They said that I would experience pain for the first day, and some discomfort the next few days, but that I would be able to return to work the next day. I was NOT. I had to take two days off; I was in so much severe pain I was back the next day begging for narcotics and needed to take them for four days. Is this a sign that I would heal poorly from other facial surgery (such as a nose job), or that I wasn't sleeping well or not numbed enough?