Wed, April 30-post op day 12

Well, here's the latest. Swelling has gone down. Still have bruise under left eye-going away slowly, but surely!! Went to my PS yesterday and he has me doing "nasal exercises" which consist of pressing (kinda hard-it hurts!!) on the right side of my nose as there is a small bump in the bone. He says this will smooth it out. 5 min a day, 5 times a day for a few weeks. I can barely see the bump, but can feel it. Overall, I am very pleased!! :) Off to NY to visit my husband's parents for the week! Thanks again to those who took the time to read my blog and offer words of encouragement!! :)

Day 7 First attempt at putting on makeup to spruce up!!

Ran around a little this afternoon-attempted to put on make up-realized it fruitless to try and cover the black eye-looks way cheesy with gobs of makeup on. So I left it alone. :)

Befores and afters (afters being 7 days post op)

Here are some comparisons pictures.

Day 7 post op

Hesitant to post these pics-I know I am only one week out, but I am still highly insecure about the width of the bridge between my eyes. I feel "neandrathal!!" My doc is awesome and he did exactly what we talked about. My bump is gone, tip looks nice and symmetric....the whole nose is just so daggone big right now!! Looking forward to seeing what it will look like when all the swelling subsides. Any tips for decreasing the swelling at this point??

2 hours until the unveiling!

Well, 2 hours and I get this splint off-it's driving me crazy, plus the swelling at the tip of my bridge (above the splint) has seemed more painful and more swollen in past 24 hours...I'm taking it as it's ready to come off! :) Pictures to come this evening!

Day Three Post-Op

Well, woke up yesterday with 2 big swollen black eyes. I would've taken pics, but my husband had the camera in Baltimore. Anyhow, took some pics today. Believe it or not, I bumped my nose today!! Right into the bathroom wall-so painful. I iced it for about 30 min-I hoping no damage was done. I doubled up on my arnica doses and have been putting the arnica gel on the bruises and bridge every hour. Here's the latest pics!! 2 more days in the house, then I get the cast off---yahoooo!!

Day one post-op!!

Well, it's 5 am and I'm up for the fifth time, so I decided to update my blog. Can't sleep for long periods of time-must be b/c I'm in the recliner. Also, been icing every time I wake up, so I guess that's good. I did well-surgery was good (except they told me after that my heartrate dropped into the 40's-that's nutty)-no cpr needed :) I recovered with a bolus of iv fluids.

Anyhow, I get 2 sponges removed today-then I have no packing, so that's good. If you notice in my pics, he has 2 black strings attached to the sponges and they're pulling on my nostrils pretty good. I think the "pug" look I have going on right now can be attributed to that. If not, I now have a new nose resembling a pig.

Also, so far the only bruising is on the bridge of my nose, none around my eyes yet-still wondering if that will show up in a day or two? (Sorry that there's 2 of the smae pic-I have no clue how to delete that image-even went to help options and can't do it-any suggestions? )

Thanks, again, for all your support-you guys have been awesome! :)

Family Pics

Here's my adorable family....Husband, Andrew...Children Jacob and Layla. Luvs of my life.

Last View

OK, I've got my camera to work, so here are the last pre-op pics I'd like to post. I see my PS this Thursday for the final pre-op visit, then off to surgery on April 18. My best friend, Stevie, is coming over the morning of surgery and we're going to get manis and pedis before surgery so at least my nail and toes will look good in the operating room. :) No, really it's so I can relax. :) I'm throwing in a pic of Stevie with me the night before my breast augmentation and also us in NYC this past FEB...she so graciously also excorted me to my breast augmentation 2 years ago-such a trooper. :)

P.S. I look dead in these pics as I did them in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep-gotta love makeup......it does a face good.