Re: 72 hours post op and need encouragement

January 16, 2004

I second this! I checked with my doc first, and he said it was okay for me to

gently

clean my nose. So I took a steamy bath and worked with cotton swabs, tissues,

and

*uhum* fingers to clean out my nose. It was gross, but it helped! Then maybe

you

can get the nasal spray in to do it's job.

Best of luck,

> > I am now 72 hours post op ( a Lefort 1 osteotomy and lower jaw

> > advancement) and am wishing I had never had this done. Maybe I've

> hit

> > the wall that everyone talks about. The worst part for me is not

> > being able to breathe -- both my nostrils are so plugged up with

> > blood etc (sorry for the gross graphics) that I can only breathe a

> > bit through my mouth -- and that is trying to breathe through all

> the

> > saliva. My doctor told me NOT to try to blow my nose -- I guess it

> > can affect the surgery. I am so hungry. My poor husband is trying

> so

> > hard to help me, but it seems that all I can get through those

> little

> > syringes is Boost or Ensure and juices. I tried to mash up baby

> food

> > and blenderize it, but it kept getting stuck and air got stuck and

> > went into my stomach and caused gas cramps. SORRY to be so

> negative,

> > I've been trying to put a brave face (a puffed up brave face) here

> at

> > home, and you are the only guys who understand what I am going

> > through. I think if I could just breathe through my nose I would

> be

> > better. He gave me nasal saline spray, but it does nothing, it

> just

> > runs right out because it hits a big blocked bit. Oh well, no

> going

> > back now.

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