... left side now and I don't recall it coming out. That side is a bit sore. The stitch on the right hand side is still hanging in there. On average, how long do stitches take to dissolve? ... (4 replies)
... The pain youre feeling in your ears is normal, well at least I know I felt that after surgery. My jaw felt like it was broken as well... at least youre able to open your mouth wide enough to see the back of your throat. ... (1 replies)
... I just wanted to say hang in there!! It will get better! I had my Tonsils out is September and I had a terrible time! I ended up having to stay in ICU after surgery.. I used a ice pack on my throat which helped me a lot! As for things to eat. I smashed up a banana and sprinkled some sugar and cinnamon on it! ... (168 replies)
... they were very deep.. he had to go all the way to the muscle!! My Dr said that I lost a lot of blood during surgery and ended up biting my tongue waking up with stitches and getting rushed to ICU.. NOT what I had planned! I stayed in the hospital for 3 days. I could only drink water and eat chicken broth. ... (168 replies)
... They tried giving me Percocets crushed into some pudding in hopes of being able to send me home. Well.. that didnt go too well. Started throwing up immediately after taking the Percocet with the pudding which just made the pain worse. Ended up with just IV morphine every hour. and iv zofran. ... (36 replies)
... Well it's all done now. I arrived a bit early and they took me for prep relatively soon after getting there. I wasn't really nervous there which surprised me. I didn't need any medication to calm me down like my 8 year old son did. ... (7 replies)
... but my tonsils was abcessed and done kinda on an emergency basis, and they was so inflamed and swollen as my doc put it they was rotten. So...... I ended up with stitches because I bleed so much, so I am thinking I am having the soreness from the stitches. ... (143 replies)
... and I relaxed after a bit went to sleep. ... (143 replies)
... Thanks so much for replying Mrealty and Spirithawk. I really hope you are both recovering well.
I had the tonsillectomy Tues evening and am now being looked after by my parents (who have been an absolute godsend). I must say the anaesthetic really affected me this time (I had only one previous experience having a wisdom tooth removed a few years back, but I was fine). I... (83 replies)
... not to mention what i went through after the surgery. ... (36 replies)
... There is a 1 in 20 chance of bleeding after the operation and I bled twice. After my initial surgery, I started throwing up blood and had to be taken back to the OR. ... (36 replies)
... ok; im only 15; and i have a tonsillectomy tomorrow; those death notes ie. 1 in 15,000, still scare the living shit out of me; i have like a fear of dying tomorrow lol.:( i know it sounds crazy, but you never know right.:confused: but i also want to know something; on a scale of 1-10 how bad is the pain during day 1?:confused:
and when can you talk again ? (2 replies)
... All I know is that I was cauterized and a few extra disolving stitches had to be used. I do feel I was lied to. ... (3 replies)
... and that it looked like I'd been on "quite a journey" with them. He wasn't wrong. They turned black with my last serious bout of tonsillitis and he told me the tonsillectomy wouldn't be as painful as that bout. I beg to differ!! ... (5 replies)
... Ive got the hair ball Feeling its awful and its four am now so yes im still hurting lots i was not told i had stitches but found out about an hour ago when i thought i was choking but spat up three of them my hair ball feeling was a bit better after that so maybe its the stitches causing that (129 replies)
... member i started crying to the nurse...ha...not cause it hurt, but cause i was just in a daze. Felt like a very weak sore throat. I had to stay for about an hour after the surgery was over, they made sure i could drink and pee, and let me go. Super nice people, super easy process. I'm home now. ... (47 replies)
... As a girl very prone to anxiety, I thought I would write in in case anyone else is looking for support in case they are going to be having a tonsillectomy anytime soon. I wanted to read others stories before I went in, so this might help you too...? ... (2 replies)
... nsil is bigger than the other. They said that everything looks fine and that theres probably nothing wrong, but the only way to tell is if they were to perform a tonsillectomy which I DEFINITELY did not want to do. ... (2 replies)
... thing. The doctor said my right tonsil was more infected and all kinds of pus and grossness came out of it. They were so large and deeply embedded that he used stitches on them, not sure if he cauterized to or not. ... (25 replies)
... ff you did on the 24 as well. Tonsillectomy, Uvulectomy, Inferior Turbinate reduced, and Septoplasty. I am still having a little pain in the uvula area and the stitches really bug me. So I am still taking a little codeine to take the edge off the roof of my mouth area. ... (16 replies)
