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October 2012 Weddings

NWR: Ouch : Vent

As some of you may know, I had my tonsils out last Thursday. I did pretty good initially and then my pain started getting progressively worse until I finally lost it on Tuesday and called the doctors office. They said I could start ibuprofen every four hours and yesterday I felt great and was actually able to eat for the first time all week! Last night between 11pm and 12am I was starting to hurt as I wad falling asleep, but I was due for pain meds narcotic at 1am. I fell asleep and unfortunately, it was a fairly heavy sleep due to the effects of the pain meds I've been on. FI and I slept until 220am and I woke up really hurting. I can't be Mac at him because I should be waking up on my own, but he had his alarm set for me and turned it off and never woke me up! I choked down the meds and fell asleep again, only to wake up at 550am in excruciating pain. All I could do was cry and FI was panicking and trying to figure out if he needed to take me to the ER. It was not good. I ended up taking the narcotic again and waking up in two hours to take the ibuprofen and have been alternating one every two hours all day. I'm still in way more pain than I was in yesterday and I can't figure that out. I love FI but his approach to the pain issues has been that it MUST be from something I did or didn't do. Like, I must not be drinking enough or last night I skipped my 3am dose of ibuprofen so it must be that. I think it just bugs him that I am uncomfortable and he wants me better but his approach blaming me is not very good. I'm just tired and hurting so ignore my rambling. I'm just ready to be better!

Re: NWR: Ouch : Vent

  • Unfortunately that's what happens with this type of surgery because everything starts to heal 3 4 days after. I work at a ENT and we usually tell the older patients they will feel back to normal in 2 weeks. Some patients recover faster then others. It's nothing that your doing, just don't stop drinking fluids that's the worst thing you could do. Get Well Soon!!!!!!
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  • ugh...I feel like CRAP!  I was feeling so good yesterday (Post Op day 6) that I was just bummed when I did a backslide today!
  • You did nothing wrong. The older you are when you get your tonsils out, the worse it hurts. I had mine out when I was 15 and I was miserable for two weeks and only semi comfortable for the two weeks after that. Perscription strengths ibuprofen is 600 mg and you can take that every 4 hours, so I'm sure you can up your dosage if need be. However, if it continues to hurt that badly, I would probably get them checked out. My best friends tonsils got infected when she had them taken out. It was pretty nasty. That may have happened to you.
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