ivy25
Hi Tiffany, My daughter is 15 and had her tonsills and adnoids taken out last summer. She used to get sore throat almost once a month and now she has only had one since last summer. The key is lots of popcicles and get different brands and varieties as you will get sick of them but they help so much. She tried ice cream once but it made too much mucous slime in her throat so she basicly lived on popcicles for 4 days then added soups after that. She used no pain meds as she gets sick from them so she toughed it out. Drink lots of water as that helps you heal faster. You should feel back to normal within a month but I would take between 1 and 2 weeks off from work to be sure you get your rest. Good luck, it is painful but as my daughter says, she would do it again now that she knows how much it improved her life.