How long will this blasted congestion last?

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I'm on day 11 post-op from upper jaw surgery and feel better

healing-wise every day, but am still struggling with the congestion in

my head which makes me feel like I'm just on the edge of dizzy. It

will be my biggest obstacle for getting back to work next week and

feeling relatively normal.

The surgeon cleared me to start blowing my nose yesterday, which I've

been doing gently, but it doesn't do away with the " full " feeling in

my head.

For others who have been through this, how long did your congestion

last? When did your head finally feel " normal " again as far as that

went? It really comes and goes for me and sometimes I feel fine, but

today is worse than most other days have been and I'm wondering when

it will just stop.