Septorhinoplasty, Turbinate Reduction, Repair of Vestibular Stenosis - Chesapeake, VA

I have my rhinoplasty surgery appointment in two days. Going with Dr. George Murrell in Chesapeake, Virginia. I've been wanting this surgery for years. Back in 2009 I was in a terrible care accident, flown to the hospital, and underwent emergency reconstructive surgery. My nose was one of the things that had to be repaired. I guess they did the best they could at the time with what they had to work with, but I'm very self conscious in photos due to my nose. On a more important note, I have an extremely difficult time with breathing, which ends in me being a mouth breather a lot of the time. My insurance is covering my procedure, so I'm unsure of the price of it right at this moment. I've been researching doctors for a couple years now and seen a few different ones. I ended up choosing a different doctor based on reviews and photos, but when I went to the consultation with that doctor, he advised me that my nose was a difficult one and he was too afraid to operate. That doctor sent me to Dr. Murrell. Both of which were confident in Dr. Murrells ability to give me the nose I need and want.

So, I had my surgery yesterday. All the staff was wonderful. Took them 3 hours to get me into surgery. Surgery took 2 hours. As soon as I woke up, I was talking (excessively lol), and ready to get out of there. I also had peed in the bed while I was under. My nose hurt pretty badly, but they gave me a popsicle and 2 percocets. The pain medicine kicked in when I get home. I was prescribed hydrocodone , but from 1 am until 6am I was in so much pain I was crying. I took 3 pills and it didn't help at all. My husband called dr murrell around 2:30 in the morning and he advised us to either go into the e.r. or if I could wait then to come to his office at 8 am and he would switch out my prescriptions and take my nasal packing out. I went to his office instead of paying and er bill. My nose and surrounding areas are swollen but only a little bruising, on my right side. Breathing out of my mouth the whole time, not a big deal bc I did thathe half the time before anyway. Slept sitting up and snored due to the packing anytime I fell asleep. Didn't sleep much at all. Oh, the breathing tube def hurts your throat and it scraped my bottom lip too. My top teeth are sore and the meat behind my teeth are sore as well. I'm pretty groggy and talking isn't something I'm interested in. I was able to eat last night. My husband made vegan Mac n cheese and that was pretty easy to eat. I'm only using my bottom jaw to eat and not moving the rest of my face. Taking the packing out this morning didn't feel good at all and my eyes started pouring. Dr murrell was very caring and gentle though and took his time. I probably changed my gauze 3 or 4 times last night. The first thing I noticed was that Dr murrell fixed my nostrils. They're now the same sizecolor when before, one was half the size as the other. So far I'm very happy...and tired with some pain going on lol.