Day 14

I have reached the minimum recommended time off post op today, and to be honest I don't feel like I'd be ready to resume normal life fully just yet. Still some moderate pain, although I think a lot of that today is because I'm pretty sure there's scabby bits making a bid for freedom on both sides of my throat which is super uncomfortable.

I'm also really emotional today, not sure if it's PMS, frustration at not being better yet, leaving my mum's and all the nice being looked after for a few days or a combination of all three. Either way I'm lying on my bed in my dad's flat as I type this, tearing up a bit and wishing my dad was here to give me a hug and tell me to not be so silly. At least I'll see him over in Ireland next week and get looked after by him and my step-mum. My brother collected me from mum's at lunch and has left me here for the afternoon whilst he's at work then he's taking me to the train station this evening. Hopefully I'll be less teary by then - crying on the train would be mega embarrassing! Especially if someone asked if I was ok, and knowing my luck they'd be one of those "but a tonsillectomy isn't that bad, I know someone who had them done as a kid and was better instantly" people, then I'd have to explain the whole adult tonsillectomy is actually hell thing. Blah.