Tongue pain after tonsillectomy

Hi, I'm on day 5 after my tonsillectomy. I feel pretty good, my throat does not hurt very much except when trying to swallow, but my tongue hurts really bad. When I look at it, it looks like there are two pretty big scars in it with white/yellow scabs, just like they kept the tongue down with something sharp that hurt it. It's painful, if I don't take the pain medication I can't even sleep. Have anyone else experienced this? Again, my throat is sore and I have the extremely bad breath, but it's nothing compared to the tongue pain.. I had fever day 2 and 3, but it's over, and last night I slept the whole night through without waking up. It's very painful to eat and drink, but I can do without much food, and I manage to drink enough water. BTW: Male, 25 years..

iI even hurt on the roof of my mouth as if i've been pushing against it .....i had one day where for about an hour i felt fine and thought alrighty i'm mending ........well it didn't last and here it is 9 days later and still hurting,...

my tongue was excruciating, much worse than my throat. A GP said the tip had been damaged by the gag that they use to keep mouth open. Even now five weeks later things are not right, and I have a foul salty taste in mouth all the time. I think they should warn you of this, never was mentioned but I see from psots that it occurs alot!

I'm a 22 year old female and just had my tonsils removed 2 days ago. The back of my tongue is as sore as my tonsils and the front sides are numb... i could bite them and not notice... and it's extremely white. Is this occuring for other ppl as well? Also... everything I manage to swallow goes up my nose... anyone else have this problem?

It's been six days since my tonsillectomy and I'm having ear pains as well as some hurting when I swallow (but of course this is all expected). My tongue was white yesterday but I took matters into my own hands and used a metal spoon to scrape it [not too hard]. Now my tongue is back to normal (a pink color). Drink LOTS of fluids as it helps make it go away, if not you might have THRUSH a yeast infection in your mouth. So far I've lost ten pounds and I'm only on day six! This makes me very happy since all girls want to be skinny now a days. Hopefully I'll lose about twenty, because I heard that after you recover, most people gain it all back? boo!!! Does anyone know about this?

Well, I had my tonsillectomy 4 days ago and on the right side of my tongue is a yellowish colored cut/burn.It is rather painful when I try to talk, and when in the hospital I mentioned it to the nurse and she said that the doctor likely hit my tongue when he was burning my tonsils. That may be what is wrong in your case too.

vanessa22 wrote:

I'm a 22 year old female and just had my tonsils removed 2 days ago. The back of my tongue is as sore as my tonsils and the front sides are numb... i could bite them and not notice... and it's extremely white. Is this occuring for other ppl as well? Also... everything I manage to swallow goes up my nose... anyone else have this problem?

haha i've been dealing with the same thing... its day 6... my throat doesn't hurt as much as my ears and my tounge is just generaly cut up, white, blotchy, and uncomfrotable... my mouth tastes like snot and urine and my breath reeks of old herring... does anyone no how long things like that are going to last... Oh and i went off my hydrocodone today, and got really hungry... in the first 6 days i lost 6 pounds... i've finally felt hunger since i went off the narcs... it sucks cause i can't eat without feeling naseau

i'm having the same problems, too with my tongue. i'm on day 8 now, and my throat hardly hurts at all, but my tongue burns like crazy in the back, especially if i lay on my side, and it makes my ear hurt, too. i remember also right after i woke up from the surgery that the tip of my tongue was twitching really bad. did that happen to anyone else? if so, how long did it take for the pain to quit?

Ok... so I totally feel your pain. I am 8 days out now and my tounge still hurts... NOONE told me my damn tounge was going to hurt. And for the first 6 days I thought I had thrush! Not cool... no warning on that one either. But there is light at the end of the tunnel I can see it because my tounge did hurt from the tip until all the way down my throat... but now it is just the very middle (where i tried to scrape the white stuff off -- FYI don't do that... it hurts so bad!). and in the back still by where my throat hurts. But question for you when I eat anything that is not complete mush (ie. pudding/applesause) it feels like parts of it get stuck in back... Norm? Not? WtF? I D K. Everyone says we will be much much better when it is all over... LET'S HOPE!!

i have mine out a day and i know i shouldnt expect to feel great so early but should i be this sore?? the back of my tongue hurts, i'm coughing up brown phlegm and my throat is on agony!
please help ,someone!!!
xxxx