Day 9 – rhinoplasty recovery
I came home yesterday and it's been a little tough getting back into it so far. Without the support of family around it is very easy to slip extremely fast into not looking after yourself and it is taking a lot more effort to keep up with every part of my recovery that I was finding so easy before I came back to my own home.
It is proving strangely hard to remember all the pills, steam inhalations etc. Nonetheless, I resolve to make sure that I keep on top of things and keep my recovery on track.
I had a chat with my friend, who is a doctor about the questions I'd like to ask the surgeon when I see him. An interesting bit of information came out of that conversation - he says that I would actually be better speaking to the nurse or sister who takes my cast etc off next Monday as they are used to dealing with recovery of patients day to day. I wouldn't have thought of that but of course it makes perfect sense.
We agreed that surgeons are a bit like FlashHeart from Blackadder ...
Anyway, I digress! I will let you know as soon as I know the best practice (in my case anyway) regarding going to the gym, wearing my glasses, gym classes etc.
I get the kids back today, which of course I'm really excited about! I'm a little nervous as well because I'm still tired, I just need them around me now. Missed them a lot a lot. 
February 11th, 2010 - 11:38
you are looking so much better Ian…but don’t get too lax about it, you will need to be very careful and don’t do anything silly….I am sure you won’t, you definitely won’t want to go through this again will you!!! Take care…get the kids to pamper you!!