I Have Wanted This for 10 years - Glendale, CA

Hi everyone?
I have been very insecure about my nose since I was about 15 years old and I am 25 now, I don't like how my nose droops/hooks down especially when I smile, and I definitely do not like my profile. I have been a member on realself for almost 2years, reading everyone's reviews and experiences on rhinoplasty. Dr. Grigoryants stood out to me, all his work looks amazing, I just knew he was the surgeon I wanted to do my rhinoplasty so I scheduled an appointment for a consultation with him. My consultation was in June of 2015. He told me what he would change about my nose before I told him what I wanted changed but it ended up being pretty much the same thing I would've told him anyways. He is a very nice and humble doctor and his receptionists are friendly. I originally wanted my surgery for December but had to change it to June 6 due to school and I was taking the semester off for summer so I thought it would be best to do it during that time. I went in for my preop appointment the last week of April. I was having my little doubts as of actually going through with it, idk I guess I'm just a little scared of the outcome even though I shouldn't cuz his results show how talented he is. But everything is set now, I paid for it and I'm having my surgery in 2days! I'm anxious/nervous/scared but also excited! I got a call from one of the girls at the surgery center 2days ago letting me know I need to be there by 6:30 am on Monday June 6! I live about 4hours away from the surgery center so I will be leaving the day before and staying in a hotel overnight so I can get a full nights rest and be ready for surgery! I probably won't even be able to sleep tho cuz I will just be thinking about it lol. I was debating wether to post about my own procedure experience or not, but I decided to write about it afterall since reading everyone's experience helped me. Sorry I made this post so long but I had to put alot in just one post since my surgery is 2days away! Wish me luck you guys!

Surgery is done! :) I had to be at the surgery center this morning by 6:30am. Surprisingly I actually ended up getting a good night's sleep lol, I tried not to think of the surgery too much, I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be lol. It's as if something told me everything would be fine :). When I walked into the surgery center I had to fill out some paperwork, the receptionists were great by the way:) As soon I was done with the paperwork I got taken back right away. The nurse which was the same lady that helped me out in the front had me change into a gown, started my IV and went over my medical history with me. A bit later the anesthesiologist came into talk to me and also went over my medical history, a lil while after that Dr. Grigoryants came to talk to me and he briefly went over what he was going to do and he said he would see me in a bit. After tht I got taken into the surgery room and got transfered to the operating bed. I just remeber the anesthesiologist started the anesthesia and a machine started beeping I looked over to see where the beeping noise was coming from cuz I was alrdy thinking something was wrong lol but the anesthesiologist looked at me smiled and said "the machine likes talking to us" I think he saw i had gotten a lil scared lol after that I was out! the anesthesia kicked in fast. I woke up in the recovery area and a different nurse which was a male and very polite came to see how i was doing, I was still a bit drowsy at that time so I tld him I was good just a bit sleepy but no pain at allnit was just a bit of pressure and feeling congested, he brought me a water and later a juice. I had to ask him to use the restroom a bit later it felt like I had drank like a liter of water! Lol but it was probably from the IV. A lil while later they told me they had informed my mom I was out and she was on her way. My mom came in with my son (he's 6) I was so happy to see my little boy he looked so worried when he saw me buyt he said he would help me in my recovery :). Before leaving the center, Dr. Grigoryants came in and told my mom and l that surgery went well and that I will be seeing him on Friday to remove the cast. The drive home wasn't bad except for a few bumps on the road made my nose feel uncomfortable but no pain, i had gotter a smoothie on my way home, it was so hard to drink it lol when i got my post op instructures the paper said to not drink from a straw so i was just trying to drink it like how we drink a regular cup but that did not work lol all of it was falling out of my mouth so i decided to use a straw but i wouldnt drink from it i would put the straw in the smoothie put my finger over the top of the straw, pull out the straw and put in whatever was trapped I'm the straw in my mouth lol but it took me about an hour to finish my smoothie like tht lol. We had left the surgery center at around 11:45 n got home till like 5:45.. it's only about 4hours away but we got some traffic and we also stopped a few times to get ice since i was icing my eyes on the way. As soon as I got home I had to take my antibiotics and change my gauze. Then I sat down in the recliner with the travel pillow my son let me borrow n have been relaxing here since then and still have no pain at all just slight pressure and congestion and minimal bruising mostly on my right eye. I'm going to keep icing and hopefully the bruising doesn't get too bad. I'll keep u guys updated, goodnight:)
P.S: I noticed that we cant use emojis on here so on my first/previous post after "Hi everyone" I had tried putting an emoji but instead a "?" replaced it so just ignore the "?" Lol

Hey everyone so today is post op day #2. I was able to sleep pretty good last night. Still have no pain just pressure and the congestion feeling. I had to sneeze a few times today, I tried my best to open my mouth when I sneezed to relieve the pressure from the nose but I still felt it in my nose, it wasn't really painful just a bit uncomfortable, I hope it doesn't affect anything. I called Dr. Grigoryants office today since i has missed their call yesterday when i was on my way home. They were calling to check on how i was doing and to make sure i had an appointment to remove the cast, I will be going in on saturday afternoon instead of friday. I spent most of today on the recliner watching movies. Haven't needed to take any of he nausea or pain medication. The swelling and brusing is a little more noticeable today but overall I feel good. I'll keep u all posted:)