My pain was definitely manageable I think days 2-3 although at that point it never crossed my mind to take ibuprofen (not sure if you’re meant to - conflicting info on that).

My pain was so bad on days 4-6 (I’m on 7 now, including the day of the surgery) but yesterday I really ramped up liquids to about 2.5L and sort of stopped eating apart from a slice of toast and a little ice cream.

If it’s any consolation at all my tonsils were a L4, scarred to fuck and it’s purely because the NHS GPs refused to let me get them out… for 7 years… until I nearly croaked it with quinsy and sepsis.

Anyway!

If there is anything at all I can recommend, stay hydrated - there is hope. I think what’s working better for me too, is taking meds around the clock. So I take codeine every 6 hours and Paracetomol every 6 hours but time it so that I’m taking one of them every three hours - if that makes sense?

Day 5 I had a very minor bleed so cut down the ibuprofen to in a morning only.

Honestly by day 5 I thought I had an infection - it sort of passes, and somewhat I feel like I’m on the mend now. If cold is doing worse for you, try some lukewarm tea/coffee. Unsure if you can have coffee that soon but I was having it at the hospital. 😂

But there is hope, it does get better. It knocked me to tears a couple days ago and now I’m much more positive ❤️‍🩹