Been a long time

Yes, it's been far too long since I last visited, so, 

Had appointment to see Dr S around 4 weeks ago, was all ready to question her about why my nose was all curvy and pointy, however as soon as I sat down it was straight onto showing me how to massage it...

Stroke, stroke, push push squeeze .

And that was it, I was ushered out by the nurse aka pushy sales woman.

So, have been pushing and stroking for the past month, has it made a blind bit of difference... 

Have another appointment in 2 days so am going armed with pictures, 3 of, 1 week 6 week 12 week post op, they all show the same side profile, no change in any of the pointy slope. 

I know it shouldn't bother me, it's better than it was but it still not what I asked for, even my brother who never notices anything asked me the other day wtf happened to your nose, it's got a big slope to it ! 

And your eyes ? Why you got black eyes? 

Hmmm yes another side effect of the surgery I was not aware of which needs writing about :(

Updates after the meeting ...

More treatment

Im a bad person, lying to my mother...

So went to see mother today, first thing mentioned was - Oh ur still very bruised!
thanks thought i was looking a lot better but now Im not so sure :|
Can you breath better?
Oh yes! the septoplasty has worked, can breath so much easier

-- for those that dont know, the lie is I had septoplasty to help with my breathing, not rhino cos I'm vain and self centered.--

and that was it! no mention that the nose is a totally different shape!
hmmmm
Good thing or not? thats another matter. Maybe its that bad she just didn't like to say

More treatment, yes I'm booked in next week with a clinic to talk about botox and filler.
Think its about time after the horrendous horrendous  picture of me taken the previous day

Hope this goes ok, updates will follow

4 weeks

4 weeks today, my dont time fly

Not really :/

Kinda having an ok nose day today, bit happy...ier

Still numb as numb on the right side with a constant irritating itch. 

Why is that when there is no feeling there !!!! Arrrrg 

So nothing new to report. Have to go and see mother tomorrow. Will she notice anything? Have to think of some fabulous lie as to why the nose has changed shape from going in for a simple septoplasty.

My new fave picture angle. 

Unhappy

Not updated for a few weeks.

Still trying to come to terms with my new look, most days I'm liking it but most days I'm not.

Not at all.

Why?

I'm so so hoping its just swelling and this is not going to be the final outcome. A slight twist towards the tip has become apparent. 

Even more obvious from below and uneven nostrils. 

This showed itself even more so last night as I was brushing my teeth readying for bed. Caught a glimpse  in the mirror.

I felt sick to my stomach, could have quite easily cried. Went to bed thinking I have been though all this for nothing. 

Yes it's only been 3 1/2 weeks, but it's the right side, the wonky side which is the side that is still numb

Have no feeling to the touch there at all, just a constant itch under the skin. 

Not been able to ring the clinic as its now bank holiday weekend. Not that I believe they will say or do anything. 

So all in all feeling very unhappy and miserable. 

Wishing now I'd not done this, I was happy before all this, this only happened because I wanted to try something different, try a new me. Instead it's consumed 4 weeks of my life so far and likely to consume a lot more. 

All that money... 

Could have had a really nice long holiday... 

Laying on the sun soaked beaches of Mykonos ... 

Surrounded by hot sexy Italians ... 

Perfect bodies ... 

Perfect noses ...

And then there's me. 

Quick telephone call to the clinic

-had a slight issue, my cast has fallen off.
Fallen off? Well how did that happen?
-I have no idea, I just woke up and it had fallen off.
Oh we'll I'm sure it will be ok, most surgeons only leave it on for a week anyway.

Phew! Got away with that one :)

However I was punished, developed a blinding headache around 9pm so off to bed I go. Woke up around 1 am covered in sweat, feeling sic. This lasted all nite.

Laying in bed with nothing else to think about but feeling ill n hot n I was going to die because I no longer had my cast on.

All was fine by 8am tho. No day off work for me :(

Oops !

Oh no, the cast has "accidentally" fallen off...

Well least I get a little preview of what's underneath, hmmmm

I guess  it looks ok, humps gone at least, it's still not looking central tho. Comparing photos from before I can't see that there has been any change at all.. :( the shape of the nostrils from below looks exactly the same. Off center. 

Yes it's swollen still, but don't think it's gonna miraculously move central when it's never been that while under the cast. Time will tell. 

Sat looking at the swelling, I'm thinking I'm quite liking the look, especially over the bridge areas. Hoping this doesn't change too much.

Still have some of the tape on, and the cast still has its sticky tape on so gonna stick it back on just before I visit the clinic for them to remove it.  

Have started to notice my left eye is looking a bit like I've had a stroke! 

WTF!

Something else to fix :/

Bored

So it's now 10 days post op... What's new, not a lot.

Managed to get the biggest clot of blood out of the left nostril, felt like I was in heaven after ! 

Was quite a bit of yellow gunk also, lots of cotton buds n salt water cleaned all that up.

Had no advice from the ps or clinic that I should clean the clots out, then again with the service I've had from Harley Medical so far, it's no surprise. 

Had to leave the house twice in last 2 days... So fed up with people looking at me and asking wtf I had done. 

Lost track of the lies I told, ranging from being a thug n fighting, falling off a ladder at work, (where there's blame there's a claim!) to a freak jet ski accident on holiday. If only my life was that exciting :/ 

Still feel like its a bit of a taboo subject admitting to having a nose job and having people thinking what a shallow vein self centred person you are.

Gonna be another 4 days till the cast comes off ! This is killing me.

1- the constant pressure on my nose combined with the sticky glue it's stuck on with is enough to drive any person insane

2- being really impatient and needing to see the end result, am I gonna like it or not.

Why I have to wait 14 days with it on my face, who can say. All the google and forums say around 7 days is the norm. 

I'm not normal ! 

Now thinking of taking it off myself, what's the worse that could happen? 

What to do, what to do, what to do.

Don't look at me

Day 7 post op

Visit to the clinic today, which by the way is a 32 mile round trip.

Was hoping the yellow umpalumpa look would have gone away by today but no such luck.

Lots of concealer latter and I looked like a £1 tranny after a hard night on the gin. This will not do at all, I cost a lot more than £1 !

A quick wash, run over with a bit of bronzer, that will do.

Must have been in the clinic all of 10 minutes. The best comment made was "omg can't believe how bruised you are. Look it goes all the way down. "

"OK so we'll see you next week for your cast off. Thank you for coming. Goodbye "

I've really just spent 2 hours driving, frightening the public for this non-clinic chat?

Anyway onto today's photo.

The face of many colours

Omg I have the most beautiful rainbow going on with my face.
So much for the arnica. I don't think the bruising could have been any worse.

Lesson to learn - Do not trust homeopathic clap trap remedies !

Not been out of the house yet, dare not show the face in public. Off to the clinic tomorrow for a check up, hopefully not scaring too many motorists on the way.
Think plenty of concealer and bronzer is going to be the order of the day.

Cast still staying on for another week, kind of glad about that as the nose is still quite tender so if the nurse touches it I won't be the only one in the clinic tomorrow with a black eye.

May the 4th be with you

Worst night sleep ever, didn't know what to do with myself, up and out of bed constantly throughout the night. Just not gonna be able to sleep on my back :(
So spent the day with a constant headache due to lack of sleep. Hopefully will be overtired tonight that I just pass out.
Still no pain, just still uncomfortable with the cast causing pressure on the nose.
If asked to go through this again ...

No

No

No!

Day 3 post op.

Made it to day three, not that it was that hard to get here.
Had no pain at all, not taken any pain meds. Came home with a big box of codeine but do n't really wanna get off my tits flying about the house on that stuff.
Can breath slightly throughout left nostril but right side still totally blocked with swelling and that's the side constantly running with bloody snot.
Nice!
So other than dry lips and a very sore throat, did I mention sore swollen very sore throat.
Thinking maybe now the decision not to mention I had a slight cold to the hospital before might not have been a good choice.
Not really sure how much to clean in there so just running a cotton bud soaked in warm water round the inside. Mmmm bliss.
That and the ice packs every 2 hours, might be easier to stick my head in the freezer.

Got bored with snooker, listening to Kylie, she always makes everything better. :)

Quick quick quick

PS came to see me this morning ... Think they must have been in the room less than a minute :/ tried to keep asking things but obviously they were in too much of a hurry to be elsewhere.
All I managed to get was , yes it's very bruised, not as bad a some tho. Put some arnica cream on it. Tried ... TRIED. ! To get your nose straight but may go back to one side again.
FFS. this is why I wanted septoplasty aswel.
Bit of a downer that.
Well everything I have done at my choice. No 1 else to blame ... Is there ?

Done !

Laying in my hospital bed , 2 black eyes. Aching nose. Can't believe it's happened. Only took just over an hour.
Was taken to theatre at 1300 woke up in recover about 1430
Was having such nice dreams aswell.
Should do this more often. Best sleep I've had in ages.
Probably all the drugs pumped into me.
No going back now.
So so hungry. Nurse is bringing me some toast !

Toast !
I need pizza n ice cream !
So gotta keep the cast on for 2 weeks. That's gonna kill me waiting to see the results. Good job. Bad job. Arrggg

Excited.com

Sat on the train on my way, new nose here I come !!!
This time tomorrow will be tears either happiness or horror, can't wait to find out.