“I Can't Believe I Am Finally Doing It! - St. Louis, MO”

My surgery is in two days!!! I am excited and nervous all at the same time! I really hope that I like the results. My nose is something that I have been insecure about for the last 18 years. A good friend of mine recently underwent plastic surgery. She loves her results. I confided in her how for so many years I disliked my nose and if I would ever get a procedure done it would be rhinoplasty. She encouraged me to look into plastic surgery for myself. I found a plastic surgeon in St. Louis who specializes in the face. He and his staff have been excellent to work with...so far the experience has been great. I will keep everyone posted!

Updated on 3 Nov 2011:
Surgery went well. I am dying to see what my nose looks like under all of this tape/gauze! :) It feels like I need to blow my nose really bad. It's kind of driving me crazy! My face is swollen and I have one black eye. My top teeth/gums hurt too. Pain meds and frozen bags of peas to help with the pain/swelling. I have been sleeping better than what I thought so that is good. (sleeping elevated on two pillows and then a neck pillow)Everything I am experiencing in recovery is to be expected...so far so good!

Updated on 7 Nov 2011:
6 days post op: Follow up appointment with Dr. Nayak. My cast came off and I could not be more happier with the result! My nose is pretty swollen, minimal bruising...but I already love it! I can't wait to see the changes as my nose continues to heal. I am so glad I had this procedure done. No regrets. I will keep you posted on how things are going as my nose continues to heal. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this procedure! :)

Updated on 8 Nov 2011:
7th day post op...first day back to work. I really wasn't ready to go back to work but I have no vacation time left so staying home longer to heal was not an option for me :) My nose is so stuffy, there are times when I can kind of breathe through my nose for a minute every once in awhile. Majority of the time I cannot breathe through my nose. It sounds like I have a severe sinus infection when I talk because I am so stuffy. I normally wear glasses while I am at work, I had to keep taking my glasses off because it hurt my nose too bad and gave me a headache.

Updated on 13 Nov 2011:
By day 8 post op I was able to breathe through my nose again. Thank goodness :) The swelling has gone down a bit. I was nervous about returning to work day 6 post op. None of my colleagues have said anything to me about my new look, not sure that they can tell the difference. (that is fine with me! :) )I can tell the difference and so far happy with the result.