Hello,
Yes, i did this last Spring/Summer right before my pollypectomy on July
9. I too  have had many surgeries, and for me too this was the first
time for the red cheek - it scared me into action, and why i got the
much dreaded surgery. Because of my age i had to go into the hospital
this time, so i was really really really dreading it this time. For
about 50 years all my surgerys were done in the chair in the Doc's
office, so you can see this was a new and scary one for me.
I get a nasal infection every time i walk across a parking lot on a
windy day, so wash my nose when i get home with my salt solution, which
doesnot help much, so now i am (due to Christmas shopping) painting the
nostrils with iodine. Maybe i should use my NasalCrom once huh?
Anyway i have to be careful all the time now to keep infections from
traveling up into my sinuses, as will you. I think next time i go
shopping, i will stuff little pieces of cotton right behind my nares;
maybe i will keep them soaked with Listerine or something. Or maybe i
will grease the inside of my nostrils with something - what do you
think would be a good idea? I cannot eat out, because every time i do i
get Trench Mouth (especially at C.O.A.),and it winds up in my sinues,
so you too should think about that. Everytime i am on antibiotics, i
say "Whoopee, now i can eat out this week for a few days before the
antibiotics run out".