One Week After Surgery

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#1 Post by **TinaAH** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:05 pm

Will my nose ever stop dripping?!?

Also, when I lay down for more than an hour or two I notice that everything starts swelling up again. I know the obvious solution is "don't lay down"...haha. Any other advice?

By the way, I found out about the Zip n Squeeze bags from this forum. You guys are truly a life saver. I ordered mine about 3 weeks ago and used them all up within the first several days. At this point, the feeling is starting to come back in my lips and face so that I can actually drink from a "big girl cup", but the Zip n Squeeze made the first days so much easier.

Thanks for the support everyone. I'm so appreciative to whomever started this forum originally. Thank you thank you!

--Tina

#2 Post by **HighandLo** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:47 am

My advice is to prop your head up with pillows, especially at night. The warm compresses to the jaw really helped with the aching.

I also found that light walking helped to disperse the swelling, as my body got going again.

Lo

#3 Post by **Figamentation** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:06 am

I actually purchased a nice used recliner for 50 bucks off of craigslist to sleep in for the first 6-8 weeks and I slept like a baby.

#4 Post by **peggysue** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:28 pm

Yeah, the drippy nose totally sucks! But don't worry,it will stop!In my experience by about day 6 or 7 it'll start drying up - or a least turning into thicker stuff- sorry,gross I know! Lol! Good luck!

#5 Post by PJ » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:52 pm

I'm 10 days post op and the dripping has mostly subsided--not like the first few days, where every time I bent over to lift the toilet lid, it started up, however, I took for granted that it was almost gone, and then, unexpectedly tonight, in the Bed, Bath & Beyond, I saw little droplets hitting my shirt. UGH!

Right now, I am praying that the swelling will finally decrease enough so that I don't have to keep looking like Miss Piggy!