considering i had surgery on my face this morning.
Okay, it may pass if i forget to take my painkillers.
I have been having issues with my sinuses for a while. Turns out that between a deviated septum, a few polyps and some oddly shaped sinuses I wan't able to breath that well, and the sinuses had no chance of draining at all. I had quite a low blood oxygen reading this morning before surgery.
So they removed a massive polyp from the right, a few smaller ones on the left and widened the sinuses to help drainage and keep me breathing properly for longer if/when the polyps do return..
I was expecting to wake up with tampons shoved up my nose, a bandage round my head and a couple of weeks to see the benefit. Instead they went with soluble packs further up and left my airways clear. So i can actually breath properly for the first time in a while and my blood oxygen shot up to 99/100 straight after surgery. Instant improvement
Then i got a really nice brunch of bubble and squeak, bacon and a poached egg.... thanks to the Bupa scheme at work.
I was actually hoping for an overnight stay.
i expect it will get worse again as the swelling sets in... everything is starting to get a bit tighter across my face
Now I have to force myself to stay out the workshop for two weeks
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I had smd and septoplasty a few years back, and felt great after. High as a kite actually.
Couldnt breathe for a month and the surgery made no real difference to my issue, but the facilities were great!
Anyway, we do have ENT at our NHS hospital. The same consultant works for both, so it was really easy to transfer it over to Bupa once more work was needed. (i did this once the Op got delayed by the NHS due to unforseen circumstances)... I still had the options of either hospital
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I had the worst roast dinner ever created on Sunday in hospital. Luckily I was discharged a couple of hours later and was able to have some toast. Probably the greatest pieces of toast in the history of toast.
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I had something similar done a few years ago. I had a septum that looked like a letter S when it was X rayed. I used to constantly get sinus infections and seem to be constantly on antibiotics because nothing could drain. Afte4 the surgery I’ve hardly had anything more that a mild cold
It should make a real positive difference.
Thank you
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Mrs Snags had polyps attended to on work-Bupa many years ago, and it was all great apart from the bit when the consultant described how they actually did it, which was eye-watering.
The less good news is that if you're prone to them they may well come back, so you could get to be a (hopefully in)frequent flyer ...
i asked the consultant about it and his view is to expect them to return. Could be 6 months, could be 10 years - but they will be back.
The original reason he opted to do the FESS (Functional Endoscpoic Sinus Surgery) rather than just polypectomy is to buy time when they do return. The CT scan confirmed it was needed for other reasons.
usually they try to manage them with steroids, spray first, then tablets. I did the spray because it’s topical. I have fluid build up behind my retina which will be aggravated if I take steroids. It’s probably gone by now, but we didn’t want to risk it. Turns out the big polyp on my right was far too big for steroids to have an affect anyway.
if/when they return we might be able to manage with steroids for a bit, assuming my eye behaves itself.
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this follows on from multiple courses of antibiotics last year for a blocked eustacian tube that wouldn’t drain properly... my head has felt pretty heavy for the past year.
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Actually I have a problem with breathing, nothing has ever been diagnosed, I've never even brought it up with my GP. I can only breathe well through one side of my nose. I seem to have muddled through life without really thinking about it, it has always been the norm for me. I didn't ever consider it until that phase in the 90s when footballers would wear a strip across their nose to help them breathe better. I just remember thinking hmmnnn .... they must be breathing through their nose a lot more than I do!
Nothing ever works smoothly for me so I went into it a conplete pessimist anyway but figured it was worth a shot!
The hardest part was trying not to pick massive lumps of stuff out me nose... haha.
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I was the same until an obvious lump appeared in my nostril, but most of the issues were further up that that and will have been there years
its well worth getting a referral to ENT to check it out.
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You don't realise how much a condition like this is affecting your life until it's gone.
Its so grim, but man, the relief is bliss when it starts clearing.
Heres a funny tip.. if like me your nose fully blocks up for a while and you become a mouth breather... remember to take in enough air before drinking and eating large amounts..
Sounds so basic, but more than once I was halfway through a mouthful of something** and remembered I needed air haha.
**Sustenance, not genitalia.