Turbinate reduction and septoplasty

The recovery was very fast with just about no pain. I did have bleeding a day after the surgery. That was not comfortable with having to change the bandage every few minutes for a bit. It was hard to sleep in a chair for a few days. However, after five days the doctor removed the splints and clots and it was like a miracle. I could breath better than I ever have. It takes three months for full healing.

I was off CPAP for a month and had to readapt to using it again.

Speaking of deviated septums. There is a town in Kansas where a great many adult folks have had to travel to a nearby city to have their deviated septums repaired. The common thread that joins these folks is that they all had tonsil and adenoid removals done by a local doc. The story I heard from one of the victims was that the old boy removed the adenoids by dragging them through the nasal cavaties, thereby damaging the septum. Go figure.

This is actually a CT image revealing the delicate structures underlying the human nose.

The multicolored pockets, seen in a cutaway from below the nose looking up, are the paranasal sinuses—the air-filled spaces in the skull that are the bane of many an allergy sufferer.

Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... hoto2.html