Tonsillectomy

I just had one last week. It's been about 6 days or so since. And I can't get the taste out of my mouth. Yuck.

So questions are:
How long before the taste goes away?
How long before I can eat regular foods without any discomfort?
How long before I can talk normal again?

Anything else you feel the need to input, please do.

I got my tonsils pulled about three years ago. I remember that funky taste...

I sucked down bathtubs of orange soda after I got mine pulled. I also had a huge box of Nerd candy next to my bed.I lived off of that for about a week. (Maybe not healthy, but hey, my throat hurt!)

I had mine when I was a kid, so I can't remember much of it, but I think I was back to normal in less than two weeks. For me, orange juice burned like hell but ice cream helped a lot :D

I'm getting mine out within the next couple of weeks. Can anyone tell me what it's like before and after? I have a phobia of doctors and hospitals, and never had surgery before. .__.

It's not nice.. I won't go into detail. But it's definitely worth it because I hardly ever get ill now!

I've had tonsillitis twice this year and it really affects me because I am a swimming teacher. Do the doctors recommend surgery or do you have to like ask for it?

@ thesynysterrev
They don't like referring people to have the surgery anymore, you have to have had it like 6 times in a year before they consider you. I managed to get referred because I was doing my nursing training at the time and was missing so much because I constantly had tonsillitis! It's not a surgery I would reccomend.. I really struggled with getting over it all but I was unlucky with mine, but if its affecting your work it's worth talking to you GP about!

I was like 16 when I had my tonsils taken out. They say the older you get the harder it is to recover from it. I missed two weeks of school and my mom kept me so doped up on pain pills I can't remember much. I did manage to eat a cheeseburger the next day. I had to pinch it off in tiny pieces though.

I think the worst part is if your throat gets dry. You HAVE to keep your throat hydrated. If not, you'll start coughing and run a risk of tearing your scabs open and bleeding out - which you could die from because you bleed so fast from there. SO just stay hydrated.

Basically, the whole hospital deal isn't bad. I went to the hospital the morning of and they put an IV in me (which wasn't that painful.) Then I waited for like forever. Then they took me back and I was talking about my boyfriend at the time to the nurses as they were putting me to sleep and I swear, it hits you like a ton of freaking bricks. You don't even feel it coming on really - you're just out. Then you wake up in recovery. You might react to the anesthesia differently, but I woke up and started crying. Any kind of stuff like that tears my nerves apart so, yeah. They'd hopped me up on some sweet ass pain meds while I was out, so I felt awesome the first day. I was just tired.

The rest of the two weeks went smoothly - until the scabs start coming off. The 7th or 8th day is the WORST. Your throat feels itchy as hell and there's the fact that you KNOW you're going to swallow these nasty ass scabs. But there's not much you can do.

Stay doped up, hydrated, and whatever you do DO NOT LOOK AT YOUR THROAT IF YOU DONT HAVE TO. It's really gross.

I was 15 when I got my tonsils taken out. I had had what my doctor called cryptic tonsillitis (basically meaning my tonsils had deep pockets), and this lasted a whole year, along with frequent strep. I asked my mom if I could get my tonsils out, and she asked my doctor if it would be a good idea and she said yes.

The surgery wasn't bad; they stuck me with an IV (after missing a few times), and then put me under. They took out my tonsils and some of my adenoids. When I woke up, I stuck around for a couple hours and then went home with prescription painkillers (liquid, so it wouldn't irritate my throat).

I missed a total of three days of school, because my mom wanted me to, but I didn't experience much pain at all; I had a little bit of discomfort but I only took my pain meds about half of the time and I was good. The only thing I hated was the taste of burning anytime I ate or drank something. They cauterized my throat instead of cutting and stitching (or whatever other methods they use), so I was tasting my own throat. It lasted for about a month.

The only part that was somewhat painful was my constant yawning, which was a result of the painkillers I was taking. The yawning didn't feel good to my throat and I counted twenty yawns in a minute at one point.