Adults who have had tonsils removed?

How long did it take you to heal (adults only) after you had your tonsils removed? Today is the sixth day after surgery and I can’t even talk yet. Do not get me started on how impossible it is for me to eat, still.

I’m starting to get worried because I only took ten days off of work (doctor recommended), but if I can’t even talk by the sixth day, that doesn’t bode well, does it?

It just doesn’t seem like my healing is progressing at all. The pain is about the same and I’ve already dropped about twelve pounds in these last six days. I’m kind of worried about how much more I’m going to lose until I can start eating again. :(