Ready for rhinoplasty in Oslo

Here are a few pictures, I am very happy :) no tip work, just took down the bump and narrowed it.

Hi! I just got my splint off! Don't really know how I feel yet. My nose looks bigger than it did before surgery, but when the doctor was feeling along the ridge and bone I could tell that it is indeed smaller and narrower. I just can't visibly tell because I'm pretty swollen. But it does look straighter. So I'll just wait and see until the swelling has gone down more, and as the year passes. Bought a hat yesterday, haha! One of those big floppy ones from Mary Kate & Ashley's collaboration with the Scandinavian store Bik Bok.. Gonna be quite the fashionista. It's bright and sunny in Grand Forks and I can't wear sunglasses, boo.. Anyways! I have a thick bandaid on my nose, the doctor agreed that would be a good idea, not so much because I necessarily need it but because I'm flying to the US bright and early tomorrow morning, and I don't want people bumping into my nose during the flight. With the bandaid on they can see that something has happened to me and be gentle when moving around me. Bah. Not looking forward to the flight.. Take off at 6:30 am!

As far as the recovery process goes, everything has been pretty smooth. I was never really that bruised except a little red and yellow around my eyes, but I was SO SWOLLEN day two and three. It was excruciating. I could hardly open my eyes. Day four I felt so much better, much less swollen and tired. All in all it's been okay, never in pain and not really nauseous. Pretty anxious about the final results, though I'll be very careful not to jump to conclusions or anything until several months have passed. I'll post pictures later!

Hi everyone. Sorry for not posting in a while. I'm just stopping by to post a quick update. The surgery went great, my doctor said everything went as he expected. We decided to not do any tip work last minute, and with that my procedure changed from an open rhinoplasty to a closed one. He shaved off the bump and broke and reshaped the bone to make my nose narrower. But no tip work. In happy with that decision so far, I mean I have to fly to the US on the 23. and this takes the recovery time down a bit. Okay anyways. My surgery was at 1030, they gently woke me up and let me rest for a while before bringing me water and salt crackers. Then after a while my friend helped me dress and took me home to her apartment, and I've been resting ever since. Their 11-month old daughter is doing fine with the sight of me, she knows who I am and doesn't seem bothered at all.. Which is great! Day two was bad, I was SO swollen yesterday. I couldn't open my eyes for more than a few seconds at a time, and my eyes run like crazy. No pain though! And no nausea either. The worst part has been the swelling and sleeping elevated on my back. I HATE that. But I'm not bruised, which is surprising.. I was a bit blue the first day but that passed too. Now I'm just red, sore and swollen around my eyes. Swelling has moved a bit though, it keeps moving lower which is nice. I'm applying arnica gel and cold towels (very gently of course). Hopefully the swelling will go down even more soon, that's what's bothering me the most right now.. I managed to take a shower from my neck and down, which was super nice! Well anyways, that's all for now. Will try to post again soon.