♥ms.pacman♥
03-22-2016, 10:49 PM
I posted in a previous thread about DH having sinus surgery to correct a deviated septum, as well as getting a turbinate reduction. He was extremely anxious about it in general and the ONLY reason he agreed to do the surgery was because I begged and begged for him to get it. He was pretty much congested 24/7 and could never really breathe through his nose. Was always sniffling. He did nasal rinses religiously (2x a day), took allergy meds, did flonase spray, the works but didn't seem to make a dent. He also has sleep apnea and has to use a CPAP.
well surgery was a week ago. And the recovery went remarkably well (thank goodness, bc i was recovering from an illness and DD got sick shortly after, so i was already maxed out). That very same day, DH said he felt better than he did before the surgery. He kept saying how strange it was to be able to breathe through his nose. The next day he was well enough to make kids' dinner, help out, etc. I was kind of shocked. ..he must have had pretty effed up sinuses if he already felt so much better just couple days after surgery! 3 days post-surgery he was able to take DD to Kinder round up. The splints did start to annoy him a lot after a while, and he finally got those out yesterday, and that improved things further. He keeps saying how eerie it is to able to breathe out of his nose, and that it will take some getting used to.
Anyway just wanted to update. I was so so relieved he didn't have tons of bleeding/vomiting or any post-surgery complications like I did when I had similar sinus surgery years ago.
eta - during the surgery, the Dr showed me before and after pics from each side of his nose. one side was SO messed up it looked basically almost closed off..no wonder poor guy couldn't breathe!
well surgery was a week ago. And the recovery went remarkably well (thank goodness, bc i was recovering from an illness and DD got sick shortly after, so i was already maxed out). That very same day, DH said he felt better than he did before the surgery. He kept saying how strange it was to be able to breathe through his nose. The next day he was well enough to make kids' dinner, help out, etc. I was kind of shocked. ..he must have had pretty effed up sinuses if he already felt so much better just couple days after surgery! 3 days post-surgery he was able to take DD to Kinder round up. The splints did start to annoy him a lot after a while, and he finally got those out yesterday, and that improved things further. He keeps saying how eerie it is to able to breathe out of his nose, and that it will take some getting used to.
Anyway just wanted to update. I was so so relieved he didn't have tons of bleeding/vomiting or any post-surgery complications like I did when I had similar sinus surgery years ago.
eta - during the surgery, the Dr showed me before and after pics from each side of his nose. one side was SO messed up it looked basically almost closed off..no wonder poor guy couldn't breathe!