Surgery/ What can I expect

[Rooster1]

After 15 years of suffering and seeing different specialists finally I am to have surgery this Tuesday on Deviated Septum. The surgery is almost here and I admit I am a little nervous.

Anyone here have this surgery??
I have heard that if is very painful but also heard it isn't bad.

Your experiences would be appreciated.

 

[JohnF]

Rooster1 once bubbled...
After 15 years of suffering and seeing different specialists finally I am to have surgery this Tuesday on Deviated Septum. The surgery is almost here and I admit I am a little nervous.

Anyone here have this surgery??
I have heard that if is very painful but also heard it isn't bad.

Your experiences would be appreciated.

Haven't had it myself, but a couple of friends have, and neither seemed to think it was a big deal. They both looked like they'd been hit by a truck for a few days though as I remember. 8)

JohnF

 

[chrispete]

I had a very similar surgery about 12 years ago (nose and sinus reconstruction / cutting things to make them fit back into place after fracturing my skull in an auto accident - at least my nose won't get bigger as I get older now ) and the effects and pain after the surgery weren't that bad, didn't even take painkillers afterwards if I remember correctly.

On second thought, maybe I was taking the painkillers and just don't remember and of it, including taking them. j/k

You'll be fine, hope you can get in the water soon after a speedy recovery.

 

[ERP]

Assuming you don't have a bad reaction to the anaesthetic, it's about a week of significant discomfort, and a couple more of mild discomfort. Even the first day it wasn't too bad, just inconvenient changing the dressing all the time.

My GF had the operation about a year after I did, she had a much worse timeof it thn I did, but that was mostly the vomitting, which was probably a combination reaction to the aneasthetic and swallowing blood during the operation.

 

[ColdH20diving]

I had that procedure done along with other sinus surgery. It really wasn't that bad. For me the worst part was when the doctor removed the plastic stints and packing. I think he stuffed a tampon into my sinus, let's just say it made my eyes water. That was the worst of it. I'd do it all over again as the surgery really helped me. Good luck.

 

[FSUgly]

I just had it done 2-3 months ago and must say that, for me, it was just about painless. The first night was the worst, and it wasn't the pain, it was not being able to breathe through my nose after about 3AM. My doc uses a gel type packing and soft nose tubes so the removal of those was not bad either. As a matter of fact, the next morning after the surgery when he removed them, the sensation was one of almost pleasure. As soon as he pulled them out, it was like a breath of fresh air since I couldnt breathe through my nose after 3 that morning, and now I could breathe better than ever before.
Again, I did not suffer from any pain. My doc had even given me a prescription for Percocet and I didn't use any. I may be an exception, but don't let bad stories worry/scare you. Not only that, but the diving (only 5 weeks later) was awesome. I used to have a problem equalizing (usually taking several minutes to get past just the 15 - 20 ft mark), but my first weekend of diving after surgery (5 dives total), was completely different. I no longer had the problem that I had before the surgery...No more equalizing troubles.....


Tom

 

[Rooster1]

Thanks for the replies, they helped. Except I would like to be diving within 10 days not 5 weeks

 

[cudachaser]

I have had surgury for a deviated septum, repair from a fast moving fist while in high school and sinus polyps, 3 seperate surguries. It's not that big a deal...sick a day or so while the packing is still in, then recovery is really fast...think I was in the water within 2 weeks after the last.

When I had the repair surgury, woke up several times on the operating table....really freaky...but on the last polyp removal...out like a lite...Doc comes by immediately after the surgury with my polyps in a jar...tells me he could use them for "fishing bait" When he pulled the packing out the next day...said he could "move a Mack truck" thru my sinuses...result of previous surgury. I went home the same day of the surgury, actually 1 hr after the procedure...wife had to drive but I could have made it...just looked really funny with kotex strings hangen out my nostrils...

Afterward, clearing my sinuses was a non issue



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[ColdH20diving]

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Thanks for the replies, they helped. Except I would like to be diving within 10 days not 5 weeks

I was cleared to go diving after the 3rd week post op. Did some diving in Canada and had a great time with no problems.