I met with Dr. Simoni on 11/20/12 at his Beverly...
I met with Dr. Simoni on 11/20/12 at his Beverly Hills office. Before meeting with him I had met with Dr. Fisher in Yorba Linda. Dr.Fisher was my first consultation which was awful because they told me I couldn't meet with the the Dr. until I scheduled my surgery? Ummmm yeah thats not going happen. Dr. Simoni on the other hand was very thorough during the consultation and made me feel at ease since I was super nervous. I had meticulously looked over and analyzed every aspect of his website before the consultation so I knew what to expect as far as pricing etc. I had basically made up my mind that I was going to have the procedure before I even met him. Surgery is scheduled for 12/20/12 and I am feeling a little anxious. Havent heard from the nurse yet to schedule blood work etc, so waiting to hear from them hopefully soon.
So I finally got the call from the nurse who was...
So I finally got the call from the nurse who was super nice. She told me that since I do not have any pre-existing conditions that I am not required to have blood work done or any other lab work. They only require that in patients over 40. So I guess I don't have to worry about that part. I will be adding some before pictures soon.
Surgery is on Thursday at 7:30am, getting really...
Surgery is on Thursday at 7:30am, getting really nervous and anxious now. I uploaded some photos for my before, but for some reason my stupid phone keeps uploading them sideways. Anyways... can't wait for thursday to be over with....
Home resting... Surgery started at 7:30am. Will...
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Day of treatment
Home resting... Surgery started at 7:30am. Will try to post pictures tomorrow. Worst part so far is my throat is super sore and I have really bad dry mouth. Any tips?
24 hours ago I was making the one and a half hour...
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24 hours ago I was making the one and a half hour drive to Beverly Hills to have my Rhinoplasty. So glad that is all over with. My surgery was at 7:30am and I was back in the car on my way home at 9:40am. I didn't have any trouble coming out of the anesthesia, no nausea, no dizziness, it all went well. I came home and I couldn't sleep so I just watched movies all day. Maria from the office called around 4:30pm to check up on me and make sure I was fine. I had chicken and vegetable soup for dinner and applesauce and was expecting to feel nauseas but never did. I didn't take any pain pills until bed time just to help me sleep cause the whole mouth breathing thing makes it difficult, but no pain so far haven't taken any pain pills and the last one wore off at 12am last night. Dr. Simoni and Maria, and Jennifer the anesthesiologist were all awesome. They all made me feel very comfortable and I knew I was in good hands. Especially Jennifer cause I was scared to death of going under but she grabbed my hand and told me she would be there the whole time making sure I was fine. I will keep you all updated. Can't wait for the cast to come off on 12/27
So it's day three and I have a little pressure on...
So it's day three and I have a little pressure on the bridge of my nose it feels like a little throbbing going on where my hump was... Other then that I'm good, well besides the itching that I can't scratch which is annoying. So far so good. Ready to get this cast off. Also have a little back pain from sleeping upright at a 30 degree angle for the past two nights. I know it will all be worth it though!
Today is the 23rd so really had my surgery three...
Today is the 23rd so really had my surgery three days ago. I guess I shouldn't of counted the day of surgery as day one of recovery? Anyways I'm getting more and more energy each day. I feel like I could get b
I guess my post got cut off yesterday. Well I am...
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I guess my post got cut off yesterday. Well I am starting to get cabin fever for sure and I have literally watched 12 movies in the past couple days. Thank goodness for my husbands extremely large movie collection and netflixs. I was saying yesterday that I have no pain except for this annoying pulsating filling on the very top of the bridge of my nose. It must be swelling or something because if I place my two fingers gently above where the cast ends it stops. No pain though just annoying. I did have my hump shaved off and the bones reshaped to make the bridge narrower so that's probably where the most work was done. It was a closed procedure and he performed some minor tip refining and my tip does feel quite numb though. For some reason I keep feeling like he's gonna take off the cast and something will be wrong with it... But I know it's just paranoia and I'm being ridiculous. It will be the best nose for my face! :) well recovery is going quite smoothly and I'm anxious for the cast to come off!! :)
Only one more day to go until this cast come off!!...
Only one more day to go until this cast come off!! Whoop whoop! Yesterday was Christmas so it was the most excitement I have had since before the surgery and I must say that I got really tired around 6:30pm and just couldn't hang. Still recovering even though sometimes I feel like I'm all better. I woke up this morning pleasantly surprised that I could now also breathe through my left nostril. I have been able to breathe out of the right nostril since two days after surgery. How awesome it feels to get some air through my nose finally. I do however get some random sharp pains for a sec every now and then and then they just go away. Not sure what that's all about. Bruising is steadily going away and hopefully will be gone by 1/2/13 cause that's when I head back to work. Super excited to get this off tomorrow and finally see what It looks like. I am expecting the swelling like everyone has forewarned but just want to see the dang thing already!!! LOL :)
I got the cast removed on the 27th and I must say...
I got the cast removed on the 27th and I must say that was by far the worst part of this whole process! It was excruciating! I thought I was going to scream! I mean why was I so worried this whole time about slightly bumping my nose when the nurse almost ripped my whole face off. It was really bad glad that is over with. Dr. Simoni came in and removed the internal splints and told me that I was still really swollen and that I will need to tape the tip of my nose every night for one month. My one month appt is on jan 26th. I was really excite to get the cast off buy when it was off I almost wanted them to put it back on... I felt really panicked and not like myself at all. Which I know is normal. So I am just now posting a picture two days after my cast removed because it took me this long to accept that it will get better and it is going to take time. Foolish of me to think that my nose could go through all that and look perfect 7 days later so not realistic but you always think in the back of your mind that I could be possible! Not! :) the tip is really swollen and I have an Avatar forehead because it is really swollen between my eyes so I look like one of the people. I should go outside and start chanting "eywa, eywa, eywa". On a serious note I know that my nose will be perfect one day, not today but maybe next week, one month from now, or probably one year from now. Cheers to waiting patiently!
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