Adults who have had tonsillectomies?

Had mine out as an adult. Be sure to drink. You will want to chug a big glass of water you will be so thirsty but you won't be able to. Carry your water with you and sip it. You can hold ice chips in your mouth and swallow as they melt. The funny thing is when I would swallow I would close my eyes and grimace and when I opened my eyes everyone else was making the same face. Popsicles will be good too as they are cool and you only get a little liquid at a time. Eventually, you will move on to solid soft foods like soup, oatmeal, eggs. Your body will let you know when but the water and fluids is the most important. Don't worry about the exercise. You will likely loose wt because of the limited intake and when you feel better you can get back at it. Good luck.

My sister just had hers out 2 weeks ago - and it was pretty rough. She was on only liquid foods for several days (she tried solids after about 3 days and said that was a painful mistake), and had to take it really easy. She passed out at least twice even after 3 days had gone by. She luckily had someone home with her at all times. She talked like Minnie Mouse (and very quietly) for nearly a full week, and had days that were better and then it'd get bad again. She's now working again but still having some pain.

I'd suggest just taking it as easy as you possibly can.

ETA: My sister suggest checking out children's liquid medicines if you need them. She had a reaction to one of the meds the doctors gave her, so was taking liquid Benadryl with it, for example.

I don't know if you have heard of Del's Lemonade(it's a Rhode Island thing)....it's basically like a slurpie...flavored crushed ice...My son had lots of this stuff after he had is tonsils removed

I had one at 27. I won't lie - it hurt like all hell and I had an amazing surgeon. (This chap takes car of the English opera singers) but before I had it done, I was really sick for at least one week out of every four.

During aftercare: keep your days free, stock up on the painkillers that work best for you and arrange a lot of distractions. (DVDs of shows that I always wanted to see but never did really helped me) Aftercare will last as long as it does depending on your fitness and general health. I was fit and eating well before mine and it took me 2 weeks to fully recover.

During aftercare, always keep a water bottle and a straw handy - it hurts worse if your throat dries out (did it once and NEVER again after that

Your tastebuds may not work properly for 6 weeks after your op. Everything tasted like warm cardboard to me but never fear, your sense of taste will come back.

Eat, and eat well. Your body needs it to recover. Porridge, soft-boiled eggs, rice-crispies (in warm milk) buttered toast, rice-sauteed veg+cheese, grilled salmon and mashed potatoes were all the foods that I found most digestible during my recovery.

Despite all the above, 3 months down the line, I was delighted I made the decision to have the surgery and went through the temporary discomfort to gain the overall health benefits. I am sure you will feel the same way.

No you do not want dairy, it puts a film in the back of your throat and you want to keep swallowing to clear it. Unless you just love pain, I would not eat or drink any dairy or carbonated anything.

I had mine out when I was 21, and it was excrutiating!! I think a lot of countries wont do the surgery on an adult anymore, as it is just too painful to recover from!
For me, I struggled to even eat jelly afterwards, but took the pain medication and forced some down just so that I could leave the hospital.

I had mine out when I was 20. It was one of the best things I have ever done. It was a little rude that little kids who had the same surgery were up running around eating and talking and I couldn't do either. So it was unpleasant but so were my tonsills. You can do this.