<p>Just looking for experiences with this. Ds1, 19, is going to undergo this procedure in a couple of weeks, and we’re wondering whether anyone has had the surgery and whether it improved their breathing, etc.</p>
<p>Ds always has had allergies, sinus infections, trouble breathing, asthma. We’ve gotten the allergies and asthma under control, but he sounds like he’s always stuffy. Over T-giving, we shared a room at my parents’ house, and he has audible, nighttime mouth breathing. It’s no wonder he always wakes up with a sore throat, etc.</p>
<p>My H had this surgery, and it helped a lot with his symptoms. I had sinus surgery, and I stopped having chronic infections. There was a thread about this yucky nose stuff on CC once, and people had different experiences. We’re both glad we did it. Have an allergist and an ENT both recommended the surgery?</p>
<p>I considered this a yr ago, when I was contemplating resuming scuba diving.
Dr. recommended I seek out a Dr. that does not do packing. He says “that’s the old way, and the most painful way”.</p>
<p>Hmm–my H’s nose looks exactly the same! But the deviated septum wasn’t very noticeable on the outside. I had packing back in the day, and it was awful. My H might have had a stent, because he wasn’t as miserable. I suggested asking the allergist just to be sure that he/she has tried all nonsurgical means of getting your S’s allergies under control. Also, not to get off topic, but how are his tonsils? A young adult I know had chronic infections and breathing problems because his tonsils were enlarged, so he had a tonsillectomy–not fun, but it made a huge difference.</p>
<p>Truthfully, I never even noticed the crooked nose until we put him in braces a year ago. Then I noticed the nose, the underbite, etc. At the time we did the braces, the ortho recommended waiting on the deviated septum surgery so that it could be done in tandem with jaw surgery, increasing the chances the jaw surgery would be covered by insurance. Now that it’s about time for the jaw surgery, the ENT says he absolutely wouldn’t do the two in tandem. If we’d known that, we would have had the deviated septum surgery a year ago. And now, it turns out no one in network does the jaw surgery so it’s unclear whether that will happen at all. Argh.</p>
<p>My husband had it years ago. Although the experience itself was terrible (he didn’t react well to the anesthesia), it made a huge difference. He used to get some sort of nasal cold that lasted a long time, and he rarely, if ever, has it any more.</p>
<p>My D had a deviated septum due to a broken nose (accidentally hit with a closing door). We did the surgery about a year after it happened. We/she didn’t realize that one side was completely blocked until we took her to an ENT for constant stuffiness, snoring, etc, and he put a scope up there. The surgery included straightening and removing the hump from the break. While it has improved her breathing greatly, she still has issues because she is the “allergic” type.</p>
<p>YDS,
Adding also, that like your S, D was recommended for jaw surgery due to an underbite, but after learning about the procedure in a consultation, I did not want to put her through it. A dentist relative recommended a chin implant as a “kinder, gentler” alternative, so we did that along with the nose surgery.</p>
<p>Hmmm. A chin implant for an underbite? I thought for an underbite the whole point was to make the chin less prominent by bringing the upper jaw forward and more in alignment.</p>
<p>I have to say the jaw surgery makes me cringe, but internet research makes it sound like no big deal.</p>
<p>DS has had two major nasal surgeries to repair a severely broken nose. (Momas, don’t let your boys grow up to play rugby.) It’s not that the first one didn’t work; this was part of the treatment plan. The surgery was absolutely essential and he has fully recovered. He had the second surgery six months after the first. It was successful and he’s very happy he had it.</p>
<p>My daughter had what we call here a nose job for a deviated septum and her nose had been broken twice (sports). The first 24 hours were challenging. The packing was uncomfortable and she had to breathe through her mouth.</p>
<p>Note: She was given post op sleeping pills. They had the opposite effect. No sleep, just shaking. </p>
<p>Removal of the packing was welcomed but painful. It takes just a second, but it is uncomfortable. Make sure the doctor prescribes some pre op meds that minimizes the black eyes.</p>
<p>Daughter was out and about in two days with a bandage. This sort of surgery is quite common here so no one gave it a second thought. Her procedure became very complicated when they discovered the cartilage in her nose was about the crumble. They had to put in a prosthesis. But she was uncomfortable for the first 24 hours. After that, a simple tylenol (no codeine) handled whatever pain there was.</p>
<p>I had mine repaired about 10 years ago. I don’t know what procedure they used, but it involved large plastic tubes about the size of my little finger. They also had to file off bone. I was in so much pain that I was basically medicated into unconsciousness for 3 days. No need for any bandaging.</p>
<p>I was pretty happy with the results afterwards though. BIL has had to have his done 3 times.</p>
<p>Update: We’re not doing the deviated septum surgery this month.</p>
<p>We found an oral surgeon who will do both the jaw surgery and deviated septum surgery in the same procedure. We have a consultation with him next month. I was feeling too rushed about the surgery this month so I’m relieved that this is an option. This oral surgeon is out of network (there isn’t one in network) so it’s a matter of getting it through insurance on a deficiency plan.</p>