My Nose Job Blog the joys of the Open Septo-Rhinoplasty

Day 13 – New nose revealed!

So it's done - my cast has been removed and I can now see my new nose. My goodness what a change! The two biggest changes are that firstly, for the first time in my life, I can breathe through my nose to the extent that I can get enough air into my lungs. I've never been able to do that before. I can also see a massive reduction in the length of my nose.

At the moment it is still very swollen, which makes my nose look misshapen and crooked from the front. That will of course resolve itself as the swelling goes down.

The top of my nose is very tender and I'm struggling to wear my glasses at the moment. I have put a couple of plasters on to ease the discomfort which is working for now, but I'm seeing the optician this afternoon about the possibility of getting contact lenses - something I've never been interested in but I'm now thinking it might finish off the package nicely!

You will recall I was keen to find out a few things about what I'm able to do - can I go to the gym? What can I do in the gym? What about my glasses; can I wear them? Well I've answered that final question already but I was really pleased to be told that I'm fine doing some excerise - just not the best idea to do much in the way of weights or anything high impact like running, for about a month, but I'm fine doing the x-trainer and also will be fine doing my classes as well. Delighted!

I'm so pleased I've had the operation. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be able to breathe through my nose - it's a strange sensation believe me! I was feeling a little low yesterday as I was very excited about getting my cast off and for some stupid reason thought that my nose would be perfect immediately. Of course that is nonsense as there is still a lot of swelling and tightness within my nose whihc also means that my nose is still being pulled in one direction - I can feel some of the wounds inside my nose changing the shape still. Hopefully this will be a lot better in a week or two.

Because of that I did come down quite hard after my appointment yesterday and felt a bit sorry for myself. I was also emotional on Sunday at my parents wedding anniversary party. I think that I was a little overwhelmed by how much I've been through over the last two weeks and it has taken me by surprise. To be completely honest I don't get it. I suppose I've put my body through a lot as I'm told that your body reacts as though you were awake for the surgery so it really does take it all out of you. I've also been on some serious painkillers and of course there was the anesthetic in my body. But that doesn't explain why I've felt very emotional about the whole thing.

Maybe it's just the way it is and is worth saying publicly for those who are looking at facial surgery that there are some quite deep emotions associated with changing ones appearance and a long period of lower energy levels following such dramatic surgery.

I did want to say a public thank you to a lot of people who have been thinking about me, praying for me, showing huge amounts of interest and kept up to date with my progress. I'm very grateful to you all.

I am now going to drop to posting once a week, now that my nose has been unveiled but will keep you up to date with any developments.