Thursday, November 28, 2013
Day 14
This is supposed to be the magical day. My scabs are still intact but they continue to shrink. Talking too much hurts but it is much easier. Eating/swallowing is pretty easy now. Still not quite ready for chips and salsa or steak though. Yawning still hurts. I can blow my nose without pain. Reaching my back teeth with my tongue is still painful. My throat feels dry a lot and I have been carrying around Biotene spray and mints. I will be able to eat and enjoy s traditional Thanksgiving meal :)
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When did it stop hurting I still have pain at day 14
ReplyDeleteSome people are still in terrible pain through Day 21. Warm, clear soups can really help. Ice packs around your neck/throat helps. Oddly enough, swallowing helps you heal so make sure you are staying hydrated and chewing and swallowing something other than liquids, even if it hurts. I promise, the pain will go away and it will one day be a blip in time. Hang in there! <3
ReplyDeleteYears later and your blog is still comforting people like me! I’m on day 14 and still have scabs and soreness it feels never ending and scary but thank you for this blog.
ReplyDeleteOh thank you, Tesla, I'm so happy to have helped in some small way. You'll notice that I stopped blogging before I completely healed and that's because,as I recall, I was back in the swing of things and my tonsillectomy was no longer constantly on my mind. You are on the home stretch so just hang on a little longer! In another week you will feel like yourself again. 5 years later, I have no regrets and only wish I had done it sooner. I actually had a nightmare last night that my tonsils grew back. That's how much I hated them, lol. I hope you are feeling better very soon!
ReplyDeleteWhat did you do about the Tate of the scabs as they fall off. I want to gag and throw up every time I swallow. It’s unbearable. I keep eating drinking things with high flavor to mask it but it barely does. I wish I c
ReplyDeleteould numb my taste buds.
Taste not Tate
DeleteYou can try gargling with warm salt water. Eat warm soups and try to eat some solids, it helps the scabs deteriorate. I can't fully remember what I did for this but perhaps place some vapor rub in or under nose. You're almost out of the misery so hang in there!
ReplyDeleteOh I see in another post I used Biotene spray (any dry mouth mouth wash would do) and ate a lot of Altoid peppermints.
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