I need to have it done. Fortunately since moving here, I have found that I can breath more easily here for some reason - likely a lack of something that makes my sinuses swell.
My father had it done. They cut material out of there, as well as broke and repositioned some things as well - but nothing cosmetic, so the real structural bones that you see don't change.
He also had his uvula removed and a large portion of his throat in the back was cut back.
He had sleep apnea and this surgery was in hopes of fixing that.
The first day he was woozy from the drugs, couldn't move in bed, was in agony, had gauze and compression bandages on his face, as well as cooling packs.
He was spitting up blood and his nose was full of cotton looking material.
There were two trumpet looking things coming out of his nostrals - he said that they were the worst of the whole thing. They were plastic and in there to allow air to get through the damaged area until it healed enough.
His throat was causing him a lot of pain and he said that the nose was nothing compared to the throat, but the trumpet things were annoying (they were wide at the outside of the nose, but then narrowed as they went into the nose and then curved down and partially into the throat - enough that they would frequently trigger his gag reflex, which woudl then really bother the throat that had been operated on recently).
By the 3rd day the trumpets were out and my dad was walking. He had an IV drip that he could walk around on and he would do laps of his floor.
The doctors said that moving around helped the recovery faster if you are up for it, but most aren't (typical even if you aren't post-op).
By day 5 he was tender by home and not spitting up blood. He no longer had any gauze or bandages on him, but he would occasionally get nose bleeds. Those meant something bad if I recall correctly - but apparently not too bad since nothing really happened.
He couldn't do any exercise at all for a few weeks, couldn't run for 3 months, and couldn't lift weights for some period of time - but don't recall what.
This was a big blow to him since he was very active and it drove him nuts not to be doing something.
Once he was allowed to run again, he said that it helped him breathe a lot.
It didn't cure his sleep apnea, nor did it make his snoring any better/quieter.
Over the years his throat tissue grew back and he says that the nose doesn't really feel any different than prior to surgery.
He was very gung ho about it before the srugery, hoping that it would all be worth it in the end - but from what I can gather talking to him about it in the years past - if he had to do it again, he wouldn't.
That said - the throat thing likely made the whole thing much more intense than just the nose thing.
It sounded like for the nose they just stick forceps up in there and snip and move stuff around and take some things out.
If you don't like blood on your face or down your throat - I would imagine it isn't something for you.
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