One week post op today and wow!

My nose...it's the only thing I see when I look in the mirror. Since I was in school I got picked on for my nose, I was called Pinocchio. I just love the comments "it's not that big," or "it fits your face," such a crock. Finally, I decided to take the step to get rid of it and boy am I ever excited! Tomorrow is my big day, July 20, 2012 and although I am somewhat nervous I'm excited and I can't even imagine looking in the mirror and seeing other features aside from what I call "the snozz." My dad had this nose and he also got rhinoseptoplasty in 1993. So aside from having an oversized nose, my septum is deviated and I have always suffered with chronic nose bleeds, repetitive sneezing, post n nasal drip and lets not forget that although it's "large" I can't smell for anything! My left nostril completely collapses and I can barely recall having a nose that's not stopped up at all. I do have a roundabout idea of how my nose will come out because of how my dad's looks. I'm having the exact things done to my nose that he had to his..."make my bridge more narrow, take out the hump and refine the tip." He told me the other day that he was scared his nose was going to get too small - I promise that those words will never escape my lips! It's a dream come true and I will never try and discourage anyone from feeling better about themselves via surgery.