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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / October 2003polyps finally removed
(This is a follup on what I've posted here a few weeks ago). My nose polyps were finally taken out Sept 11th in a 45 minutes surgery. 5 minutes before the surgery, they gave me about 5 pills to swallow. But I don't remember what they were for. Only that I had to take them down with very little water. When I woke up the first sensation was pressure in and around the nose. My first words was a question to a nurse who was walking by "Am I still alive?" - the words coming out a bit slurd. My nose was filled with cotton. And a nurse came to look down my throat and asked me to stick my thong out. When I did, I choked on some of cotton that had come down my throat from my nose and ended up swallowing it (yuk!!). Then suddenly a DR came over and showed the nurse how to more properly look in a patient's throat, and that patients don't need to stick their thong out - they just need to press down on the thong to see. I had little trouble getting up. I was surprised that there was just a slight dizzyness. Maybe it was the pills I took before the surgery. My nose was all bloodied and was under a lot of pressure. On September 12th back at hospital, it was time to remove everthing they had stuffed inside my nose. They pulled out the cotton and then what appeared to be a string of some kind. Pulling out the string thing was the most painfull experience ever! The DR had to stop every few secounds because I could endure the pain. It fealt like wire being torn out of my nose and the pain was incredible! After it was all out I opened my eyes but couldn't see anything. I didn't know why. I asked and the nurse who answered me that I was passing out and to take some deep breath (I had never passed out before so I didn't know what was happening). I strongly think they should have used something to lower the pain. Imagine: Pain so great that it causes you to pass out! I was driven home and for about an hour on the way home, I twice fealt myself passing out again and had to take more deep breath to stay awake. Anyway, for about 4 days after that I've had a very bad migrane headache that took 'forever' to go away. The bleeding stopped on the 16th. And on September 18th, the migrane was finally gone. The DR instructions are that I sleep on my back for two weeks. I haven't smelled anthing yet. Tony t2k@vcn.bc.ca ttony_at@yahoo.com thank you for posting this. I will be scheduling my sinus surgury soon, and it's good to know what to expect. what was the "string thingy" they pulled from your nose? also, would you please keep us posted as to when your sense of smell returns? -- ----- Ruth Berry Signature Images http://www.berryimages.com 1 Corinthians 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. > (This is a follup on what I've posted here a few weeks ago). > > My nose polyps were finally taken out Sept 11th in a 45 minutes surgery. i'm curious how intrusive is the surgery to remove polyps are.. Regards/ Jerome > thank you for posting this. I will be scheduling my sinus surgury soon, and > it's good to know what to expect. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > My nose polyps were finally taken out Sept 11th in a 45 minutes surgery. > thank you for posting this. I will be scheduling my sinus surgury soon, and > it's good to know what to expect. > what was the "string thingy" they pulled from your nose? DR says it was cotton. Bu it was probably in a string like when it was pulled out. Also he said I have a very low pain threshold which was why it fealt like a lot of pain. > also, would you please keep us posted as to when your sense of smell > returns? Only the left nostril has unpluged. The right nostril is still plugged and DR says there's a polyp in there that has already started growing again! So either I have the fastest growing polyps, or the surgons misted it during surgery on Sept 11th! Today I was giving Nasonex Aqueous Nasal Spray (Mometasone Furoate Monohydrate) 50ug, which is a Corticosteroid. It's suppose to help reduce it in size. I'm relearning to breath through the one nostril again after 2 years. Tony >> (This is a follup on what I've posted here a few weeks ago). >> >> My nose polyps were finally taken out Sept 11th in a 45 minutes surgery.  SignatureTony t2k@vcn.bc.ca ttony_at@yahoo.com > what was the "string thingy" they pulled from your nose? Packing is not universally used any more. Of the six surgies that I've had , I think the stringy packing was only used in the first one or two, in the mid-1980s. Surgeons who have operated on me in more recent years have told me that it's no longer considered necessary and may interfere with healing. I suppose there are differences of opinion on this between doctors. One warning, if you do get packed post-op: Don't remove the gauze yourself. I did this several days after my first surgery, in 1986. At the time, I was living by myself. My surgeon became quite agitated when I told him what I had done, standing at the bathroom mirror. He said that I could have bled to death if my sinuses had ruptured and medical care was not available to me. Fortunately, I didn't. > (This is a follup on what I've posted here a few weeks ago). > My nose polyps were finally taken out Sept 11th in a 45 minutes surgery. > 5 minutes before the surgery, they gave me about 5 pills to swallow. > But I don't remember what they were for. Only that I had to take them > down with very little water. The last thing I recall is the DR holding a small round black thing a few inches from my nose when I close my eyes. The next thing I knew I fealt pressure in and around the nose and I opened my eyes and notice I was no longer in the surgery room. Two hours had gone by and it fealt like only seconds. In other words, it happened in a flash - I closed my eyes and then opened them again. When you go to sleep and wake up several hours later you are aware of some passage of time. And often you can roughly guess how much time has passed. But with anestesia, you are completely unconscious and not aware of the passage of time. > When I woke up the first sensation was pressure in and around the nose. > My first words was a question to a nurse who was walking by "Am I still > alive?" - the words coming out a bit slurd. > My nose was filled with cotton. And a nurse came to look down my throat > and asked me to stick my thong out. When I did, I choked on some of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to stick their thong out - they just need to press down on the thong to > see. correct spelling: tongue [snip] SignatureTony t2k@vcn.bc.ca ttony_at@yahoo.com You shouldn't have had to go through all this. This sounds like polyp removals I had done in the 70's and 80's, but there are still some ENT doctors around who won't change. Polyps now are removed either using a laser or using FESS, and I haven't heard of anyone using cotton or gauze packing in quite awhile. My polyps are kept under control by a sinus doctor using a laser once or twice a year. A simple procedure, just a local anesthetic spray in the nose, and maybe 30 minutes of laser work. No pain, little or no blood, no packing. Jim > (This is a follup on what I've posted here a few weeks ago). > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > t2k@vcn.bc.ca > ttony_at@yahoo.com > You shouldn't have had to go through all this. This sounds like polyp > removals I had done in the 70's and 80's, but there are still some ENT > doctors around who won't change. Polyps now are removed either using a > laser or using FESS, and I haven't heard of anyone using cotton or gauze > packing in quite awhile. Really? Why didn't they tell me this? Could the polyps be so large that a laser could be used? He did say that the polyps were so large that he wasn't sure if he could get the local anesthetic in there to work. And said it would have been very painfull and difficult for him. I don't know what other reasons would prevent them from using it. The cotton, gauze and oinment was packed inside after the surgery to keep the nostrils from bleeding. I now use the nose spray I posted here eleswhere that keeps a lone polyp in the right nostrill from growing back. I can now breath through the nose for the first time in 2 years! It feels odd to take air in and keep the mouth closed. And I now have to swallow saliva more often. Still can't smell. But this morning I passed someone cutting the lawn and suddenly, for about 2 seconds, I smelled fresh cut grass. The strange thing is that the smell reached my brain after I had already passed the area. It's almost like there was a delay. > My polyps are kept under control by a sinus doctor > using a laser once or twice a year. A simple procedure, just a local [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > > My nose polyps were finally taken out Sept 11th in a 45 minutes surgery. 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