-Re: Septoplasty: the sequel - to Tonya and

[Guest guest]

Hey ,

I'm doing great, the septoplasty was a success and the packing was

removed today. Oh my goodness was that painful though! I never knew

so much could be shoved in my nose!

My doctor said my septum was " a mess " that it was so bent and he had

to remove a huge amount of cartlidge. (well, seeing that I had

almost 6 mm of bone taken out of my top jaw, I can understand that

there would be a huge amount of cartlidge with no where to go). Good

news is that I can breathe out of my nose now!

I'm so glad I had it done. My doctor said that he didn't mean to

create a cosmetic improvement, but that because I had a " tension

nose " (too much cartlidge pulling on my skin), it made my nose

shorter, and increased my distance between my lip and nose, therefore

helping more with the remaining lip incompetence I have.

I'm at the point now where I don't even care if it made a difference

in my appearance, I can BREATHE!!!!! Breathing is something you

definitely take for granted until you can't do it.

Thanks for the well wishes,

-- In orthognathicsurgerysupport , minirascal2002

<no_reply@y...> wrote:

> Hi and Tonya,

>

> I was in a similar situation. I was always a mouth breather as well

> but I never had any breathing problems after my surgeries. My first

> one was lower only and I was tightly banded shut afterwards. There

> were still enough gaps between my teeth so I could breath easily.

My

> surgery was done in two stages so I had my upper surgery two months

> later. Fortunately for me, my surgeon did turbinectomies and

> septoplasty as part of my upper jaw surgery. He said I had some of

> the biggest turbinates he had ever seen and that, like you two, it

> was a result of my upper jaw overgrowing to compensate for a small

> lower jaw. Immediately after waking up from the second surgery, I

> was able to breath better than I ever could before and for the

first

> time through my nose. It felt wonderful.

>

> , I hope your surgery went well yesterday and that you're

on

> your way to a speedy recovery. Good luck, Tonya, with your upcoming

> surgery.

>

> >

> > Hello, I am new here and have a few concerns. I noticed you said

> > you had a long face and that is what I have. I am having upper

> jaw

> > surgery on Wednesday, August 17. My main concern is this: I

have

> > always been a mouth-breather since my nostrils are so small that

I

> > can't get in enough air through them. I have breathed through my

> > mouth since I was a child and I do it without even thinking about

> > it. I am mainly scared that with the postop splint in my mouth I

> > won't be able to get in enough air. I have talked to my OS about

> > this and he assures me that I'll be fine, but I would feel better

> > hearing from another mouth-breather that had this done. I know

> that

> > if I wake up and can't breathe through my mouth I will PANIC.

> >

> > Is there another mouth-breather out there who has had this

> surgery?

> > If so, how did it go?

> >

> > Thanks, Tonya