My throat was sore after surgery Tuesday which was expected. Now however, my uluva (Sp?) that little thing that hangs in the back of your throat is swollen and half of it is white and touches my tongue (and even lays on top of my tongue). Its making me gag and its difficult to speak.

Has this happened to anyone? What did you do?:thumbup:

I called the dr on call last night (I was worried about going to sleep and choking as well as throwing up and band slippage) and she told me that its inflamed from being tubed during surgery and essentially that if I went to er they would just numb it. I asked in stead about using cloraseptic throat spray and she said to give that a try. I walked to the store and got spray and drops (by cepacol with maximum numbing right on the box!). It seems to help but I'm concerned it isn't going to go away???

They must have been pretty rough on you during tubing. My best friend had similar problems after her hysterectomy but she was out a lot longer. I would give it today and if it doesn't go down I would go camp out on my surgeon. It most likely is just injured from surgery but I can only imagine what that feels like.

I hope that swelling starts to go down soon.

I had an infected throat that caused this to happen.. but NOT from surgery. I needed antibiotics. I would suggest going to your general practicioner to see if you need antibiotics. Eating cold things did help with it.... but, it was soooo weird.