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In fact immediately after my surgery I felt like I could breathe so much better/deeper. Now that I am a month post-op and feeling better in general, I am noticing that I am not tired through-out the day. I haven't had a side-profile x-ray post-op but once I do I guarantee my airway will be much larger than it initially was. 
Considering getting a prescription nasal spray or something because Zyrtec and Flonase isn't cutting it.
Not with my surgeon. I haven't seen her in like 7 months. I'm supposed to make an appointment and go in at some point tho, for an 18-month post-op. I did, however, see an ENT who did the whole -scopy thing. He sprayed one of those "use sparingly" nasal sprays into my nose and that made a big difference, but I can't just use those all the time! Then he said I have soft sides to my nose so when I breathe in it starts to collapse it a bit. He didn't seem to think that was a huge deal tho. He said it's ok to feel like the top of my nose is stuffy-ish cuz 90% of airflow is supposed to be along the floor of the nose anyways. The floor of my nose, however, he said was impacted from my maxilla when they moved it up in my surgery. He said that could be contributing and that if my nasal airway continues to bother me, he could go in and shave down the bone in the maxilla that was impacted up. I'm leaning towards that but I wanted to see my surgeon first and make sure my tooth roots and everything are such that shaving off a bit of the maxilla won't mess up my oral situation. Nonetheless, since the spray he used worked nicely, it'd be good to get something long-term that does that job, or else I'd definitely be interested in a turbinate reduction to make it long-term.fixmenow wrote:Snapdresser, my nose has been clear almost from after week one, but I hear that many people have trouble breathing for months. I think I was just lucky in that regard and I'm sure your nose will clear up eventually, but yes maybe a prescription will help speed it up? Have you talked to your surgeon about it at all?
Although yesterday I found out I was anemic too, so I'm hoping that the fatigue I'm feeling is from that, and not because the surgery didn't actually fix my problem! Did you get a blood test for it? How bad were your results? I haven't heard from my doctor yet, I only have my results, so I don't know just how bad it is yet... My ferritin is 8 ng/mL (normal range: 12 - 252 ng/mL) and my iron is 27 ug/dL (normal range: 35 - 150 ug/dL). I think I may have jumped the gun with the energy comment. When I wrote it I had a lot of energy that day and I felt great! But the last few days have been Meh. I feel that the anemia doesn't help, plus I'm still recovering, AND it is the middle of the winter so people tend to have less energy this time of year. It's too hard for me to compare my fatigue to how I would be feeling normally. Right now I am not working so I can't compare the drowsy work day to my recovering low-key day. It just isn't comparable. From what I understand, the thing that makes a person anemic is a low Hemoglobin (red blood cell count)Ferritin is a blood cell protein that contains iron. A ferritin test helps your doctor understand how much iron your body is storing. If a ferritin test reveals that your blood ferritin level is lower than normal, it indicates your body's iron stores are low and you have iron deficiency
Mine is considered Low at 116 and the normal range is 120-160 g/L My doctor called me and told me I am anemic and need to take 300mg of FERROUS SULFATE daily, and I am to go back for more blood work on February 23rd to see if it has raised my hemoglobin levels back up to normal.Anemia is a condition that develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a main part of red blood cells and binds oxygen. If you have too few or abnormal red blood cells, or your hemoglobin is abnormal or low, the cells in your body will not get enough oxygen.
