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25640. arkymalarky - 9/4/2009 1:54:34 PM Oh, I meant the pain after. Bro did it when they used packing and he was miserable but he said he didn't have pain. They put me completely under and gave me a shot of demerol as soon as I was conscious and I'm taking percocet for pain, which is working well. I don't know if it has codeine, but it isn't making me sick, so I'm good. I haven't missed a dose, though, and I'm ready for relief when it's time.
I've had chronic issues a long, long time and my septum was almost completely blocking one side, so this is well worth it to me. I should have done it 30 years ago. BUT the post-op visit is supposedly very unpleasant. Thankfully he did most of that in surgery, which he wasn't planning to do. So I'll let y'all know after that visit (Sept 11) how it was, but it won't be what most have to go through. It's definitely worth a shot at not being miserable most of the time, but if it isn't chronic I'd have to see what the cleaning out part is like. They do numb you for it, but they say it still hurts and to come prepared. They won't let you drive yourself home afterward, even tho they don't use general anesthesia. 25641. arkymalarky - 9/4/2009 8:25:06 PM Well, got a small downer today. My nose is stuffy, naturally, but it swelled up on the outside earlier, so Bob called the clinic just to be sure it was okay. In talking to the nurse he mentioned how great I could breathe right after surgery and asked how long it would take to get back like that. She said the reason I was so clear was the meds they used to open my nose during surgery. It's comical to me, because I was astounded at the difference and assumed most people breathed like that all the time and I had never realized it. 25642. wabbit - 9/5/2009 12:35:51 AM Fingers crossed. And why can't they just give you those nasal-passage-opening drugs anyway?? 25643. arkymalarky - 9/5/2009 1:43:40 AM I agree! But she did say if I stopped up completely I could use Afrin to open up, but it's that whole issue of getting dependent on them to stay open at all. But I'm good so far. I know I'll be somewhere between what I was for forty years and the perfect miracle cure I thought I had when I woke up from surgery! 25644. wabbit - 9/5/2009 1:52:53 AM Well then at least the glass is half full, and perhaps your sinuses are not! 25645. judithathome - 9/5/2009 4:15:29 AM Geez, Arky, I expected you to be breathing clearly today...hoping it happens soon! 25646. arkymalarky - 9/5/2009 8:13:46 AM Thanks! My nose is full of stitches and it will take longer for the swelling to go all the way down, according to them, than I was expecting. But after going so long, it doesn't seem too bad to say I'll feel the full effects by the holidays. 25647. Wombat - 9/5/2009 4:01:29 PM Hang in there Arky! 25648. arkymalarky - 9/5/2009 7:40:57 PM Thanks! They told Bob days two and three would be the worst, and that means tomorrow I should be great! I'll be glad when I can quit sleeping propped up in the living room. It really hasn't been bad, though. The 3X a day sinus irrigation isn't fun.
I really can't imagine what it would have been like if I'd had my nose packed. The thing about this way is that with pain meds it's too easy to forget I had surgery. I need a nose guard or something. I'll go to work Wed, but I'll be at a three day workshop, not in class. Don't know how that compares to down time with packing. 25649. Wombat - 9/5/2009 10:00:20 PM My wife was told not to sneeze or blow her nose after the surgery. I was terrified that she would sneeze and blow out her brains (or send bloody wads of gauze flying across the room). Fortunately, she was able to avoid sneezing. 25650. arkymalarky - 9/5/2009 11:23:42 PM That is scary. I remember Robert posted that he blew a stint out of place when he sneezed. I can sneeze, but can't close my mouth or nose, so I hope I don't have to sneeze when anyone's around. Bro fell out of the back of a pickup while unloading something from it (was supposed to be laid up, of course) and broke his wrist and even though he hit his nose, thankfully it didn't do any damage. 25651. wabbit - 9/5/2009 11:46:20 PM In my youth, I hit my first husband with a solid left hook and knocked him out cold for a good five minutes. He laughed about it later, because I simultaneously re-broke and corrected his nose.
And no, that is not an offer. 25652. arkymalarky - 9/6/2009 12:19:26 AM Haha! Were you glad or irritates that you ended up doing him a favor?
I know a guy who had to have this due to a broken nose, but they had to do a lot more. Which reminds me: when the doc called to reschedule my surgery I told him the main problem was as a teacher I'd now be missing work and I needed to know the soonest possible day I could go back. He said the main issue would be my rib. I didn't get it, and he said it was just the bone graft from my rib would be pretty sore. I was trying to act like I wasn't in a panic, but I knew nothing about a bone graft and my confusion made it through finally. He had thought I was another patient. 25653. Ms. No - 9/6/2009 12:44:19 AM Oh, jeeze! Give a girl a heart attack, why doncha? 25654. anomie - 9/6/2009 3:57:58 AM Another patient...sure...uh huh...I bet he was just ribbing ya.
25655. judithathome - 9/6/2009 12:15:17 PM ...which wouldn't have been as bad as that pun! ;-) 25656. anomie - 9/6/2009 2:30:52 PM Ha! Yes, they have to be sorta handed to me like that. I couldn't resist. 25657. arkymalarky - 9/6/2009 3:19:21 PM I'm just glad he didn't de-rib me on the operating table! 25658. Wombat - 9/6/2009 3:46:34 PM Well, if you have a rib to spare, or a short one, you wouldn't miss it. 25659. arkymalarky - 9/6/2009 5:24:33 PM *groan*
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