I had also read all the horror stories and prepared myself for the worst, but I can tell you that it has not been as bad as I expected. I am 37 and am on day seven of my recovery. I took the advice to keep on drinking fluids, and I must say, I think that has helped me recover without too much pain. Yes, my throat hurts when I swallow, and yes, the ear pain is constant but tolerable. I have kept up with my pain meds every four hours, and I am not doing my normal activities. I can sit, watch TV, read, catch up on emails, do laundry, help kids with their homework, etc. I am also sleeping through the night, which I never did in the past with strep. I am normally a huge water drinker, but it has not tasted good this last week, so I am drinking a lot of flavored water and warm tea. Also, the vitamin/energy water tastes good. When you get to the point of eating food, macaroni and cheese goes down easily and provides substance beyond Jell-O and popsicles.

I'm a 41-year-old female, and I need to have a tonsillectomy in three weeks. I have heard a lot of good and bad stories, and even my doctor today told me it was going to hurt. So I told him to lie to me! He also said it's going to be a tough one because my mouth doesn't open very wide, and my tongue is really high. Also, my tonsils are way too big. Not sure what to expect, but I'm wishing for the best.

I had a tonsillectomy and functional endoscopic sinus surgery all at once last Tuesday. I am a 28-year-old female. I must say though that the pain from the tonsillectomy was not what I expected. I have had epiglottis in the past, and that was the worst throat pain I have ever experienced. What made me very uncomfortable was having the sinus surgery done at the same time.

I am a 24 year old female. I had a tonsillectomy 11 days ago. The first few days after the surgery were not bad at all. I have more pain now than I did then. I am still only able to eat very soft things and a little bit at a time. It really only hurts when I swallow, but I thought I would have recovered faster. I have lost weight, but am able to eat a little more every day, so I'm on my way to recovery. I believe it will be worth it becuase I was getting strep throat all the time. The worst part is just being so hungry and having no energy for so long.

I am 21 years old and I am on my 2nd week after surgery. I still have minor pains on the lower part of my throat, which makes yawning very uncomfortable. I have to say though I feel better without them now then I ever have with them. The pain was fairly bad the first few days. I had trouble with cold foods up until recently surprisingly. The foods that made it easy for me to eat were always room temperature. I did not eat as much and I have gone down 20lbs from 155. I would say that was the worst part of all was losing an unhealthy amount of weight over such a short period of time.

I'm a 26 year old female who had a tonsillectomy and "inferior turbinate modification." My nasal surgery didn't seem to hurt me at all. What hurt most was swallowing, and one week and two days after surgery, I'm still in too much pain to swallow any substantial food. Even soft food and water hurts. Now I'm a bit dehydrated and I think that's why my pain is worse now than it should be. I feel worst after waking up, my throat is so raw! Make sure you get plenty of fluids or else you'll be in lots of pain. My medications for pain and antibiotics are nasty, tear up my stomach, and made me throw up a few times. I think It will take me a month to recover.

I am a 41 year old who had tonsils out 5 days ago. Other than the day I came home from the hospital and part of the next day, it was painful. Since those first few days, the pain is no stronger than when I had tonsillitis which was every other month since I was 3 years old. You have to drink water (I liked mine room temp) and eat popsicles. The best thing to do is to keep your mouth moist. I took meds every 4 hours and set my phone clock to wake me up to take the meds in the middle of the night, eat jello and have an ice pop with water. I am doing very well and wanted to share a positive experience.