I just had the surgery done last Friday, March 19th and I'm amazed to say that I did not experience any pain. Even the week after the surgery. The hardest thing was going in 5 days later and getting the splints taken out. My surgeon even told me that it was the worst case they had ever worked on. My septum was not just crooked but twisted. I had this done at a military hospital so they do numerous surgeries like mine. I seriously didn't feel any pain until they took out the splints and then it was mostly pressure because the splints were so big. Recovery has been great. I took Bromelin (pineapple extract tablet) and the swelling has almost subsided. Amazing. Tomorrow will make it an official week and I almost look normal. Somehow I don't think I'm a normal case though. Well, definitely not with the septum but also with the recovery. I'm so glad I did it because I can actually breathe. And no, I didn't take lots of pain pills. I began taking a half a vicatin when I came home from the hospital and then I continued throughout the week taking a half a pill at a time. Today is Thursday and it's been 7 days and I didn't take any pain pills today. Amazing. That's probably one reason I'm up typing this---can't sleep :-) good luck!
sorry to all those who didn't have a pleasant experience. I had a lot of people praying for me and taking care of me so I'm sure that's one of the reasons it went so well for me. Or maybe it was the distraction of having to run to the lawyers office to sign my husband's divorce papers or running to the mortgage lender to finish up purchasing a new home. I was just probably to busy to notice if there was any pain! Ha