Tonsils Gone – The Update
I haven’t written in forever. I can only really think of two events worth writing about. Life has been very normal for the most part. (I am thankful for that.)
First event would be the removal of my tonsils. I’ll devote this entry to that event.
Dec 18th was when I had my tonsils removed. It was a strategic date because it would be the slowest at work and allow for me to have the longest and easiest recovery period. Yes it would involve Christmas, but I don’t really do family holidays so it was no biggie.
The morning of my surgery they take me back and I am placed across from a guy who was having knee work done. He was alone and very nervous. Honestly it broke my heart, I wanted to go over and tell him he would be ok and it isn’t as bad as his mind is making it to be. It still bothers me that he was there alone.
They gave me some medicine which in turn I reacted to (that should have been a warning sign). Whatever it was that they gave me made me super nervous and anxious. I got so frustrated with waiting that I was ready to leave. Eventually I think Steph got the nurses attention and they gave me some medicine to chill me out and it worked.
I remember going into the OR and asking the doc to take good care of me and the rest is a blur. I remembering waking up in recovery and the annoying beeps that mean you need to breath or something. I’m not sure when Steph came back. I remember drinking some apple juice which felt like drinking acid. The recovery aspect is kinda hazy.
Since I had 3 friends within the last year get their tonsils removed I was pretty well prepared for the recovery sucking. Here’s the thing…their complications or problems didn’t even phase me. I didn’t feel like my throat was so swollen I couldn’t breath. (I think that is because my tonsils were large to start off with – 11 grams and they were a little bigger than a golf ball.) I had some problems eating but not a whole lot.
My complication was once the pain medicine ran out and I switched over to percocet (per my family doctor) and even though I have taken percocet many times – this time the lovely side effect of nausea, with and without vomiting hit me like a mac truck. Let me just say this, vomiting when your tonsils have just been removed SUCKS BIG TIME and vomiting every 3 to 4 hours really really sucks.
I am very grateful for Stephanie because she was there to help however I needed but she also dealt with the doctor because I was just exhausted and my throat hurt so bad. The doctor gave her lots of problems (I won’t even go into them) but she helped get everything under control and I got back on pain medicine that didn’t make me violently ill.
After that was over with the recovery was pretty good. The parts I hated the most were the sore throat and ear aches. I hate those no matter how I feel.
So now a couple months post op I am glad I had the surgery. I feel like I sleep better. When I got sick I seemed to get better faster. I don’t feel like I’m choking all the time. It was worth it.