This is a deviated Septum. I had a severely deformed Septum. I went to go see an ear, nose and throat specialist last week for all my issues. I couldn't breath through my nose, I get congested and have runny noses all the time, headaches, snoring, tossing and turning, ya know, all the crap that comes from not being able to breath. He took one quick look up my nose and was like, "your Septum is seriously deviated. You've broken your nose a few times." This didn't surprise me. I can recall a few times I broke my nose, and saying, "honey, I broke my nose." :) He suggested surgery. I said, "yeah, okay." He also told me that my nose shouldn't be as "Jewish" as it looked. I had a pretty big bump, which I never remember being that big, and he said that was the result of breaking it and I shouldn't have it. He suggested a Rhinoplasty to reshape the broken nose, and a Septoplasty to straighten the deviated Septum. Sounded easy enough to me. I know pain. I get pain. It can't be that bad, right? What is a simple nose job compared to Fibromyalgia and M.S.? Hahahah, RIGHT! Oh the pain. I had my surgery three days ago. It was freaking scary going under, scary waking up, and then it just got painful. The surgery only took one hour. He fixed my bump, and straightened my Septum. I'm on serious pain killers, (which is funny, they don't even get rid of my headache) antibiotics, and anti-nausea medication. It has been a rough three days so far. Day one was the least amount of pain. My body was in shock, but I was bleeding profusely. I ended up clotting so bad, bleeding so bad, hubby had to call an ambulance to come get me. I started to black out, and I told him I was losing consciousness, he needed to call an ambulance. The kids were sleeping, so I tried to make it outside so they wouldn't knock on the door and wake them up. Yeah.... I didn't make it. I passed out as I got to the door and smashed my head against the wall and a chair. I didn't wake up until a few minutes later. I made it outside, was hooked to an IV and taken to the hospital. I was severely dehydrated, had a huge headache from hitting my head, and so weak from all the blood loss. At this point, I had filled two garbage bags of bloody tissue. I lost a lot of blood. I was surprised how much you could bleed from a nose job. You know there's a lot of swelling, but you don't hear a whole lot about bleeding. I had clots the size of my entire nose, and up into my sinuses. Then they turned into quarter sized clots. They were coming every hour. I honestly thought I was going to bleed to death. They got my body back in working order at the hospital and I was sent home. The bleeding never stopped. I just had my stitches and splints removed just an hour ago. He cleaned up all my clots (there were a TON and it took him an hour and a half!) and tried to get the bleeding under control. He said there were so many clots, he still couldn't get them all. I have another appointment set up for Monday to remove what's left. That was a lot of bleeding. It's finally starting to ease up. I'm still leaking blood now. So tired of blood. I ruined a few shirts and my blanket. Sad day, I love my blanket. But anywho, that's where I've been and what I've been up to. Trying to survive the recovery. Its been soooo uncomfortable, so painful, and very tiring. Not a whole lot of sleep happening. I'm so bruised, so swollen, but I can breathe! Taking my splints out made me able to breathe, and I gotta say, wow! Who knew breathing was this great??? I've been saying these last three days, "I don't care if it was medically necessary, not worth it!" Now that I can breathe, and the splints and clots are gone, my outlook is slightly changing. My cast comes off in a week, and I can't wait to see how un-broken I look. They say getting the splints out and the first three days are the worst. I've done three days, and my splints are out. It can only get better from here. Let's hope so. This has been so hard. I am tired. I just wanna be normal again. It's just a nose. Who knew it was that big of a deal?
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