Ahh something I can contribute too instead of lerking/learning LOL.
I had my deviated septum fixed 2yrs ago, read all up on it, watched video's of it to see what they were going to do, etc...wanting to be fully prepared for anything. I was except for the recovery, holy shit...for the next 7 months I asked myself daily due to pain if I did the right thing. The first day wasn't bad, then everyday for the next 7 days until he removed the splints got worse and worse as far as internal pressure build up. Eye's red and watering worse and worse everyday, stabbing my face with an ice pick seemed like it was honestly becoming a viable option to relieve the pressure.
The day came FINALLY to have the splints removed, and I'm thankful my doc did it in 7 daus vs the 14-15 days I'd read about. He did both pretty quickly and within about a minute of him pulling and cleaning me out it was like heaven, my head decompressed almost immediately...2 minutes later it came creeping back and within the hour it was back to the same pressure build up/pain.
Everyday was hell, sleeping was hell, working was hell and it stayed that way, strongly, for the next 3 months...the whole time doing nasal rinses as directed, from the 3 month point on it gradually got a little bit better every week...by month 7 it still hurt but I could see that I was about to crest the hill so to speak.
Now, yrs later I'm glad I got it done. My schnoz was broken 3 times growing up from sports and a fight, always had issues breathing...now I am finally breathing so much better, nasal infections are few and far between-coming from 4-6 severe sinus infections annually. Now when I blow my nose, it's pretty damn impressive the amount of slime that comes out...never had that before because it was soo stuffed up I could never fully blow and clear myself out.
Could I have lifted weights at anytime in those first 3 months post surgery, heck no..it was all I could do to get through the day not straining to make the pain worse.
This is just my story, and if ya do some research you'll read everything from "like nothing ever happened" to "damn near died" lol. Good luck....ultimately at the end of the day once your through with all the pain and the bs you'll be glad you did this...but it's going to be a tough road/painful road. It knocked the life right outta me for months.
