When did you all finally stop having throat pains?

Ok so 20F who had tonsillectomy alongside tubes put in ears (for the second time) and I'm almost back to normal on day 6! The issue is I'm taking so much damn pain medication to function that its making me nervous. I'm not on hydrocodone anymore which is what I was given instead I'm taking ideprofen and Tylenol but I'm taking about 4 to 6 doses throughout the day switching between the 2 every 3 hours to lessen my pain. I've been doing this for 3 days now and I'm scared I'll make myself really sick from it especially as yesterday I took about 3200mg of ideprofen alone to help swelling. When did you guys finally become pain free? (Also off topic but least for me wisdom teeth surgery felt worse than this- fuck the wisdom teeth surgery and dry socket)