Tonsillectomy & Nasal Surgery - Advice For Others

They wanted me to bring my CPAP machine in, in case I was desaturating. The doctor said it's easier to use my machine that I know how to set than to deal with the hospital's. I don't know how they would have known I was desaturating anyway, as the beeping oximeter was in my room.

Slinky wrote:Ah, Ms.Snuffleupagas, a lady after my own heart!!! Totally spineless when it comes to surgery, right?? Ten, TEN, and ten fingers waving in the air, TEN!!!

You betcha Slinky. I was also given a morphine pump strapped to my hand for the first 2 days and eveytime someone asked me how I was doing, I would press it for good measure.
(By the way I edited my post to fix a typo..not the content...10...10 all the way!)

Nasal surgery varies with each patient, and the ideal nose varies from face to face, depending on skin type, ethnicity, face shape and proportions. The end result of nasal contouring should reflect the agreed plan, and nose should be completely natural in appearance. Rhinoplasty can be performed after the years of the mid-teens, when the growth spurt is over.

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SU, I hope things are continuing to improve for you, esp. pain-wise.

Another good food, if one eats grains, is to cook rice - brown has a tad more nutrition than white - and keep adding water to thin it into drinkability. I put some umeboshi in and mash it up (that's a pickled plum, nice and salty; not sure it's sour component is acidic though). This is a cold remedy in Japan, and quite tasty. A person could just add some chicken bouillon.

Really, anything solid and non-acidic can be eaten if enough appropriate liquid is added and then blend/process the heck out of it. But some concoctions are more palatable than others.

Slinky, do they really say wusp in Michigan--do they pronounce the 'p'? I'm fascinated by regional language differences. I'm in the Midwest, west of you, and I've only ever heard 'wuss'.

JCAHO, the certifying agency for hospitals, will not permit hospitals to allow the patient to bring their own meds and keep in their room. Everything must be sent to pharmacy, and then they will have the Dr write orders, and they might only give you a medicine from your own drugs for one they do not stock, if your Dr insists you have it and not one they carry. In most cases, the nurse will have to bring your medicine to you, but they might let certain drugs at your bedside, like lozenges or eye drops you use as needed. Another creature comfort that I wish I had after my 3 nasal sinus surgeries is a Neti pot. In fact, there is an ENT surgeon in Atlanta who requires his patients to use one after nasal and sinus surgery. For my surgeries, I was required to use a syringe of salt water to rinse my nose 4 times a day as I was healing.
Sleepingugly, I feel for you, and will pray that you heal quickly and uneventfully.I hated the post-op surgery periods because my nose was so stuffed up, and I had a lot of pain. I am also lactose intolerant, but used DairyAid (or generic) so I could still enjoy milkshakes and ice cream, which were the best nutrition I managed to get while my throat was so sore. I had UPPP in addition to Tonsils and adenoids and ethmoidectomy, maxillary sinsusectomy, frontal sinusectomy and sphenoidectomy along with turbinectomy and septoplasty. It was supposed to sure my OSA, but I only got about 6-9 months of snoring relief.

Thanks everyone! My surgery was a year ago and it was one of my best decisions!