Nose Surgery

So I have been toying around with the idea of getting surgery on my nose for quite awhile now. I have always had trouble breathing through my nose (it felt like I was breathing through a very small straw) and my tonsils were constantly irritated. I would just wake up every single morning with the worst sore throat and it was killing me! So I went to the ear, throat and nose doctor at the UBMC, Dr. Catten, and he told me that he would recommend a nose surgery called an ITR where they smash these little hotdog rods in your nose and it usually helps people breath better. Kinda just gives them more room in the nasal canal. He also said that while he was up there that he would check to see if I had a deviated septum and if I did, he would fix that too. As an added bonus I could have my tonsils out while I was there. Awesome. I signed up for everything. I was scheduled to have my surgery on Monday the 27th. Good to go.
So I am piddling my time away at this point because the UBATC has a wonderful, super-long Christmas holiday break. I am starting to look up information on my surgeries and I discover that for an adult to get their tonsils out, recovery time can be anywhere from 4-6 weeks! I didn't have that kind of time! I had to be back to work after New Year's! I quickly called the hospital and cancelled getting my tonsils out and boy am I sure glad I did!
So on Monday we go to the hospital at noon. Ryan had given me a blessing before we left and I was feeling really good at this point. I hadn't eaten or drank anything since midnight and I was really looking forward to getting done so I could get home and have some tasty food:) The hospital waiting room was a joke. The doctor's were completely backed up. Get this-my appointment was for noon right? Guess what time they got to me? 3 o'clock! And then I had to do all this stuff like take a pregnancy test and get going on my i.v. before they could start. Oh....and my doctor had to do a small surgery on a toddler that had shoved a honey roasted peanut up her nose. Ha ha! So anyway-they finally get started at about 4:30 and I came out of the recovery room at about 6. Dr. Catten had done the ITR and had found that I definitely did have a deviated septum (probably from breaking my nose when I was little) so I had my little double dose. Surpisingly my nose did not hurt. They made me stay at the hospital until I could drink some water, eat some jello, and stop throwing up. Blood really upsets your stomach:) Oh, and they wanted me to take a pain pill.
So after forever I do these things. I get all gathered up and we go home. Somewhere in all of this Ryan snaps my picture on his phone. I didn't like that but there wasn't much that I could do. I will not be sharing that little gem with you. It is disguisting.
So for the next few nights I had to sleep in our recliner so that I wouldn't get as much drainage into my tummy. I was totally befuddled because my throat was really sore and my nose was running constantly. And not even surgery runny. After a little bit Ryan tells me that he had a sore throat and a runny nose, so I must be sick too. That wasn't fun, but I survived.
So now we come to the end of this huge post! A few funny things happened after that: I took one of my pain pills on the 2nd day right before I had to do some ladies' hair. That was an adventure! My father-in-law was totally convinced that my nose was really swollen when he saw me on thursday. Turns out it wasn't. Just the normal size of my nose. That was pretty darn funny! My five year old niece Karlee was really concerned for me. She is such a doll! She kept asking me if I was better and if my nose still hurt. She also asked me if it hurt to sneeze (which I had done quite a bit because I was sick) and I thought, "Finally! Someone that understands and gives a bit of sympathy!" So stinking cute:) And that is about it. I can feel the stitches in both sides of my nose and they are so irritating! I just want to pull them out! Argh.....but alas I will not.
So that is it. In a week or so when everything is all healed up I should be able to breathe really well. I can already tell that is a ton better than what I use to have! Woot!