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Adult Tonsillectomy Recovery – Days 11-14 + Expectations vs. Reality

You can read about the first 10 days of my recovery process here and here. Post-Op Day 11: Weight: 129.8 Pain level (scale of 1-10)/medicine: Up until this point, I had not had much pain at all. That quickly changed last night! I took Tylenol around 9:30 PM, but by the time I went to bed later,… Continue reading Adult Tonsillectomy Recovery – Days 11-14 + Expectations vs. Reality

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Adult Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy Recovery – Days 6-10

You can read about days 1-5 here. Post-Op Day 6: Weight: 132.0 (I’m not eating much at all, but I think the steroids are making me retain weight. I also think my body is hoarding the calories that I do consume). Pain level (scale of 1-10)/medicine: I woke up with pain around a level 3-4. I decided… Continue reading Adult Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy Recovery – Days 6-10

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Adult Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy Recovery – Days 1-5

History/Why I’m having the surgery: I have had recurring throat infections that have become much more frequent in recent years. I have visited a doctor for a sore throat at least 14 times in 2017 and early 2018. In most cases my strep test comes back negative, I’m diagnosed with a viral infection, and typically given an… Continue reading Adult Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy Recovery – Days 1-5