Hey, this is day 5 after my rhinoplasty operation.
As you can see the swelling has continued to decrease,
but there's a lot more to go obviously.
I have the remnants bruising in this yellow colourish
under my eyes.
The pain again is nonexistent,
and there is less and less discomfort with each day.
I'm gaining more movement back in my nose.
So through sensations when I breathe,
through the upper lip movement I have when I speak,
although there's still some ground to be covered here as well.
It has started to itch more and more
beneath the gauze and cast, but obviously,
I can't do anything about it till I have it removed.
I didn't take my Diazepam last night,
and I've stopped taking acetaminophen all together,
and I still maintain a perfectly normal night sleep.
Although I did continue to awake quite thirsty,
as I'm still predominately breathing through my mouth.
But this is much less than the first couple of nights.
I do have some basic breathing restored through my nose.
This continues to get better each time I do
the whole cleaning process where I continue to decrease
the amount of debris that's still within my nasal cavities.
Now I'm starting to see, as the scabs become less and less,
more of the stitching is in place, and it's slightly long.
So I would like to have them trimmed,
but given I'm having them removed now so soon,
I don't see so much point in an additional trip
down to the clinic.
The reason they weren't appearing long, to begin with,
is because they were sort of contained within the scab
that's now reduced and the debris that's fallen away,
which has revealed them more.
The tip of my nose is definitely the most swollen area here,
and it's a very wierd sensation to touch.
It doesn't hurt. It's a little tingly maybe.
It's little interesting I will have to look into that one.
But I can definitely see it as the,
by far the most swollen part of the nose,
which is also obscuring any possible analysis I can do
of the actual shape of the nose at this stage.
But obviously I'm starting to become more and more anxious
about what the nose will look like when I have my cast off.
Fingers crossed, I'm sure it'll be very positive results,
and I'll be quite happy.
Other than that the swelling on my brows
has started to decrease, which is really great.
I still have a very strong brow I always did of course,
but it's not only due to swelling,
which is also taking away with it
the headaches I was experiencing.
I can eat normally, which has allowed me
to return to a more normal diet.
I'm also on the final days of the prescribed medications,
I'm going to continue to take the vitamin C
and possibly the Arnica forward
to continue to help, try to reduce the bruising
and the repair process.
But the wounds themselves look incredibly clean
so I'm very pleased about that.
I think there will be very fine scars
by the time that they are done.
I no longer get headaches when I wake up,
and movement of my head is no longer feeling
sort of a little awkward.
The blocked nose sensation has disappeared.
That's about all I really have to update for today.
I've continued to use ice packs
but not as frequently as I perhaps should have done.
Hopefully I will remember to do a little bit more today,
and bring down the remainder this bruising here.
It is quite light, and I'm sure if I really had to,
once he cast was removed a little bit of makeup
would hide it instantly,
not that I have any intention to do that.
It's just if you are curious about that.
Also the swelling under the bags of my eyes,
I did notice has started to decrease.
So I no longer look quite as tired as I did beforehand.
Brushing my teeth is now much easier.
So I don't have to struggle so much
to orientate my upper lip around, it's an easier process.
Now I'm just dealing with the sort of post-operation anxiety.
I'm constantly trying to establish how my nose was before,
and how it looks now, but obviously I understand for me
these efforts are very futile.
But nevertheless the notion to do it is there,
and I'm very anxious.
Earlier this morning I felt my nose was too short,
later in the evening I felt no it hasn't changed.
Then by now I've realized that
it is utterly impossible for me to determine,
with all of the swelling, and of course
all the tape and gauzing
and various symptoms of having had the operation.
I can't establish if it's width at all,
because obviously the cast is more significant size
than any reduction I had done.
The changes I wanted were very natural and very small.
The scab and lesion on this side my nose
seems to be healing okay,
although I'll have that checked again
to ensure there is no regrowth,
because it's obviously a fear I have now,
which is specific to my situation.
But I will be meeting with the doctor on Thursday
at which point I will establish how that's gone,
and that's it I think.
Thank you very much.
Tune in tomorrow for next day of recovery.