The trifecta of surgeries if you will. I had all three of mine on December 10, 2008. The surgery itself went fine, but the ENT found some issues with both my tonsils and the polyp. The polyp was more of a growth, like a growth the size of a dime in diameter and as long as my pinkie. YIKES!!! So he had to cut more out of my nose than he thought. Secondly, because of my lifelong issue with tonsils, they were in worse shape than he thought. Scar tissue was in behind the tonsils, as well as the fact that they extended down my throat. So the ENT doc had to cut much more than he thought, including muscles in the throat. I came out of surgery well but I had trouble breathing, which they said was expected. I immediately told them that I wanted to spend the night, and the doctor had already said he knew I needed to.
I got no sleep the first night since my nose was packed with gauze from the septum repair and the growth removal. I got maybe an hour of sleep. The nurses and staff at the hospital were great, and they attended to all of my needs. I spent the night at the hospital and checked out the next morning.
What I've seen so far since I've been home..... 1)I HATE the saline nose rinses. I have to rinse out both sides of my nose with a saline solution. I fill up one side until it comes out the other side of my nose and then repeat. 3x/day, and it always gives me a headache afterwards. It is the only part of the meds I don't like. 2)Nighttime is the worst part of this. Since I am sleeping a little bit, I am not drinking any fluids and when I do wake up my throat is raw. So I drink some fluids and take the liquid vicodin and I am usually ok. 3)As long as I am on top of my fluids and meds, I feel ok, just very tired. I wonder why this hits adults so hard, but I feel just whipped. I got up for about 5 minutes and felt like I had walked 10 miles, so I laid back down. I guess it is safe to say rest is needed. My wife has been great taking care of me and my two boys are very concerned about me and are easy with me. Frankly I want to throw them around and have fun, but I know it will be a while. I actually ate some cold Mac N Cheese at lunch (about 6 or 7 bites) and I felt full. How funny!! Safe to say I am sure I'll lose some weight, but overall I just have accept the fact that a tonsillectomy and the other surgeries are not as routine for those of us over 21. I look forward to being able to get out of the house next week for a few minutes at best, and I hope to be back to normal around Christmas.
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