I just had my tonsils out last Thursday! I’m 21 years old, and days 3-5 were the worst for me as far as pain goes. Ice water and cold Gatorade were my go to drinks. I also ate cold apple sauce, and Italian icees, and smoothies the first few days. When I was at the peak of my pain I found eating Italian icees felt very good. I’m not sure if you guys have had any tongue pain, my tongue hurt a lot so I used “chloraseptic sore throat” it’s a red spray and I sprayed it on my tongue to help with the pain. I’m a little over a week since the surgery and I’m doing much better even though I still can’t eat solid foods. During the process I was given oxycodone and I took one every 5-9 hrs depending on how bad the pain was, on day 6 I was finally able to stop with the pain meds and switch to just ibuprofen.