Rhino with Dr Lucian Ion - London, GB

After my double jaw surgery I've decided to correct my nose. My septum is deviated and the tip is quite long and round plus a bit upturned. I've spent the last 3 years (from when my jaw-journey started) researching good surgeons and in the end I decided Dr Ion was by far the best. He seem to have an eye for symmetry and aesthetic and I feel quite comfortable having this op with him.

So...the big day came. Despite knowing this surgery wasn't as "big" as my two previous jaw operations, I was still scared. I guess you never get used to a stranger cutting your face up? The hospital (Weymouth Street Hospital) was excellent. I was lucky to have Cynthia as my nurse and she was absolutely super! She made me laugh and made such a big fuss about me that I wouldn't have minded staying longer. I was weighed and we went through my previous medical history before the anaesthetic nurse came in. I have previously tried to wake during surgery and same with my dad so they need to keep an eye on me whenever I'm in for an operation. DR Ions Office had told me the anaesthetic fee was £450 which I had brought with me...but it turned out it was £550. The nurse got a bit funny with me and I felt really bad. I managed to find the original email which clearly said £450 and he said he would sort it with Ion's office later. I was so upset that I almost cried and said I'd get my husband to bring up the money (we live almost 4 hr drive from London), I felt like he thought I'd tried to cheat but he seemed to be OK after having seen the email and said not to worry. I walked into the theatre and the needle was placed. I remember them asking about my job and then the next thing was someone telling me to stop rubbing my eyes. When I woke I was given a menu card and Cynthia "ordered" me to get at least 3 (!) Icecreams. DR Ion came and saw to me and explained that there had been some complications and that he'd had to break the bone and also move cartilage to support my tip. Obviously this would make healing take longer but he seemed happy with the result. My husband took me back to the hotel around 19:00 where I'd checked in the day before and the rest of that evening is a blur. Next day I was feeling fine until halfway through our journey home when I started feeling rubbish. When we got home I went to bed slept until the next day. Second day my swelling was the worst, only around my eyes and inside my nose. My nose kept running which felt a bit like waterboarding as the inside tubes were blocked. The blood that had been running down my throat was gone but that was about the only good thing that day. Since then the swelling has gone down, today I only had 1 painkiller and although my nose keeps running I actually feel back to normal again. I'm struggling with the injections I have to give myself...I have no problems with needles but I find them to be rather painful. On Tuesday I will see ion or a nurse and have the splint, tubes and stitches removed. I am SO curious/nervous to see what my nose will look like!!!!!

I've always thought that dying on the toilet would be a pretty embarrassing way to end your life...now I'm thinking drowning in your own running nose would be worse. No great tales end that way. My nose is like a running tap! Right nostril is the worst. I'm not sure it's brilliant for the healing where the incision was made? Every 8 hour I put polyfax oitment on it but I can feel a tingling kind of pain there...whether it's because I'm almost off painkillers or because an infection is starting I don't know. It's probably nothing but being bored I've started thinking about it and now I've got myself a bit worried. Can't wait to get these bloody tubes out! Got a text, seems Dr Ion isn't there tomorrow and it will be Dr angelica kavouni seeing me instead. I haven't met her before...just hope she isn't squeamish about runny noses ;-)