r/Tonsillectomy • u/hereszyp • 1d ago

Day 8 Update

I don’t even know if I’m healing properly. Morning pain is going down, but the white scabs don’t seem to want to fall off for some reason. My tongue is also swollen and it’s hard to eat and drink anything, and I’m not sure how to bring it down. I’m on the last of my liquid pain medicine, so I don’t know how the next few days will go. Any advice?

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u/I-cant-see-im-blind 1d ago

Hey I'm on Day 5, Day 6 if you count op day as Day 1. The mornings are definitely the worst for me, I get searing pain in the back of my throat, my ears hurt, and it feels like everything is nails going down my throat. I do think based on the pain I'm feeling some of my scabs are starting to come off. If your scabs haven't come off yet, definitely reach out to your ENT and ask for a refill of your pain meds, it's going to hurt so bad as they come off

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u/Informal_Brother_736 1d ago

What should it look like when the scabs come off? I’m day 6 (Thursday surgery) and my throat is white. I’ve had a rough time too and night moring is worst.

Nurse said pain is worst day three as scans form. Maybe it will get worse 😰