Difference in voice after tonsillectomy?

Hi! I have tonsillitis and I need to go to surgery next Friday. Many people who also had tonsillectomy told me many different things. I heard that my voice will be changed. I'm worried now because I'm a member of one choir. I need to know how long I will have that difference in my voice after tonsillectomy. Thanks!

Don't worry! Your voice will be changed temporarily. I had tonsillectomy last year and I remember that funny voice. It was really funny. As I can remember, that change will last for first few weeks after surgery. You probably should not sing in your choir during that first month after surgery. Good luck!

I just had a tonsillectomy a week ago, and I was the lucky one in one hundred who had severe bleeding around day 6 or 7. My scab fell off, and I lost about a quart of blood. It clotted on it's own, and it's fine now, but I will tell you that I was not able to talk AT ALL until this happened.

It was too painful in the sense that it put too much stress on my throat. If I did manage to squeak something out on a good day, my voice was very far back in my throat and sounded phlegmy.

Now that my scabs are gone my voice is back to normal.

I just had my tonsils and adnoids removed 8 days ago. Let me tell you, it's no picnic. Your voice will change if you are able to speak. But my word of advice to you is that when the doctors say it's important you drink, they are not kidding. A gallon a day is the average you should be drinking. It helps the scabs come off without bleeding and with less pain and your recovery to be quick. I however am still waiting on my voice to return to normal. I'm hoping the people above me are correct.