My in-laws are all ENT surgeons, so I hear about this stuff all the time. That entire area is the most sensitive place on your body. Even so much as a fingernail scratch inside your nose can cause extreme pain, swelling, and bleeding, so just imagine what surgery did.
For the most part, ENTs are a highly competent lot because of the nature of what they do. It's the toughest surgery there is because all the nerves and vessels crows around one another and get really tiny through the neck and up into the head, so the training and residency is extra long, too. Infections are probably par for the course because it has to remain a partially exposed wound so you can continue to breathe, but they probably gave you enough antibiotics to choke a horse. I just hope they gave you enough pain killers, too. Your doctor will probably tell you that you're doing just fine. I hope you feel better soon. :) Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee Get advanced intensive Master-level training in C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at ProductivityEnhancement.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Vernon To: CF-Community Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 7:55 PM Subject: Septoplasty Ok, so last Thursday I had a septoplasty... Over the years, I've had several things that have pointed to me needing one... Nosebleeds, acute hayfever, snoring, sleep apnea, going deaf when I get a head cold, pain in my wrist when I have hiccups (the most bizzare symptom ever!)... In the end, I had the septoplasty, a sinus flush and they took a look in my ear because I've been deaf since Christmas just to make sure that there was no permanent damage. Anyway, everything seems to have gone fine and the surgeon was happy with the procedure. My hearing is better (although not yet perfect), they straightened my nose up so I'm a bit prettier than before which I wasn't expecting and I escaped without so much as a bruise which everyone that sees me seems to be impressed by. The thing is, although I'm not bruised, I am quite swollen and my face feels like it was ripped off and put back on. The pain at the moment is excrucuating and I'm told I can expect this to continue for 3 to 4 weeks along with an uncontrollably leaky nose and ear for the first week. Right now, it's so painful, it is actually meaking me sweat and "breathe with clenched teeth" which is a first for me as I generally have a high pain threshold. I have an appt. at the doctors tomorrow but I thought I'd get other experiences from people that have had similar stuff done in the past and I recall a few people mentioning having a septoplasty done in the past... So the question is, was there as much pain for you as I'm describing? I haven't slept properly since the procedure getting 2 hours max. at any given time and I'm getting toward the end of my tether so to speak... Any reassurance that this the pain is within normal parameters so to speak for this type of procedure would be great. If it is temporary, I can cope with it because I know it's temporary.. I was expecting pain, just not this much... Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216017 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
