One week post op today and wow!

Well, I don't have enough to say about this week but it was hard and amazing all wrapped into one week! It started off rough, I looked like I had been in a boxing ring with Mike Tyson, but today one week from my surgery you can't even tell I had surgery at all. There is barely one small line of bruising under my left eye, most of my stitches have dissolved, my cast is off and my nose looks amazing. I'm freaking out completely, I just knew that I would be looking a hot mess for like 2 weeks and man am I surprised. Sleeping upright, icing my face with a cold rag and just taking it easy did the trick. I did have a lot of little incisions on the inside of my nose and the stitches have been quite annoying, but I consistently keep my nostrils cleaned out. Every since my check up with my dr. on Wednesday when he took my splints out and cleaned out my nostrils, I haven't gushed blood constantly, not at all actually. He ordered me to take it easy and that's exactly what I've done. I have kept sleeping upright at an angle to reduce swelling and have tapered on my pain pills. They said I had a reaction to the tube down my throat, which caused swelling on Wednesday, but I think it was from the antibiotic, Biaxin, after a conversation today with the surgery clinic who called to check up on me. But hey no complaints, this surgery was completely worth it and my post op pics are already blowing me away!

I've been trying to add my new pics, but I'm having issues, it's not giving me an option to add some...keep posted I'll figured this out soon enuf!! I'm dying to show everyone!

Well today was quite interesting, while I'm not in pain - my entire face was swollen today. I look like I have hog jowls it's really crazy, comical even. Every time I smile I can't help but to laugh and my daughter too. The stuffy nose is getting annoying and I'm so ready for Wednesday to get here so I can have this stuff taken out. I'm making it though, I took a nap, which really helped alot and I feel much better than I had expected to. I have still been icing my face and I guess it will too subside...this is quite an adventure, but hey I haven't had any pain. I actually went to CVS to get more gauze and some stuff for my throat (which is extremely dry from having to breathe strictly from my mouth)...it was nice to get out, but I felt like the boogie monster..lol. It's late, I'm hoping to get a little sleep tonight I haven't slept much at all since surgery, I'm extremely restless and have gotten the hiccups alot lately. I'll chime in tomm, thanks!