Okay, had to post a quick update even though I am starting to feel twice my age since all I can talk about these days is my health. Tomorrow will be six weeks since my surgery and I have to say I feel pretty good. The throat is still sore at times when I yawn and the swelling has not completely gone away. My doctor said that I should expect another few weeks to a few months before everything feels 100% (basically the swelling on one side will finally subside). Otherwise everything has been good and I cannot wait for my ears to start draining like they should once the swelling is gone. That will be the magic moment and the main reason I had this surgery in the first place. Good luck if you are about to have this surgery, the horror stories out there are rare, so don’t worry yourself sick (I did, I know how you feel).

For those of you that are drugged out right now and stumbled across this site at 3am because something doesn’t seem right, you are worried about the recovery, worried about the surgery, couldn’t sleep, or were bored with no one else in the house to talk to at this time of the morning, please leave a comment to say hello. I try to check the site at least every other day but at times am away for a few weeks so please do not feel as if no one cares about what you are going through. I may not know who you are right now but please know that I am praying for you to have a safe, speedy recovery.

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.