Top Ten Tuesday- Surgery edition

My top ten facebook  posts I made after my tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy and sinus surgery last week


1.Surgery went well- Dr said he didn't know how I could breathe with how bad my nose was. Throat pain is not as bad as I thought it would be, but the nose part is very annoying and sore. Didn't sleep much last night- hard when I am propped up and I think the Lortab kept me up- going to try tylenol tonight. So frustrating that I'm not allowed to talk!

2. I have never felt so stuffy in my entire life. I can't even nap because the second I fall asleep, I sound like a freight train and wake myself up. Can't wait to get these splints out.  Shocked that the liquid Tylenol worked much better than the Lortab on my throat pain.

3. whoever tightened my head in a vice can let up on the pressure now...please? Worst night sleep of my life. I have so much phlegm, I keep gagging, can't lay down or I'll puke. Miserable

4. so far day three is the worst...feel like I'm going to die. :( I didn't realize part of my procedure was to run my tongue over with a truck

5. The post-op suctioning of sinuses was the single most horrifying experience of my life. I will have nightmares

 6. woke up at 4am in intense pain from a dry throat- I think that means the scabs are going to start to come off. Had to take Lortab, swish with numbing stuff, spray chloroseptic and take phenergan to keep from puking. Even so, I was drenched with sweat from the amount of pain and I still can't keep up. Going to be a fun day.

7. I have officially solved our country's weight problem. No, it's not to remove everyone's tonsils...just scrape off the taste buds and get a stuffy nose. Even when I have no throat pain and can swallow food, not being able to taste it AT ALL makes it SO hard to even take a couple bites of applesauce. If we could come... up with a pill to take before you eat that made you not taste it, we could make a fortune. Hmmm

8. my sinuses have me wanting to cry at all times. This is very depressing. Maybe one day I'll be able to say it was worth it, but it's hard right now.

9. If what I'm feeling in the back of my throat is any indication of the pain I'm supposed to feel when the scabs begin to fall off, I'm in for a rough one. Had to get out of bed (I actually slept in my own bed- yay!) to come wait for the Lortab to kick in.

‎...not a good sign- I'm 1 1/2 hours into my last dose of pain meds and I feel no comfort. Can't take anything else until 10am. This is unbearably depressing.

 10. Fell asleep for almost an hour, but because I can't breathe out of my nose yet, woke with my throat on fire with dry scabs. Remoistening and trying again- vicious cycle. For the record- I would NOT recommend doing the tonsil/adenoid removal at the same time as sinus surgery. I would space them apart a few months. Too hard to have to breathe through my mouth and keep my throat moist.

 I'm still a mess and still updating my status, but I'll spare you.  Next week maybe I'll have the Top Ten Tips for Surviving Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy/Sinus surgery! 

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