Advice about tonsillectomy?

I am having my tonsils taken out in 3 days and at first i was not nervouse at all and i really thought it wouldn't matter just go in get it done with and everything would be okay....as the day gets closer i am getting more and more nervous i can't sleep and i am just getting scared! i don't know what to do please help!Advice about tonsillectomy?
English singer Will Young is said to be struggling to sing after undergoing an operation to have his tonsils removed.Advice about tonsillectomy?
I can understand your nervousness, but the procedure is so old and people have been getting them for years, and turn out just fine. You'll be fine. It's not something that Drs. just learned to do. They are experienced and trained. Below is a site that you can go on to help you get better educated on the procedure that you're going thru.
ive never gotten mine taken out but my dad did and he said they used a litle laser to cut them off. then after that he had to get a special ice pack that wrapped aroung his neck. he was also constantly spitting out blood for the next month
Well, its OK to be nervous! I mean its surgery...not a fun day at disney:) When i had mine out i remember having a really bad sore throat and my tongue was painful and swollen from the clamp they used to hold it out of the way during the procedure. But, i was kept pretty comfortable with medication and slept alot the first few days afterwards.


But...3-4 days after surgery i was out of my house, doing ';normal'; things. I carried a little sports bottle of sweet tea with me (i am from the south)...the sweet tea was nice because it did not burn like juice or soda and had more taste then water. I found it to be very soothing:)


For the first few days i slurped up warm broth and drank ensure, after that i moved on to things like mashed potatoes and mac and cheese...gradually working my way up to normal food again after about 5-7 days. Oh ya, first few daus...stay away from ice cream and things like that....just tust me on that.


Its OK to be scared...but trust me when i say that my life has been sooooo much better since i had mine taken out. For me, strep and toncilitis are a thing of the past. If i do get sick my throat might get a bit scratchy...and i always think wow, if i still had my tonscils i would be soooooo misreable. SO ya, it has changed my life for the better.


Just follow your doctors orders, take the pain meds when you need them (that is what they are there for) and take it easy for a few days, before you know it you will be back up and at it. Like i said there is some pain, but it is barable, not much worse then really bad strep. Good luck sweetie and you will be fine:)


PS is you are losing sleep over it not...you can just make it all up with a few days full of naps following the surgery:)


Oh and sorry about the spelling..spell check does not seem to be working for me.
Becky, I am a nurse and I worked for 3 years on a medical / surgical floor of a local hospital. One of the surgical things I worked with a lot was pediatrics. Doing this we had a lot of tonsillectomy patients.





Being nervous and scared is a very normal reaction. You are letting a stranger knock you out and cut on your body. Anyone would feel the same way. Usually the morning of the surgery (or whenever it is scheduled) your doctor will see you. Be sure to tell him / her how you are feeling about the entire situation. The doctor will be able to help answer any last minute questions you have.





I'll be honest with you. Your throat will be very sore but your doctor will have pain medication ordered for you. After the surgery you will start off with a liquid diet and should start off with sucking on ice chips and advancing as you can tolerate. You may be nauseated (upset stomach). If this happens there should be med's ordered to make this stop. You may also start having a fever after the surgery. This is very normal and the nurses will be able to give you Tylenol or Ibuprofen to bring the fever back down just like when you are sick. After you are able to eat you will want to stay away from hard scratchy things like chips and popcorn because these can scratch open the surgical site as you swallow them.





The patients I worked with usually stayed in the hospital over night and were released the next morning. This differs from hospital to hospital and weather you have any complications from the surgery. Not to scare you any more but any surgery has it's risk but in my experience this only happened 1 out of every 10 surgeries and this was usually post op bleeding that caused the doctor to take the patient back to surgery to cauterize the surgical site.





Something you might try to help decrease your fear and anxiety would be things that can distract you. Read a book. Play video games. Listen to music or whatever else you normally do to relax yourself.





Good Luck!!!