Looks like I have a bit longer to go then before I should expect the
pain to fade.  The doctor prescribed Hydrocodone/APAP 7.5/500 for the
pain and when I called in today to ask whether I could resume using my
nasal steroid spray (Nasocort AQ) and get an analgesic nasal spray to
reduce the pain, he said no to both.  The steroid spray would
constrict the blood vessels and adversely affect the healing process,
and if the pain was a problem I should take two of the
Hydrocodone/APAP pills every 4-6 hours instead of just one.

Hope when all this is over and behind me the benefits prove to have
been worth it.  Which for me would just mean being able to see a
reduction in the frequency and duration of seasonal sinus infections.
My last sinus infection ran from January until March of this year and
required three consecutive 5 day Levapak antibiotic prescriptions,
then one 10 prescription for Augmentin, followed by one 13 day
prescription for Augmentin XR before I was finally over the problem.
That's when I started seriously considering alternative solutions and
had a CT scan of my sinuses done and decided to go with the
Septoplasty procedure.  My badly deviated septum made the left side
too narrow, too easily clogged from congestion related to seasonal
allergies, and usually every sinus infection I've had in recent years
would always begin on that side and then spread.  Used to be easier to
just fix the problem by relying on antibiotics to treat the sinus
infections as they occured, but after years of repeatedly relying on
the usual antibiotics, they just aren't as effective as they once
were.