Post op Days 6 & 7

As I write this it has been two weeks to the day since my tonsillectomy. The two days I am writing about here are the reason I am so late in posting to the site and I can’t believe how quickly things went downhill. Woke up early in the morning on day 6 and had a nasty taste in my mouth. I went to the bathroom and started spitting up little traces of blood. Nothing serious but in the process of rinsing I happen to notice that my scabs looked like they were starting to come off. Throughout the day I would have little sensations of blood and the feeling of something stuck in the throat. No big deal, just annoying.

The morning of day 7 however was a little worse. I woke up in the early hours of the morning with the sensation of choking. Somehow in the middle of the night (morning) I started choking on I’m guessing a piece of scab and my body’s coughing reaction was enough to wake both my wife and myself up. I ran to the bathroom, spit in the sink, and noticed a fair amount of blood (it seems like a lot when it is coming out of your own mouth but I know now it wasn’t enough to be concerned about since it stopped pretty quick). After some rinsing and what not, the bleeding stopped and I had an appointment to see my ENT who made me feel much better.

Along with the very minor bleeding came an annoying pain in the ears and throat that I had not experienced the first few days after surgery. The throat and ear pain was bad enough that I had trouble getting liquids down. The pain does go away but for a few days there I could do nothing more than lay down, take meds, try to drink water, and watch TV.