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    I am in so much pain right now I want to put a gun to my head. If I had known this would hurt even half as much as it does, I would NEVER have done it. My throat is RAW and feels like it's literally on fire from the trachea tube and from "breathing" through my mouth...my head feels like one giant pain throb, but the worst thing by far is still my throat. And I've got the allergy attack from hell, so I'm sneezing my ass off and that's making the pain ten times worse and I can't stop; every sneeze feels like it's ripping my face apart.

    All I can "eat" is oatmeal, baby food and broth, and I can't even do that without tons of pain and drooling on myself and slopping food down my shirt. Oh and holding my breath whenever I take a sip and feeling like I'm being choked b/c I can't breathe through my nose AND now if I've got food in my mouth I can't breathe AT ALL, so I end up gasping for air after every sip of liquid. I CAN'T FUCKING BREATHE!

    Despite my broth and mush diet, I feel like I'm getting fatter by the minute b/c I haven't been to the gym since the surgery. I want to cry when I think of all the things I could be doing right now. I could have been going to work this past week and making money...could have spent tonight going out to eat and cuddling with my boyfriend...could be working out and losing weight...but NOOOOOO, I was vain and stupid and just HAD to have my nose done, and now all I can do is sit here in pain and try not to cry b/c crying makes it hurt worse.

    And on top of all this torture, I still haven't even SEEN the fucking thing! It's still covered in a splint and packing and tape and gauze and after all this senseless pain, who knows if it will even look halfway decent?! If it doesn't, I'll have gone through all this only to be stuck with a nose that looks WORSE than what I had, and I'll have wasted $5500! I just want all this pain to go away; I want my formerly quirky nose back. I was cute, dammit, it didn't even look that bad. I didn't have to go through this shit.

    I am a fucking MORON. I should have just been satisfied with what I had and left well enough alone. I wish I could go back in time and cancel the fucking surgery. I would happily go a lifetime with my crooked bumpy former nose rather than endure this pain for one more minute. I should never have done this I should never have done this I should never have done this.
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    Its normal to feel what you're feeling after surgery. That feeling of "why did I do this?" and "I hate this!" are all normal. Don't be afraid to tell your doc what you're going through. You're not really fatter just swollen or bloated from all the things that have been going through your body. Try low sodium chicken broth. Any extra bit of sodium will make you feel bigger.
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    Aw damn. Feel better soon!!! Get those frozen peas on there!!

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    jesus, scary and a HALF
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    I like them large and cut. Sort of like strawberries.

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    I think your writing is a little too coherent for the amount of pain you're experiencing! Maybe time to call the doc and see about more/different pain meds and the issue of your allergies causing you to sneeze following rhinoplasty. I had rhinoplasty, the day following the surgery was the worst, but I was mainly okay, not with the pain you sound to be having. Take it easy and I hope you like your new nose!

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    ^^ i'd hope i'd be coherent, since i've got all the time in the fucking world to sit here on SW b/c I can't do anything else and am going off my mind with boredom. (edited to add i didn't mean to sound like i'm snapping at you or being rude, margo...if it looks like that, i apologize. )

    the doctor gave me a script for percs, but they made me vomit when I took them after having my wisdom teeth out, so i won't take them. Same with hydrocodone (generic valium i think?).

    thanks TM for the reassurance that feeling like this is normal....ughghghgh i just want this to be over with.
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    im so sorry babes

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    Picaresque, the vomiting was also experienced by another member abejar (sp?) after she got her boobs done. Ask your doc if you can switch pain meds or get a script for anti-nauseas. No one wants to be in pain. My lipo pain is almost gone but damn I felt how you felt where you feel like you can't do anything.
    Just keep track if the pain goes away, gets worse or any large amounts of swelling or fever appear. Hope you feel better soon.
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    I had the nausea. Get phenergen. Take it 30 minutes before the pain meds. It helps. Take dulcolax too. I'm sorry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Picaresque View Post
    ^^ i'd hope i'd be coherent, since i've got all the time in the fucking world to sit here on SW b/c I can't do anything else and am going off my mind with boredom.

    the doctor gave me a script for percs, but they made me vomit when I took them after having my wisdom teeth out, so i won't take them. Same with hydrocodone (generic valium i think?).

    thanks TM for the reassurance that feeling like this is normal....ughghghgh i just want this to be over with.
    Hydrocodone is generic vicodin.

    Is there any way you can cut them in half to maybe make you less sick to your stomach?

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    If your pain pills are making you barf, at least try some extra strength Tylenol. I took that after my BA (3 pills every 4 hours, slightly higher than the recommended dose) and that killed nearly all my pain. At least it's worth a shot.

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    I want to know how you feel about it in a few weeks, because I want to have a rhino too - I've always hated my nose - and I can totally imagine what you're feeling...but I want to see if you think it was worrth it after your new nose emerges, and the discomfort fades... Don't women who are giving birth also feel -"I'll never go through this again!" - but 2 years later they're popping out another little one....

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    woah.i think you just made a decision for me.

    Hope you feel better soon-

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    Wow! I just hopped on SW and saw the top post was a rhino rant and I was hoping it wasn't posted by you Oh, I hope this passes in a couple of days. You're not supposed to tell me how much pain it is though...otherwise I may never get a nose job! (j/k) seriously though talk to your doctor about switching pain meds. I'd like to think you might be able to be more drugged up through all this pain. And in the mean time you could draw me a picture LOL!

    I hope things start looking up soon...

    when do you get to see it?

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    eh, I don't mean to scare anyone off of getting this done if you really want it. Everyone has different levels of pain; I guess I just was really super un-lucky there, and would never have done it if I'd known it would be this bad.

    troublemaker, the irony is that pretty much *right after* i sent you the PM saying it wasn't that bad...that's when it hit me.

    Will definitely choke down some tylenol...along with my fucking giant horse-pill antibiotic. ugh i don't want to even think about how hard it is to swallow those damn things.

    I get to see it and get the splint off on Monday. I'm incredibly scared. If it ends up looking too thin or narrow, I will have a fucking breakdown and cry for a fucking week straight.

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    don't worry...you haven't scared me off! I was just thinking about your PM saying there was no pain and was thinking that getting a rhino myself would be no big deal. Knowing the pain you're in now is good for me so when that day comes that I go through it I will be more prepared. I think the frustration is heightened by you not being able to see it and worrying about how it's going to look. Just a few more days...hang in there. I'm here if you need anything

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    Not sure if this helps but when I had a few surgeries on my jaw the doctor gave me the choice between vicodin, percs and codeine. He recommened the first two but cautioned me that I might have nausea with them and if that was the case to go with codeine. Sure enough the vicodin and percs made me puke (which is not fun when you've got stitches all over your jaw) and I switched to codeine and didn't have an issue.

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    ^Silly question, how is codeine different from percs and vicodin? I have allergic reactions to the last two...

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    OK, this is going to be a gross question...but have any of you who have had rhino ended up with this? I've got a giant piece of what looks like some kind of tissue stuck in the passage between my nose and throat...like right behind where the uvula hangs down. And it's STUCK and literally making me gag. I've tried sticking a pair of tweezers way in the back of my throat to get it out, but I end up gagging even more and the thing gets sucked back up where I can't see it.

    It's disgusting me that I have this THING hanging in my throat and I don't know what it is... and it's really uncomfortable. What IS it? Has this happened to you after surgery? Anyone know how to get it out?

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    I went though the same thing. It wasn't pain that bothered me, it was not being able to breathe! Its unbearable.
    Imagine having a bloody snotty tampon shoved up each nostril for 2 weeks!
    At my post op appointment i thought they were going to take them out, but when they told me it'd be another week i started balling right there and said i couldn't do it. they gave me sleeping pills and it went by a little faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheTempest View Post
    ^Silly question, how is codeine different from percs and vicodin? I have allergic reactions to the last two...
    I'm not exactly sure. I just know I was told most people and the doctor himself preferred percs or vicodin but that codeine worked well for people made nauseous by the first two. I'm one of those people who gets very pukey on the first two and I think it worked just as well for the pain. I don't know how the dosages varied though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheTempest View Post
    ^Silly question, how is codeine different from percs and vicodin? I have allergic reactions to the last two...
    Codeine is for mild to moderate pain as Vicodin is for moderate to severe pain as percocet is for the same type of pain. There is some more information from that site.

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    It's disgusting me that I have this THING hanging in my throat and I don't know what it is... and it's really uncomfortable. What IS it? Has this happened to you after surgery? Anyone know how to get it out?
    Ewww...sorry. Call your doc right away so he can remove whatever that is. Probably some of that packing hanging down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TigersMilk View Post
    Codeine is for mild to moderate pain as Vicodin is for moderate to severe pain as percocet is for the same type of pain. There is some more information from that site.
    Ah, well that is why the doc said he preferred giving vicodin or percs for surgery. By the time I had switched to using codeine it had been several days since my surgery and the pain had probably subsided a bit so thats why I felt they were equal in pain relief.

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    Wow, I'm sorry. My doctor gave me a million pills...steriods for swelling (which also made me not depressed), darvocet, arnica and Bramaine (stop bruising), Valium, Comprazine, Pepcid, Celebrex, an inhlaer, Afrain, Levaquin.
    Needless to say I was feeling ok. Definately ask for something for anti nausea!!!! I think I would have been feeling a whole hell of a lot worse if I didnt get something for that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by naughty_princess View Post
    Imagine having a bloody snotty tampon shoved up each nostril for 2 weeks!
    lol, that is totally what it's like! yuck.

    and, two weeks?? ugh! I was told to take the packing out myself today, and then I go in on Monday for him to take off the splint (I hope). That was the worst part when I had surgery to fix my deviated septum...and the doc decided to leave the tubes in for another week. I wanted to cry...just when I thought I was finally DONE, but no--another week! It's the worst feeling.

    Damn, Brendita, your doctor hooked you up! Nice.

    And I think the weird thing in my throat was packing, b/c it seemed to go away after I took the packing out.

    At least I have a cute SWer to take care of me and make me soup. And of course, you all--thanks so much for the sympathy and good advice. :hugs:

    On the upside, I can vouch for arnica tablets. They do work! I don't have much bruising left.
    I am still SO fucking nervous and scared to actually see it. I keep worrying, what if it looks bad?
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