Sinus Surgery Blog- Day 1

Hello, I recently had sinus surgery to correct a deviated septum and reconstruct my sinuses. I was nervous about the whole process and looked at a lot of blogs on youtube and thought it would be nice if i posted my own. Any questions, please ask!

PS i'm sorry i'm hard to hear.

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[BlazingOrganix]

Hi Tom, How long after surgery were you able to breathe again? Im asking because I had the same procedure done last thursday and I am still stuffed, the drainage was intense for the last three days but now the drainage is a lot less now.

[tqb43]

@BlazingOrganix Hey i can't remember exactly how long ago it was, the surgery for me was over 3 years ago now. Time flies. But i would say you should be breathing almost normal by thursday

[andy6864]

i am going in wednesday and getting nervos...did it heart?

[tqb43]

@andy6864 No, when you wake up you'll feel like you have a cold/virus

[lisaann7451]

Hi, question, did you have a lot of sinus infections? what made you see an ENT doctor?

[tqb43]

@lisaann7451 Yes i was constantly getting sinus infections, got a 4 or 5 a year. And that went on for years since i was young and i was slowly becoming immune to the antibiotics i was prescribed. So the doctor finally suggested i go to an ENT

[434stupid]

hi...did the doctor put the packaging inside...i heard that is super painful when doctor getting it out....I will go for a septoplasty with turbinectomy operation very soon...i am really afraid bcos i will be very painful. how do u feel?

[lovearrows99]

have you advised by the doctor that you need to wash your nose with salt water 2 times a day after this surgery?

[lovearrows99]

Vitamin C ; Vitamin A ; fish oil are very important after surgery . it speed up the healing of the surgery. I just done the correction of deviated septum  & reduction of turbinate . today is my third day, no bleeding no pain just some water draining out of my nose.

[elisenelvis]

I just had the same surgery last week. I agree I have had way more painful things done to my body but this was awful. So uncomfortable. The worst was when they took the splints out. I nearly passed out. I ended up taking my own stitches out bc the doc didn't. This was so traumatic for me. I will never have it done again.

[marcipaw]

@livvy916 at first u will feel cold at the IV site, then little scratch in you throat, then come weird dreams and u wake up in recovery room, from time I walked in the door to time I walked out it was 4 hours, no pain, I just took 1 tylenol with codeine as precaution few hours after surgery. Little bleeding on first day after surgery , almost no bleeding on second day which is today, no pain just little discomfort

[livvy916]

I am getting sinus surgurey and im so scared. It will be my first surgurey where ill be put to sleep, like with and IV and stuff. I dont know what to expect...

[LarissAdria]

side notes: you shouldn't lift heavy things, bend, or do any exercise that may put pressure on the sinus/head for a while. Also, concerning work, I'd recommend to plan 9-10 days off (especially if ur job requires talking to people) to be on the safe side; if ur job doesn't requires a lot of effort and talking then 7 days will prob be enough..

That's all I can think of right now, but feel free to send me a message of you have qns regarding my experience since it's different than Tom's. Good Luck