Tonsillectomy postop: You need to expect a very sore throat for at least 2 weeks. Once you start to heal, you will likely take another 2-4 weeks to get back to normal. Your voice shouldn't change much as an adult, unless your tonsils are extremely large.
Answered 4/28/2013
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Rarely: Long term side effects for tonsillectomy are rare. They include voice changes, food form mouth into nose when eating known as velopharyngeal incompetency (1/350, 000 tonsillectomies) recover is 10-14 days for bleeding in an otherwise healthy patient.
Answered 6/10/2013
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