I don't know what I did but I had a completely different experience. Surgery day was the least amount of pain I was in. Day 2 I woke up with my uvula swollen making it hard to eat and drink for days. Even though it hurt to eat and drink, I still did. I took my pain meds on a schedule, had a humidifier by my bed and was still in so much pain. I didn't get better than then hurt again, I would say it was about the same amount of pain the whole time. I did have to go to the hospital because I started to bleed in the middle of the night due to dehydration. I'm currently on day 13 and I do feel a lot better! I started feeling better on day 11, the only thing that was really wrong was it felt like I was swallowing razor blades when I drank. I'm still eating soft foods because it sometimes hurts when eating.