laid up for a while

[Jimmie the Mum]

I had this done in high school. I was thrown out of a catholic high school after my first year (long story). My parents moved to a new town from the inner city to the sticks. Some football player was making comments about me being new to the school and being a city guy etc. I was 6'2 and 155lbs (ran cross country and track), he was about 6' 2" and 250.
Anyway I said something back. He hit me, I hit him and boom a broken nose and a deviated septum. Had the operation in junior year. What a difference.
Oh, after that I was always invited to the football parties as I didn't rat on the guy. Mum is the word..

Eric, you will feel great next week...

[mad4maduro]

holy shit! i thought that the "packing" was a couple of little "plugs" as that is what they looked like. So when I went in to have them removed, i was wondering why folks had told me that it was a horrible experience. so the doc tells me to tilt my head back...he gets a grip on one with his little pliers and starts pulling.....AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!! it wouldn't end! the little "plug" was about a mile long and was apparently wrapped around my brain! wow! painful!!! Then he hands me a bunch of paper towels and tells me to blow my nose. A TON of clotty blood and cherry jello came out and suddenly i was extremely light headed and nauseous. I told the doc who immediately told me to put my head back and "Don't Move!" "Not even a little bit! You will pass out!" He grabbed my bottled water and dumped it over my head! I'm not kidding...he then re-filled it and dumped it again! I thought I was on candid camera! the extreme nausea and faint feeling passed after about 5 minutes and 3 bottles of water. I was soaked! BUT I could breathe!!!!

There is something really satisfying about spraying saline in my nose and then blowing huge amounts of blood and garbage into the tissue.....life is good.

[CigarJohn]

Your scaring me. I'm glad its over and done with and things will be easier as the days go on for you.
I have a deviated septum(left side of nose is open right side is almost 100% closed) I'm to chicken to get the surgery done lol.

[mad4maduro]

Your scaring me. I'm glad its over and done with and things will be easier as the days go on for you.
I have a deviated septum(left side of nose is open right side is almost 100% closed) I'm to chicken to get the surgery done lol.

that was exactly my scenario -- dude..i am still early in recovery but i HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!!! i even told my wife that i would have paid out of pocket for this given the relief i am already experiencing.

[Jimmie the Mum]

Oh Man, I totally forgot about all that packing (of course it was over 40 years ago) but that was indeed the worse part. It just kept coming and coming out. I was like, when will this end?

[MaytagMan]

Damn... I almost got light headed reading that.... Glad that things are going well and that you have some air flow!

[EvilAsh]

Damn... I almost got light headed reading that....

+1

I'm glad you've found some relief though, and things seem to be getting better!