The saddest part is the fact that I agree with everything you say in your first paragraph but you completely lose me after that. As for the Tea Party, I fail to see how they are the one’s crying wolf. Did I miss some Tea Party march on Washington to demand the firing of Sherrod? I would love to hear what Sarah Palin did by the way, perhaps you wouldn’t mind filling me on something I must have missed.

The Tea Party should be really careful. They are turning out to be the boy who cried wolf. Their credibility is shot, especially with Sarah Palin making a fool of herself once again. Sad

About the scabs: I am not quite sure when they fell off. Maybe during one of my coughing attacks.

Can you believe my post-op Dr’s visit isn’t until April?!? I called them on day 2 just to make sure that the letter I received in the mail had the correct date-it did!

I am sooo glad you posted your experience!! I was extremely worried before I stumbled on your site. Your experience provided me with peace of mind which is why I believe everything turned out so well for me.

Thank you for allowing me to post my experience on your site.

I hope that you and the family are doing great!

Rubi

Is the roof of your mouth irritated or sore? I did not experience that really but I did have some tenderness right above the surgery site in the roof of my mouth that I believe was inflammation that went away about 2 weeks after the surgery.

I think you are crazy for eating rice! I made the mistake of eating a meal with rice a few days after I had my wisdom teeth pulled and it took me a few days to get the rice out of the craters in my gum. Obviously nothing to do with with tonsil surgery and probably too much information.

Have you had your post-op visit yet? Make sure to ask about the coughing if you haven’t seen your doctor yet. I am sure it is normal part of the healing process since the muscles in the throat are sore and the surrounding tissue is inflamed but make sure to double check if it continues.

I am so grateful that you have kept me updated on your progress and I will continue to keep you in prayer. My goal in posting my experience was to try to provide a somewhat positive experience amongst the plethora of negativity I had found on the internet prior to my surgery. I hope in some small way that my experience helped provide a little bit of comfort amid all of the anxiety you may have been experiencing. Thank you again for sharing your experience with me and for keeping my family in your prayers as well. Please feel free to keep posting your progress although I am pretty sure you are on the uphill climb now to a complete recovery! Take care and I hope you are having a great weekend!!

I went to work yesterday and today. I couldn’t stand being home any longer! I figured, since I was feeling better, it would be ok. It went well.

All has been going fine. My throat hurts a little and the roof of my mouth also hurts for some reason. The only thing that comes to mind as to why the roof of my is hurting, is maybe the device they used to hold my mouth open during surgery. But I don’t know, I am only guessing. But it’s not that bad.

I now have an annoying constant coughing at night…it’s bad! It started about 3 nights ago. It’s so bad that there have been some nights that I haven’t been able to sleep. Did you experience this??

I am now eating some solids like pancakes (yum) and I even ate a little rice yesterday.

I am so glad the baby is doing great! Congrat!

I am not trying to scare you with things that may lay ahead but I just want to mention some things that may happen to you so you know that it is normal during recovery. Many of the blogs I read prior to surgery always painted either a very bleak picture or contained very few details about the latter stages of recovery. Personally I was very down when I hit the bump around day 8 when I went from feeling decent to feeling blah. I just wasn’t mentally prepared for the setback because very few people had mentioned anything about it. In doing a few searches after the fact it looks like it is quite common to have a setback somewhere between day 8 to 12 due to the scabs starting to fall off. I pray you do not experience any of this (even if you do, it really is not that bad, it becomes more of a mental challenge than physical pain) and that you have a wonderful recovery!!

The little one is doing great, thank you for asking, but his parents are starting to feel a little worse for wear! It has been many days now of very little sleep but it is completely worth it. I will say that in a weird way the tonsillectomy prepared both my wife and I for this. Waking up every 2 hours to take pain medication was great preparation for waking up every 3 hours to take care of a baby! Please let me know how things continue to progress for you. By the way, are you back to work yet or have you been able to just rest for now?

I live alone which is a good thing and a bad thing. Good because I don’t have to worry about taking care of anyone and can rest all day and night without distractions. Bad because if I need anything in the middle of the night, I have to either do it myself or wait till morning. I have the most amazing coworkers and they have been in and out of my house everyday. One of them even slept here the very first night.

I should also mention that I got a cold on day 3. The running nose made me crazy because I couldn’t blow my nose. If I did, it would hurt the back of my throat. Occasionally it is hard to breath while sleeping. I’d wake myself up snoring and breathing with my mouth open. I also lost my appetite completely! I was nausea and had a headache the size of a football field. I attributed all of this to the fact that I got a cold. I tried to eat soup but threw up a few minutes after. Throwing up really really hurt. That entire day i only ate applesauce and drank lots of water.

About my diet:
I’ve been drinking tons and tons of water. I’ve been eating lipton soup, jell-o, applesauce, pudding, ice pops and mashed potatoes. Needless to say, I AM TIRED OF ALL OF THESE!

I was feeling so well on day 2 that I begged one of my co workers to bring me a strawberry coolata and a glazed donut from dunkin donuts. Much to my surprise, he brought me a couple of donuts and I ate each and every one of them, slooowwwly. Another coworker came by while I was enjoying them and reprimanded him for bringing me a solid food. I should say that he would no longer be making dunkin donut trips for me while i am healing

I was told not to eat ice cream. Dairy forms mucous in the back of your throat which would lead you to want to clear your throat which would result in you possible “interrupting” the healing. process. BUT I must say, I couldn’t help but eat ice cream! (lol). I did so with a bottle of water right by my side though

I’ve rinsed with warm water and salt three times since i’ve been home and i nearly choked the first time. I must’ve forgotten how delicate I was and took a big gulp of water. Needless to say, I learned my lesson.

All in all, I’ve had positive experience. I won’t sit here and say that all has been wonderful but I must say that it has not been terrible.

This was probably the only blog I read about someone having a positive experience after a tonsillectomy. I was scared. But you put me at ease. Thanks for sharing and for allowing me to share my experience!

By the way, how is the little one doing? You and your family are in my prayers.

Rubi

Just to let you know that I found your blogs about tonsillectomy extremely helpful. I am scheduled for a tonsillectomy in a week and have only read negative things Your posts were so real and postitive. Thanks for the honesty but most importantly, for sharing!