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I just wanted to know is the recovery process for a tonsillectomy that painful?
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Tonsillectomy pain: It can be everyone is different. The better hydrated you keep yourself the less pain you will have. It generally takes about a week to recover. Unfortunately the painless tonsillectomy does not exist.
Answered 4/4/2014
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