Spashop - I was only given Vicodin. My DR told me to only take one every 4 hours and to take Tylenol in between if needed. I have a weak stomach and would always feel nausous , so I was perscribed Promethazine HCL plain syrup on the 2nd day and it does wonders. It eases the nausea and also helps you sleep. When I went to the hospital on the 7th day for bleeding the ER DR took one look at my throat and gave be another perscription for more pain meds and told me to take 2 every 4 hours and that helped sooooo much. Don't get me wrong, I was still in pain but it felt much better compared to taking only one. In hindsite, I think the first 4 days you are coming off the anathesisa(sp) and this was what made me have so much nausea. I just experienced this recentley with my last operation with the soft palate. Also I never ate much, just jello, italian ices and pudding in the beginning. What I would do is crush the pills and put them in the jello...it tasted disgusting but it did the job. Good luck :angel: One more thing...don't blow your nose.