Day 0 - May 9th 2011

By the time I got home after the surgery, it was around 6pm. In a way it was good, I didn't have to stay awake for long. I was pleasantly surprised that there was no pain whatsoever. Yes, maybe the pain-killers were suppressing it. There was some bleeding from the nose and I had the gauze-sponge under my nose to cover the dripping. Per the instructions, I was supposed to change it every 20-30 mins.

gauze sponge and the thing to hold it under the nose

It wasn't bad at all.

There was slight pain in my upper jaw/teeth section but it was negligible. Then again, I have heard a couple of times from different doctors that I have high-pain quotient. So, maybe I didn't feel it that much.

The worst part of the whole ordeal was the dry/scratchy throat. The anesthesiologist had warned me about it. There was nothing I could do about it. I kept drinking water hoping that it would go away.

Couldn't eat much that night and when I went to sleep, I started experiencing a little bit of pain in the nasal region. The doctor had prescribed me pain-killers and antibiotics. I took one pain-killer and went to sleep.

Sleep Upright after Surgery

Now, sleeping after this surgery is an art in itself. (atleast for the first couple of days)
This was how my bed looked for the 1st couple of days.

Went to sleep around 10.30pm. Within 15 mins, woke up with the realization that my drip-pad was filled with blood and i had to change it. Changed it, went back to sleep and got up again in 15-20 mins for the same reason.

Luckily that was the end of that. The bleeding decreased. I did wake up atleast 3-4 more times with the pad soaked in blood, but it was in a span of 2+ hours. I have read horror stories about people not being able to sleep but it wasn't the case with me. Yes, I did wake up every couple of hours but I did sleep like a baby in between.

Woke up around 7.30 am next morning.

• No pain
• No dry throat
• Little bleeding and
• lots of time to spare :)