I am one and half month post turbinate reduction surgery(SMR using micro debrider). expected smooth breath is still not there. It is frustrating when other people feels great after two week or one month of the surgery. My doctor told me to wait several months then the nose wouldnt bother me. It's ju...

Sanjose, good to hear you are doing fine in the long run. I am gonna hang in there and report the progress later.

Hey Boston...how are you feeling these days? Breathing better, I hope? Hi, Sanjose. It has been more than 3 weeks now. I guess I am improving. My nose is definitely not as congested as before, sometimes both of the nostrils are just wide open. However, its still not very comfortable. I cant quite d...

Hey Sanjose, I wish after several weeks I can say the same thing '1000 times better after the surgery'. Actually today there's a chunk of blood and mucus coming out from my throat, surprised me a little bit and after that I felt some improvement of breath, just like the first time I flushed out some...

Hey sanjose, thanks for your reply. From what you mentioned, I have the feeling that we have very similar symptoms. Actually I had allergy test about two month before the surgery and I was diagnosed as 'dust &dust mite allergic'. But when I talked to an ENT doctor(not my surgeon), he said that kind ...

Hi Boston...it sounds like you are making some good improvement with your nose being more open now than before surgery. I was told exactly what you were told. First week is the worst in terms of swelling, then it gradually goes down after the next 3 weeks. By 8-12 weeks, you should see your final r...

roster wrote: Do you have sleep apnea?

Thanks Rooster. I guess I dont have sleep apnea (havent been examined for that yet) and I am 25 years old. It's true I might worrying too much. It's just because I was so congested before the surgery and looking forward to the help from this surgery.

Hi, everyone. I am one week post op now and today I saw my surgeon again for follow up. I am still mild congested and honestly far from what I expected for the final outcome. I feel even more tired than usual in the past 2 or 3 days. However, I believe the airway in my nose is wider than before the ...

Hi, I just had this SMR (submoucus resection of turbinate ) on Tuesday. Not sure about the long term results yet. Currently, I am 3 days post op and still feels congested. The surgery is not painful. I had some bleeding but only for the first day after the surgery. Please check my other post for det...

Hey Boston...hope you are doing well and starting to feel better. My surgeon told me that congestion after Hi, San jose, I am 3 days post op and back to work now. No bleeding and almost no pain right now. My procedure was just turbinate reduction (submucous resection) not including septplasty since...

Sorry...my above post is for "Turb-Boston", not Rob. Thanks for your reply, per-turbed in san jose . Just had the surgery yesterday. I arrived at the hospital at 8:00am and went under anesthesia at around 9:45am. I woke up at 11:45am (although my friends waiting outside told me the surgery only too...

Hi, everyone. I am gonna have my surgery on Tuesday. The doctor told me the name of the surgery is ' submucous resection of turbinate using microdebrider'. I am nervous now and worrying about the outcome of the surgery and the conflicts. Compared to most of the posts I read here, I have a shorter pe...