MichaelD
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It just had my turbinates snipped a couple weeks ago. The surgery is painless. I couldn't believe how well I was able to breathe at first, but the scabbing started and hasn't gone away yet, so I don't know the end result yet, but I'm very optimistic.
Good luck.
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Originally posted by: dirtboy
It just had my turbinates snipped a couple weeks ago. The surgery is painless. I couldn't believe how well I was able to breathe at first, but the scabbing started and hasn't gone away yet, so I don't know the end result yet, but I'm very optimistic.
Wow! Good news! I've been dreading the long term pain... but this makes me very hopeful!!!
Thanks!
I don't *think* I have allergies, but hell if I can breathe through my nose very well...I think I need something like that done :|
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: dirtboy
It just had my turbinates snipped a couple weeks ago. The surgery is painless. I couldn't believe how well I was able to breathe at first, but the scabbing started and hasn't gone away yet, so I don't know the end result yet, but I'm very optimistic.
Wow! Good news! I've been dreading the long term pain... but this makes me very hopeful!!!
Thanks!
Although your nose will hurt from getting your septum fixed, had mine done too, but zero internal pain from the turbinates. Probably the worst part is waiting for the wound to heal and the scabs to come out. I'm on week three... Although I have had mass sinus drainage and other beneficial results. I am starting to sleep better, but hopefully in the next couple weeks I'll be sleeping like I've never slept before.
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Well, I'm up at 5:00. I'm to be at the hospital at 6:30. Kinda freaked out here.
I know, I'm being a pussy about this, but it's weird how much more cautious one gets about their body when they get older. 10 years ago I'd not have a second thought about this.
I'm to have my nose packed with gauze after the surgery, and have it removed at the Dr's office tomorrow morning. So today will be a bit miserable, I imagine.
I know, I'm being a pussy about this, but it's weird how much more cautious one gets about their body when they get older. 10 years ago I'd not have a second thought about this.
I'm to have my nose packed with gauze after the surgery, and have it removed at the Dr's office tomorrow morning. So today will be a bit miserable, I imagine.
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Originally posted by: dirtboy
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: dirtboy
It just had my turbinates snipped a couple weeks ago. The surgery is painless. I couldn't believe how well I was able to breathe at first, but the scabbing started and hasn't gone away yet, so I don't know the end result yet, but I'm very optimistic.
Wow! Good news! I've been dreading the long term pain... but this makes me very hopeful!!!
Thanks!
Although your nose will hurt from getting your septum fixed, had mine done too, but zero internal pain from the turbinates. Probably the worst part is waiting for the wound to heal and the scabs to come out. I'm on week three... Although I have had mass sinus drainage and other beneficial results. I am starting to sleep better, but hopefully in the next couple weeks I'll be sleeping like I've never slept before.
Cool. The funny thing is, my sinuses drain just fine, and are very clear. It's just the swelling of the huge turbinates that makes it impossible to breathe.
Ah yes....my friend had exactly the same thing done....don't worry about it, i'm certain you will be fine....standard procedure op. He was a bit hazy for a couple of weeks yeah lol.....he would like forget where he was.....talk gibberish during the first week....he went back to work after 10 days and was even more useless than normal!
I have a minor breathing "oddity" where every so often I have minor swelling that causes one nostril to be blocked.....never effected me....doctor says best to just leave it in my case.
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Well, I survived. They gave me some massive doses of Demerol and I have Vicodin to take later.
I was in a LOT of pain when I woke up. But a second 100mg shot of Demerol helped that and made me pass out.
There is a lot of bleeding, and I have a bandage strapped under my nose to soak up what the packing does not. It's been changed more times than I can count.
This is VERY painful, but not as bad as tonsils.
BTW, the doctor found out my adenoids either grew back, or I have a tumor back there. He sent out a sample of it for a biopsy.
I was in a LOT of pain when I woke up. But a second 100mg shot of Demerol helped that and made me pass out.
There is a lot of bleeding, and I have a bandage strapped under my nose to soak up what the packing does not. It's been changed more times than I can count.
This is VERY painful, but not as bad as tonsils.
BTW, the doctor found out my adenoids either grew back, or I have a tumor back there. He sent out a sample of it for a biopsy.
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Something I found:
Can tonsils and adenoids grow back?
Tonsils and adenoids are examples of lymphoid tissue. This is the same tissue that forms large lumps in your neck whenever you have a bad sore throat. (Those lumps are lymph nodes.) Lymph nodes can grow and grow and grow ... sometimes to enormous size. Tonsils and adenoids have this same ability; as with lymph nodes, the individual cells that make up a tonsil or an adenoid have an enormous proliferative capacity.
Some body tissues can regenerate (grow back), and some cannot. Skin, for example, has an amazing ability to regenerate. The liver can also regenerate itself, provided it is not too severely injured. Nerves outside the central nervous system can regenerate to some degree, but nerves within the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) have a very poor ability to regenerate.
If even a small bud of tonsil or adenoid tissue is left behind by the surgeon, the tonsil or adenoid may regrow. With regard to tonsillectomy, the risk of regrowth depends greatly on technique. At one time, some surgeons performed subcapsular tonsillectomies, in which the outermost shell of the tonsil was left behind. I am told this operation was less painful than a regular tonsillectomy, in which the entire tonsil is removed. Unfortunately, incompletely removed tonsils have a nasty tendency to regenerate.
Can tonsils and adenoids grow back?
Tonsils and adenoids are examples of lymphoid tissue. This is the same tissue that forms large lumps in your neck whenever you have a bad sore throat. (Those lumps are lymph nodes.) Lymph nodes can grow and grow and grow ... sometimes to enormous size. Tonsils and adenoids have this same ability; as with lymph nodes, the individual cells that make up a tonsil or an adenoid have an enormous proliferative capacity.
Some body tissues can regenerate (grow back), and some cannot. Skin, for example, has an amazing ability to regenerate. The liver can also regenerate itself, provided it is not too severely injured. Nerves outside the central nervous system can regenerate to some degree, but nerves within the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) have a very poor ability to regenerate.
If even a small bud of tonsil or adenoid tissue is left behind by the surgeon, the tonsil or adenoid may regrow. With regard to tonsillectomy, the risk of regrowth depends greatly on technique. At one time, some surgeons performed subcapsular tonsillectomies, in which the outermost shell of the tonsil was left behind. I am told this operation was less painful than a regular tonsillectomy, in which the entire tonsil is removed. Unfortunately, incompletely removed tonsils have a nasty tendency to regenerate.
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This is expected and quite routine. You really have nothing to be concerned about. I had this as part of other surgery for chronic sleep apnea, and bled for a long time. Personally and professionally, I can say this will go away just fine.
Edit - wrong acronym
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