Deviated Septum Surgery

I had mine done when i had my sinuses cleaned out......fuuuun. :) 6 weeks after it happened my son hit me in the nose. i cried. didnt damage it though. tylenol helps with pain. i did have to keep tissues by me because of yellow liquid would start coming out, but that may have been due to sinuses. you should be fine. :) good luck.

I have had that surgery. I actually had two surgeries on my nose. One to correct it when it was broken (I was 19), then to correct the deviated septum b/c it fell several years after the surgery (I was 36). The recuperating time is pretty minimal and Motrin worked best for me. I don't like narcotics and really, they didn't work any better than Motrin - and no side effects. I think I was down for the count maybe two days at most. I understand the hesitance w/ the little ones - my little one liked to head butt me, unintentionally of course, but he did it just the same. He has done it since the surgery, but it was well after the surgery (like a year or two) and nothing happened to my nose. Being able to breathe again is the best thing in the world! It affected my sleeping as well, so now I sleep much more sound than I did before the surgery. Scar tissue was never brought up and I have no issues with it. I say go for it! It was the best thing I ever did for myself :)

I had a septoplasty and sinus surgery a few years ago. I went to my ENT complaining about not being able to breathe through my nose - not at all, and I had very frequent sinus headaches and sinus infections. At first, he just wanted to give me a nasal spray and send my on my way because my nose looked fine from the outside. Eventually, he decided to send me for a CT scan and he was really surprised at how crooked my septum was when he looked at the scan results. He immediately told me that I needed to have surgery. I understand that most of these surgeries are outpatient, but I ended up having to spend one night in the hospital. You probably want to check into this beforehand so you can make plans for your kids. Do you have anybody that could keep your kids for a couple days following your surgery? That really would be helpful. I know that I would not have been able to care for my daughter in the days immediately following my surgery.

I do have to say that my recovery was harder than what I thought it would be, but it was worth it and I would do it all over again just to be able to breathe through my nose and sleep better. Before, I had to breathe through my mouth. I had to sleep with my mouth open and I woke up every morning with a sore throat. My husband also used to complain about me snoring all the time and that has pretty much stopped, unless I have a cold. I also wasn't sleeping well and I never felt rested no matter how long I slept.

I still get sinus headaches from time to time and I still get sinus infections, but not nearly as often. FYI - I haven't had any problems with scar tissue. Also, my husband accidentally hit me in the nose about 6-7 weeks after my surgery and it hurt so bad that I cried a little. It hurt horribly, but it didn't do any damage.

Also, you will probably want the prescription pain killers for the first couple of days but then you should be fine on Motrin.

hi i had this done and all went well, the only thing that was uncomfortable was after the surgery I had to plug my nose for while so the blood won't flow out, that was very uncomfortable apart from that, i started to breathe better and no complications at all, i had mine done at lenox hosp in nyc. goodluck.

Well, you aren't having a "nose job". You are having a medical condition corrected. So put THAT out of your mind.

You need a second opinion by an ENT who is highly recommended by top hospitals. Do some research and find someone. Maybe 'Top Doctor's' - that's a good way to find someone because they are rated by their peers. (Make sure that the doctor didn't PAY to be on that list.)

You CAN take narcotics with small kids. Tylenol with codeine or the like will not knock you out. It will help with the pain so that you CAN take care of the kids. You just shouldn't drive.

Do you no longer have xrays done of your teeth when you go to the dentist? Today's xrays are very safe. The onlys of your head and face are even safer. The ones they worry about being done too much because of cumulative effects are the ones taken of the chest. So go ahead and have a CT scan done. You need the most UPDATED equipment - digital for the computer or 3-D scanning. That will help you get the best outcome.

I have a neighbor who had this done because as he got older, he developed sleep apnea. The doctor was really worried about him, and the insurance company TOLD him to have his septum fixed. He is much better now, with no more sleep apnea.

Good luck with what you decide.

D.

I had a deviated septum and had the surgery. Yes, it did help me breath better. I was awful before it. It is uncomfortable and your nose is packed afterwards. You have to sleep sitting up and that is weird and hard to do for a few days. It is painful and I couldn't take the narcotics, so I used Ibuprofin. I thought it was worth it. I've never had any problem with scarring and didn't have to have any more surgeries after that. I had no problems with the surgery and my follow ups went great and everything was fine after it healed. I had Dr. Love and he was great, he was older, so not sure if he still in practice. I would be more concerned about the Dr. and experience he or she has and how many of these surgeries have they done. Good Luck!