I had asked if I would want to go anywhere after surgery and most of the replies

said I most likely wouldn't feel like it.  I made no plans- and boy were you all

right!!!  I was in a good amount of pain the first week and very uncomfortable

with the splints.  It felt so great to get the splints out after a week, and I

finished my antiobiotics, but today the doctor called me.  Apparently they

couldn't find my lab cultures after surgery, but now have.  I guess they are

pretty bad, lots of stapp and streph and other stuff.  I have been feeling

crappy yesterday and today- pain in cheek bones and forhead bone.  Last night I

was using ice packs for pain, and I'm almost 2 weeks out from surgery.  The crud

in my nose is thick mucus/blood clots.  It's made me really stuffy and

congested, and I can't get it out unless I cough and hack it out and spit it.  I

know that's gross, but I keep having blood clots draining down the back of my

throat- it's really annoying and taste bad.  How long does that last???

I had several follow up visits after the operation and each time, the doctor

drained out all of the blood with some kind of sinus vacuum cleaner.  I was also

not supposed to lift anything or drive. Altogether, it took a month in my case

for the bleeding to stop. But everyone is different. I had the surgery several

years ago and it saved my life.





--- In helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com, "Heide" <bearfan1974@...> wrote:

>

> I had asked if I would want to go anywhere after surgery and most of the

replies said I most likely wouldn't feel like it.  I made no plans- and boy were

you all right!!!  I was in a good amount of pain the first week and very

uncomfortable with the splints.  It felt so great to get the splints out after a

week, and I finished my antiobiotics, but today the doctor called me. 

Apparently they couldn't find my lab cultures after surgery, but now have.  I

guess they are pretty bad, lots of stapp and streph and other stuff.  I have

been feeling crappy yesterday and today- pain in cheek bones and forhead bone. 

Last night I was using ice packs for pain, and I'm almost 2 weeks out from

surgery.  The crud in my nose is thick mucus/blood clots.  It's made me really

stuffy and congested, and I can't get it out unless I cough and hack it out and

spit it.  I know that's gross, but I keep having blood clots draining down the

back of my throat- it's really annoying and taste bad.  How long does that

last???

>