my tonsillectomy experience // positive recovery

[@MrJonnyHovo]

Thank you for sharing this. I am going in for my tonsilectomy tomorrow, and while I'm still incredibly nervous, you gave me the confidence I needed that it's gonna be okay. I'm gonna try to copy what you did during the recovery :)

[@madisonbmcinnis]

@@MrJonnyHovo Good luck!!

[@rk1437.]

How it goes dude..is it painful?

[@MrJonnyHovo]

@@rk1437. only on day 2 but I’m feeling pretty good overall. Just keeping up on my meds and drinking lots of cold water. Worst thing so far is the swelling. It can make it tough to breathe at night and I ended up choking a couple times (not badly). So it helped to sleep sitting upright.

[@rk1437.]

@@MrJonnyHovo what was the technique used by your doctor to remove the tonsils.

[@rk1437.]

@@MrJonnyHovo so far how you rate your pain on the scale of 1-10 on day 1 and day 2.

[@davidpalacios2230]

Gracias 😊

[@CaptainGranpa]

I get mine out tmrw and im honestly a little freaked out bc when i searched up a tonsillectomy for my age (16) the first like 5 vids were of ppl who died during the procedure and the comments didnt help AT ALL and idk im just so nervous

[@madisonbmcinnis]

@@CaptainGranpa good luck!! The surgery is honestly the easiest part, the recovery is the hard part!

[@CaptainGranpa]

@@madisonbmcinnis thanks lol, I'm glad u got over urs btw, God bless and have a great day

[@Melaniemartineznumber1fan]

I know your probably on like day 2 and just know day 6 is the worst day for me because it was very painful and I had so many scabs but day 7 and day 8 is when the scabbing is maybe the worst idk but I am on day 8 currently really painful but you got this also day 4 or 5 I was in a lot of pain and I spit up alot of blood

[@CJitB]

In the uk were told to eat as normal as soon as you can, obviously nothing too hot or spicy or over seasoned. But pizza, toast, burgers, nuggets, etc is fine. I think that helped me because by day 4 i didnt have any pain swollowing. Were told here that it reduces you chances of bleeding from 20% to 1%

[@madisonbmcinnis]

Oh wow! Yes, I have definitely heard that it helps some people recover by still eating normal!

[@davidb9166]

I wonder why they didn't prescribe you liquid pain killers instead of pills.

[@madisonbmcinnis]

@@davidb9166 I know!!!

[@rk1437.]

Can you tell me what was the technique used by your doctor to remove the tonsils?

[@madisonbmcinnis]

@@rk1437. I have no clue! Just the standard practice nowadays

[@jt57436]

Can you show how ur throat looked before and after

[@madisonbmcinnis]

I didn't document that!

[@sallyjawara9377]

I did my tonsillectomy yesterday 😊

[@madisonbmcinnis]

good luck with your recovery!

[@montanawhite5699]

With insurance mine costed $3600… crazy.

[@madisonbmcinnis]

That's crazy!! We had the low deductible plan, so I only had to pay copays!

[@King_Editz-w4l]

Mine was around $8000

[@madisonbmcinnis]

oh gosh! That’s horrible! Thankfully I was still under my parents’ insurance, so it was reasonable!