jgommel
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 Posted: 03/20/08 - 04:51 Post subject: Septoplasty & Turbinate Surgery - March 18th, 2008 |
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Well, it's been two days since my surgery, and my eyes, cheeks, nose, throat, jaw and even my hair all hurt. I don't wish this pain on anyone. I'm having allot of trouble sleeping (hence it's 5:16am and I'm up writing this). Between the pain, the constant dry mouth, sore throat and profuse sweating - one if not all the above has kept me up most of the past two days. I've applied cold compresses to my head and the bridge of my nose and keep taking my meds. At one point I had to call my ENT at 10:00pm (12 hours after the surgery) because I was in so much pain and the Percocet 100mg they proscribed me wasn't doing a darn thing to stop my pain. He suggested Advil, which surprisingly has helped.
I have an appointment with my ENT this afternoon to get this packing removed, so atleast the pressure in my head should subside quite a bit. I just might sleep for the next two days once this is out and I can breathe through my nose. I only took 4 days off from work (not including this weekend), but after reading some of the posts here, it sounds like I might need a few more recovery days once the packing it out. I might see about working from home a few days so I don't gross out my peers. It sounds like my nose will still bleed for a few days.
Though I'm not looking forward to the next few weeks of recovery, I know in the end I will feel much better. This forum has been a great source of information and seeing how many people have gone through this procedure, and have experienced the same thing I'm going through right now, helps to keep me going.
Well, I'm off to try and sleep a bit... wish me luck. |
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