“rhino surgery feb 9th!!!”

Hello everyone!

I have a very prominent hump and it has bothered me since forever! I actually learned to live with it, but after seeing so many reviews I feel that if something bothers me that I can change, hey why not? And if I don't get it now, I know that I'm going to be wanting rhino and don't want to wait until I'm older.

So I scheduled my first consultation for rhino next monday =) I know this is my first consult, but after researching and reading so many reviews about this doctor, I feel like he could be the one. However, I feel that just going for the first surgeon that I see doesn't feel right? What do you all think? How many consults did it take until you found the one?

-Thanks

Updated on 6 Aug 2011:
So I have already chosen a doctor to do my rhino. I just don't have the exact surgery date yet, but it will happen in about 3 months. I am really looking foward to having a better looking nose, but I can't help to think of the worse! Like what if I don't come out of it or even the possibility of death. I know, I know.... I shouldn't be thinking so negative. And this is something that I have been wanting to do for a while now. Did anyone have any second thoughts before their surgery?

Updated on 18 Jan 2012:
So I finally scheduled my surgery! =) FEBRUARY 3rd is the big day, I am so excited and anxious! Everyone please keep me in their prayers that everything goes well on the big day.... I appreciate it all.

Updated on 30 Jan 2012:
Sooo does anyone have any tips for pre-op surgery? when am i suppose to start taking my arnica pills???? My surgery isn't going to be til' february 9th now. I will be posting before and after pics as soon as I have my surgery done =)

Updated on 6 Feb 2012:
SURGERY IN 3 DAYS!!!

Updated on 8 Feb 2012:
So I have surgery tomorrow morning! Boy ohhh boy, I am pretty excited and nervous, this is my first surgery! Hoping it all goes well..... wish me luck and keep me in your prayers please =)

Updated on 11 Feb 2012:
So thank the lord everything turned out great with my surgery! =) I was super scared and nervous the whole morning of my surgery, but it really wasn't bad at all. I did throw up some blood from the tube being down my throat. But other than that I was feeling quite well.

Day 1 post op: As far as pain what I mostly had was a headache. I was taking my percocets which were helping a lot. Also it is very uncomfortable having to sleep with my head elevated, but I actually got some sleep. I did not have a problem eating anyting, but I still did stick to the liquids. Jello and yogurts and plenty of water have been very soothing through this process.

Day 2 post op: Today was good as far as pain, I have not needed to take any percocets yet. But I will be taking one tonight just incase. My bruising hasn't been too bad either, just yellow around my eyes. I have been taking my arnica pills which could be helping the bruising. I still have no problem eating. My lips are very numb though which kind of make chewing things a little difficult. This experience so far hasn't been too too painful, but it is very uncomfortable! I would say it's like having a cold. And I can breathe out of my nose, but I still try to breathe out of my mouth, cause I don't know if it's okay to breathe out of my nose so soon? My tip looks a lot better, however I noticed my nostrils are uneven. I have been reading around and it looks like it could be due to the swelling? And I am not even a week post op so I'm thinking it could be the swelling. Did anyone have uneven nostrils which later on got even after the swelling?

Updated on 19 Feb 2012:
So it's been about a week and 3 days since my surgery, and everything has gone well... recovery was a breeze I am now pretty much back to my old self, minus the horrible skin peeling on my face, but it's getting better... It's been a couple of days since I got my cast off and I'm pretty happy with my nose. It just took me a while to get use to it, I actually look normal for once with a straight profile and it feels great. My nose isn't perfect, but it's way better than my old nose and I'm happy about it. My nostrils are a bit uneven, but it's cause my face. And I'm hoping they'll even out a bit once all the swelling subsides. But it's nothing I'm too worried about. My ps did a great job and I would highly recommend him. I will post pictures in a bit... and I'll update as much as I can =)

Updated on 19 Feb 2012:
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Updated on 25 Mar 2012:
So I'm already 6 weeks and a couple of days post-op and I still am loving my nose!! It looks a little swollen still, but other than that it looks good to me. I can breathe pretty well. When I touch the bridge of my nose there is a tiny bump that I can feel, it isn't noticeable, but I was told by my ps that once the swelling all goes down it may show so if that's the case I might go back so he can rasp it out. He told me not to rub it cause it could irrate it. You can't tell it is there unless I touch it so I'm hoping it stays like that. I still am very happy I went through with the surgery and encourage anyone who is interested in rhino to go for it! Well I will keep you guys posted within the next couple of weeks on how everything is going.

Updated on 1 Jun 2012:
Well I'm about 16 weeks now....... everything has been well. Still very satisfied with my nose so far. The only thing is the one bump I specified before is still there and at about 14 weeks I noticed another very small one underneath that bump, but they have not popped out completely u can't tell their there. So I'm hoping they stay like that cause I don't want it to change I'm so happy with my nose I would be very dissappointed if they happend to appear. I know I have not loaded up pics yet, but once I upload pics to my computer I will. Til' then I will try to keep up with updates!