Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy... tell me what you know.

[Tinks]

I remember being back at school a week after I had my tonsils out. It was painful though. I lived on jelly, ice cream, mashed potato and yoghurt for a week which was great for me at the time . My mum had hers out in her 30's and had the worst time recovering.

Your DS will be fine, it's the best thing you can do for him if he's always getting sick. Hope all goes well for you.

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My DD1 had tonsils, adenoids & grommits done at 5.
She was ok the next day, took 2 - 3 days for her to act/play like normal, but its a total of 2 weeks to completely recover.
She refused to eat the first day, but started slowly the second day. I think they have to avoid nose blowing for the 2 weeks too from what I remember.

The surgery is hard, but as Marnikat said, there are no needles til they are out. It doesn't take long.
DD had a reaction to the anaesthetic too, but its something that runs in our family. Nothing dangerous or life threatening, just being awake & crying the second she came out. She didn't sleep it off & wasn't drowsy like the others.

[deepest_blue]

My son is 3 and a half and has had tonsillitis constantly for most of his life. We can no longer medicate him as he is allergic to all of the medication ( i mean all we have tried everything) I have just made him an appointment with a great ENT in Sydney. But I am very worried.

As with your question, I can say that I had mine out at 11years old after suffering for years. The operation was fine but the post surgery pain was not too good. Had 2 weeks of very painful eating and drinking, but was well worth it. Since then I am never really sick I am 26 years old and even in cold/ flu season I don't get sick. So is worth the pain.
I guess I should heed my own words. I am just not looking forward to the pain he will be in after.
Good luck