Rhinoplasty: Stories

I'm scheduled for a rhinoplasty/septoplasty on 12/28. I have broken my nose a few times & have a bulbous tip which I've always wanted to get refined - I remember in middle school a kid who used to call me "sand shark" because my nose tip is kind of wide and pointy at the same time. Now that I've been diagnosed with a deviated septum, insurance will help pay for this, so here we go! I'm really nervous about the surgery itself, then afterward trying to recover while being able to care for my 1 and 3 year old little ones - I'm a stay at home mom. I'll have help from my mom got about 4 days (she doesn't live here & is flying in). Also, I live on Colorado which is crazy dry, so I plan on keeping the humidifiers running to help with the dry throat from the days of mouth breathing (which I am dreading). Any advice on how to manage the dry throat?

I'm now 24 days post op and was just starting to see some great progress. At 7 days the cast came off & it looked good (outside of the pretty dark bruising). After the cast comes off you will then get very swollen, so be prepared!
My bruising is finally almost gone, but this evening my four year old accidentally smashed (& I mean SMASHED) my nose. The blow was with his shoulder and from below me do my nose tip was pushed upward. 6 hours later it still hurts pretty badly. I will call my ps first thing in the morning but am just sick to my stomach with disappointment that I let this happen and wasn't more careful. A lot if drs answers are "be careful!" (Um, yes I get that) but no matter how careful you are accidents happen. It seems a lot if people bump their noses post op, but I can't find much info on what can be done if in fact you do bump it hard enough to move a graft, cartilage or setting bone, what to watch out for (I.e. if it hurts at a level 6 out of 10 then you need to be seen the next day, if it bleeds, if you hear a crack then what? If it looks straight, then you're likely ok etc) and what you might do immediately (tape? Ice? Splint?). Hopefully, I will heal without complication, but will update as soon as I talk to my ps when the office opens today.