Hang in there and take it easy for another week. Did your doctor prescribe liquid pain relievers such as Roxicet or Lortab Elixir? If not, get them filled and stick with soft foods. I had my tonsillectomy and septum surgery last year and was able to go back to work in 10 days. I used the Roxicet for the first few days but stopped because it was so narcotic that I had bad dreams. The Lortab Elixir was much better and was able to function as a human being.

The liquid stuff Lortab Elixir or the generic Hydrocodone APAP will absorb much faster than the caplets. I could function with this stuff. The Roxicet or Liquid Percocet or Generic Oxycodone would make my head spin.

As for the scabs, I do not know what is normal. Did you read the sticky of LisaMP's Adult guide to surviving a Tonsillectomy?