 5am pain meds, and that was a hugeeee mistake. Woke up at 8:30 with the worst pain I've had all week. I've taken two doses of meds since then and I'm still not back to my usual pain level.
I'm also sick of all the foods I've been eating all week. I won't eat another mashed potato or chicken soup for a long time. Today is day 6, so hopefully only a few more days of this.
Hang in there BPayne, not much longer now and you'll start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Day 20 for me and my foods are still pretty limited. Nothing hard or crunchy yet, and meats still don't work well. My soft palette is still hanging low on the left side, which has been quite irritating. It makes swallowing and breathing diffucult at times. I have my follow up appt with my ENT this week, so hopefully he will tell me this is normal and will heal up soon.
Hello, just wanted to offer my support. I had my tonsils out last year over Christmas Break at age 29. I did not eat anything really solid until my 3 weeks check up. Prior to that I drank ensure and watery soup. If I tried anything solid like it would get stuck in the deep pockets, after that recovery was fast and I was eating normal again. Good Luck.
Hey all- today is morning of Day 7 for me. Woke up with the most intense throat pain I've ever experienced. Just took my pain meds and it is beginning to take the edge off thank God. This has got to be the start of the long and painful de-scabbing phase. It hurts too bad to open my mouth wide enough to confirm that so I'm just assuming. Hope you all are doing well. I hope I only have a couple more days of this. I'm not sure how much more I can handle
Today is day 8 and I went back to my ENT. He said no sign of de-scabbing yet. Prescribed another big bottle of pain meds and said it would probably be another week of pain. Ughhhh I'm so sick of this.
Awwwe, so sorry you weren't able to skip the days of pain. When I first starting reading the messages on this board, my thoughts were those were only the extreme cases. Sad to say that everything I read was dead on. The good side of it is though, at least I was prepared and knew that I wasn't an oddball case.
21 days today and I am still dealing with a sore throat on the right side. I can't wait to see my ENT to see when everything will be back to "normal".
I really just want a big, messy cheeseburger and fries...
