Me2 I already had pain medication. You said not to take aspirin and the aspirin and plavix was on my regularly scheduled meds. How long do you think it takes to heal before it will not bleed? The paper I received on check out didn't even have follow-up visits with the Dr.s I had saw in the hospital. Also, when the nurse signed me out and handed me a paper with nothing basically on it she said you're free to go and I walked out of the hospital. Normally they would at least ride you to the door. It was a poor experience as I am one who wants to know everything and it's like pulling teeth to get any info from anyone here. Now my ENT did say to watch for any bleeding and not to eat anything that could scratch the area and to eat things like jello or something soft. I also have lidocaine that I used before surgery for sore throat but I don't know whether I should use it post-op.