 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | Hello Brian:
I had an adult tonsillectomy 6 weeks ago, left side only. I didn't think the pain was ever that bad. They had me on oxy+acetominophen (percocet) for first 10 days, but I didn't need any past day 2, was able to just go to regular ibuprofen to handle the pain and didn't need much of that either.
Listen to what they tell you about eating soft/liquid foods. Sharp stuff like "itos" (Cheetos, Doritos, Fritos) will rip the healing to shreds and then you'll bleed. You don't want that.
About 3 weeks post surgery I developed what looked like strep throat and that was way worse than the tonsillectomy. It's still there and I'm in radiation treatment now so throat has been tender from treatment one.
Hang in there, you'll do fine.
Tony
Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)
09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good
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