HAPPY with Septoplasty/ Rhinoplasty in Omaha

For more on my story and experience with Dr. Denenberg and Dr. Perry Johnson, you may want to check out the Discussions I started earlier this year. Best!

Hello - Yep. I am post op. So far it has not been a bad experience although a few things surprised me. The staff at Village Point were awesome. Everyone comes in to introduce themselves prior to the surgery. For some reason I started crying right before surgery! I think my husband was nervous and was a little cold (he's been great since). Plus, I hadn't eaten and had been running around getting ready to take two weeks off work, and then all of a sudden I was just sitting there waiting and started crying. It was embarrassing. I told them when I felt the tears coming on that I was feeling emotional, but that I was okay. One of the surgical techs was really cool about it when she came to introduce herself and saw I was teary. She said, "um, is there something we need to talk about?" She had frogs on her surg cap and made me smile. I didn't anticipate the number of people there. I was picturing a nurse and the doctor. In reality, I had AT LEAST a pre-op nurse who was also my post-op nurse, one or two surg techs, an Anesthesiologist, Dr. Johnson and his Resident and a student there to observe because of Dr. Johnson's association with the NE Med Center. Having the Resident and student there didn't bother me. They lightened my mood. When the student said he was "just a student", I saw a very serious Resident go from doctor in training (he went over my meds, listened to my heart, etc.), to this big brother type scolding his little brother "you are a student. Not JUST a student". It was entertaining. I thought for a second he was going to whack the younger "kid" up side the head. After surgery the anesthesiologist came over and was concerned I would have a sore throat. He told my husband if I have surgery in the future, we should let the doc know the breathing tube placement could be a challenge. I have a really small mouth and jaw issues so I am sure that's what he meant. I was impressed that he cared enough to come tell us. Meanwhile my husband was teasing me about putting pictures of me on Facebook --- he would NEVER do that – and the anesthesiologist overheard and got a little protective. My pre-op/post-op nurse had been around us long enough to assure him that he was just teasing. I was pretty groggy at that point but managed to smile and say, “can you believe I have put up with this for 12 years?”