These additional instructions are to help you enjoy a smooth and uneventful recovery. Feel free to ask your doctor or the nurses about any specific questions you have. If they give you any instructions that differ from these, please follow them.

Having your tonsils and/or adenoids out isn't easy! There are some common problems you could experience as a result of your procedure. You will have a significant amount of pain, especially the first week. To keep the pain under control you should take your pain medicines on a regular schedule. This pain can be a lot like a bad strep throat infection. During the second week, post operative pain normally begins to improve slowly with each passing day. By the end of the third week you should be just about back to normal.

It is possible to have ear pain. This can be caused by a phenomenon called 'referred' pain. Referred pain is where injury in one area causes pain in another. It's sometimes hard to tell exactly where the pain is coming from, because the areas are so close together. Tell your doctor if it persists for more than a week or if it's extremely severe.