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Anyone had their tonsils out as an adult?
2600:
If so, what am I really in for and how was the recovery?
shmokes:
I did. Stay on top of the pain. Take your pain meds as directed, not as you think they're needed. You stay on top of the pain it's not too bad. You let the pain come and try to get on top of it after that and you'll have a hard time of it. If you're on percocet, which I recommend, try not to get constipated. That was the only hiccup I had. Didn't ---Cleveland steamer--- for three days and it started to make me feel nauseated, and once I felt nauseated I got to the point that if I tried to swallow anything I would vomit. And, of course, vomiting over my now tonsil-free throat would have been excruciating and probably torn out sutures and sent me to the hospital. But since I couldn't take any pills the pain started to build and it finally became unbearable. I went to the ER at about 3 a.m. and got a shot of morphine in the ass and drank a laxative.
Get ready ahead of time on the food front. I'm not much of a sweets person, so the thought of subsiding on pudding and ice cream and jell-o for a week was revolting. I bought a bunch of baby-foods. Most of the meal ones are pretty disgusting, but at least they sat in my stomach without making me feel like I was eating nothing but candy. And some of them weren't too bad. But mashed potatoes -- not baby food, but real mashed potatoes. That's the secret. Have your wife make a ginormous pot of real mashed potatoes, with lots of half-and-half, and blended up so they're super smooth. That ---Cleveland steamer--- will keep you sane.
Good luck. It's not too bad till about day 3. Then you get a couple days of worse, then it starts getting better and just keeps on getting better. All-in-all it was no big deal, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I'm very happy with the results. FWIW, my wife got hers out a year or so before I got mine out, and she feels the same. She'd do it again if she had to do it over.
2600:
Thanks shmokes that was helpful and a little bit more detailed then what I've heard. Good ideas on the food.
Were you strictly on bedrest the first week or did you get up and about?
shmokes:
I mostly stayed laying down reading, watching movies, and playing videogames. But I was perfectly fine to walk around. I didn't need any help getting to the bathroom or anything. But I wanted to recover and didn't want to stress anything, so I pretty much stayed on bed rest for at least the first few days.
BTW, another food idea that I wish I'd thought of at the time. Lately I've been making smoothies, but putting lots of greens in them -- usually spinach. It's really good. I much prefer them to all fruit ones. Just fill the blender with fruits -- strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, etc., and then put a ton of spinach in. It will turn the whole thing green and nasty looking, but it's REALLY good. Bananas work too, but I find that they overpower everything else and make it just taste like banana.
Also, I seem to remember applesauce being okay. I was worried that it would be too acidic and be painful to swallow, but IIRC it was fine.
shmokes:
My wife and I both did. I know of at least two friends who had their tonsils removed as adults. I probably know more, cos it's not something that really comes up often. I'd say probably about 5% of my friends know that I had mine out.
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