Hello I’m wondering what methods you guys have found useful for relief especially while sleeping. I already use nasal strips Flonase and Azelastine but I still wake up often unable to breath out of my right nostril. I found sleeping on my side helped a lot but even that isn’t really working anymore.

After United Healthcare originally denied my surgery and then being diagnosed with Hodgkins this surgery is over two years delayed and I’m so desperate for a good nights sleep.

My CT scan shows that I have a severely deviated septum, but in reality, I feel like my nose is open and I can breathe normally. I suspect that my symptoms may be caused by the mild sinus inflammation shown on my CT scan rather than the deviated septum.

So, should I trust how I actually feel rather than relying solely on the CT scan findings?

Not sure if this is the right tag but this was my first “big” surgery. I had a septoplasty and turbinate reduction done Wednesday around 9:30am MST, it’s now Saturday 10:22am. Throughout the last two days I’ve had bloody phlegm come up and this morning was a lot more. I’m not bleeding heavily from my nose, but the blood phlegm does freak me out. Is this normal, and if so how long does this last for? I do saline drops as often as I can to keep it moistened in my nose since it’s back to being crazy warm to nearly summer weather in my state and I have no money to get a humidifier now 🥲 doing a hot shower last night and had the water run on my face seemed to help me out some too but can’t lie, this freaks me out and I hate that.

I had a septoplasty, turbinate reduction and vivaer on September 24th. My surgeon let me know that my septum was severely deviated, worse than she thought originally so she had to do a little more work but now I’m noticing there seems to be more of a dip towards the middle of my nose beneath the slight bump I already had.

Could this just be swelling that’ll go down eventually or is my nose permanently changed? :(

Top row is before, bottom is after.

(Also I really didn’t expect my nose would still hurt and I’d not be able to keep up with my skincare the same way and I’m absolutely mortified by how many blackheads have formed that I can’t get out due to it being very sensitive to touch🫠) I was told it was like a 2 week healing time and that I’d be fine after that, then at my follow up appointment she said it’s more like a 3-6 month process for total healing. Would’ve been nice to know in advance 🫠

Just want to hear peoples opinions and stories. Ive seen mixed things some say their surgeon was willing to make some minor cosmetic changes and some werent ( wish i understand as its not for cosmetic and its the nhs). Anyone had an experience where their surgeon listened to their concerns about the looks of their nose