Ready for rhinoplasty in Oslo

Hello everyone! I am new to this forum but figured I would start posting in case someone can help me with their insights. First a little about me: I am 24 years old, from Norway, and have had issues with my nose since I was a child. It is too wide and big from the front, and I have this bump on my bridge (that runs in my family), I just cannot handle it anymore. Every picture taken, every time I look in the mirror.. I am done. It is time to get this surgery done.

I am scheduled to have rhinoplasty done by Dr. A. Kevin Muiderman in Grand Forks, North Dakota on August 16th, but I am not quite sure about this. The consultation seemed a bit rushed, and I have had no exams or medical history conversations with him. There was no digital imaging to show me what my nose could look like, he just had pictures taken of my face and used a marker to "draw" my nose smaller.

I had to leave Grand Forks to go home to Norway for the summer (I am from Norway and go home every summer in between college semesters), and as I want to get the surgery done before fall semester starts back up again I decided to book the surgery for a few days after my return to the U.S.

My question is, does anyone have experience with Dr. Muiderman? Has anyone had rhinoplasty by him? He is certified and experienced, but I just don't know. If anyone could offer me some insights or recommend a North Dakota rhinoplasty surgeon I would be very grateful.

I am so surprised at all the kind comments on my first review! I think I'll keep posting here through my surgery journey. :) It seems a good place to interact with people who understand. I have kind and loving parents who support me in almost all that I do, but this one they aren't on board with. They keep saying "but you're so pretty the way you are", and I know I am not ugly but it isn't about that at all, it's about a gnawing feeling of unsatisfaction with an aspect of my face. I have felt like this since I was 11, and now I am 24. I remember seeing a picture my mom took when I was 11, and deciding then and there that I have to get this procedure done when I grow up. Money issues have kept me from doing it so far, but now I can finally do this without my parents. They cannot know and I will not tell them until I go back return to Norway in December, because they'll just be so disappointed and I don't want that to happen. Wow, I just rambled, sorry folks. I just thought it would be appropriate with a little background, although I'm sure a lot of "rhinoplasty people" have similar backgrounds.

I have decided to keep looking for a surgeon I'm more comfortable with, and have booked two consultations with great surgeons in Oslo, Norway. One of them has 20 years of experience and does over 100 rhinoplasty procedures each year. I've seen a video of him and he seems very likable and competent. The other surgeon is also very capable, and renowned all over Scandinavia. My meetings with the surgeons are on June 25th and June 26th, so it's coming up! So excited! Will post update after my consults, thanks for all of your support!

Okay! So! I was originally scheduled to have surgery with a US doctor, but I didn't feel completely comfortable with him and so, because I am Norwegian and go home every summer to work I decided to go to Oslo for a few consults. I ended up choosing the first doctor I saw because I liked him, plus I had heard bad things about the second doctor I was scheduled to consult with. And the third doctor proved impossible to dig up any info on and I just wasn't feeling it. I chose Dr. Morten Haug of Teres Nobel, a renowned and trusted plastic surgery clinic in Oslo.

I want to get rid of the bump on my nose, narrow the tip and make the sides of my nose slimmer, and he said he could do all that, but that my expectations regarding the tip of my nose shouldn't be too high as the structure and cartilage of that particular area of my nose makes it so that he can't take off too much. But I didn't want too big of a change in that area anyway so I'm fine with that.

Surgery is booked and paid for, it is really too much money but I just HAVE to do this now, August is the month where I have the most money due to summer work, and plus my parents are NOT on board with this so they have no idea what I'm up to. I am 24 years old and make my own decisions, but it's still hard not being able to talk to my parents about this as we are very close. I am an only child and am used to talking to my parents about everything. But they just don't understand my reasons for doing this and they can't justify spending this much money "on something that doesn't need changing." But I do need a change. I need to change my nose, it has bothered me since I was a child and I cannot stand it any more. I'm done. This is happening and I'll just have to find ways to make money some other way once I'm back in the US after surgery. I do freelance work within translation and transcription in both English and Norwegian, so hopefully I'll find a way to make money through freelancing. My parents will take me to the local airport on August 14th, but they think I'm flying to the US. But I'm actually flying to Oslo to have surgery. It's really hurting me having to sneak around this way, but I have no choice. They won't understand and they'll be upset with me spending this much money on something they don't think I need. They'll think I'm back at school while I'm recovering from rhinoplasty.

In any case, my surgery is on August 15th at 10:30 am. I am staying with my best friend in Oslo after surgery, and she's a nurse so it's really quite perfect. She'll know how to take care of me. The only thing that might prove problematic (aside from the obvious risks of surgery) is that I am scheduled to fly back to the US the DAY after I get my splint and stitches taken off. Splint removal is August 22rd, and I embark on a long, international flight with two heavy suitcases and hand luggage at 6:30 am the next morning. Whew! I'm hoping I will feel well enough to handle that. I'll have to ask my doctor if I can have anything that will make the flight a little easier, could something like Sudafed work perhaps? We don't have that particular drug in Norway but maybe something like it. If it's safe. I just don't want to have a gruesome flight. But it was the only flight available and it cost me too much to change it anyways.. Anyone else out there who had to fly shortly after rhinoplasty? Any helpful advice? I would be very grateful for anything you guys could tell me, not just about the flying but also other things I should purchase before my surgery.

Posting some more before-photos.

Thank you guys!