I’m back from the checkup at the surgeon’s. He castigated me for not hydrating my nose with the prescribed saline solution, but in all fairness, I wasn’t exactly eager to shove hot salt water up my nose in the hours following my surgery.
In any case, I have to do it now to dissolve the blood clots and assorted gunk up there. Quite disgusting but mandatory. To show me why I had to do it, during my checkup, he inserted tweezers into my nostrils and pulled out a giant blood clot. If you’ve ever extracted any nasal hair by giving them a good tug and enjoyed the sting and watery eyes after, then you can imagine what it feels when around 40,000 hairs are forcibly extricated in this fashion. Ow.
So, I have to hydrate with this hot water and salt solution four times a day until May 22nd, when the splints come out. The blood has stopped flowing down the front of my nose, but the seepage continues down the back of my throat. My painkillers have almost run out and the hot water certainly makes my entire face ache with a dull pain. It’s not pleasant, but only a few more days.
In conclusion, things are better than they were last week, but there’s a dull ache, only relieved by the promise of the splints’ extraction on the upcoming Friday. One can only hope it won’t hurt too much, but I think I’m being overly hopeful. They are stitched to my healing septum after all. Ow.