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Septoplasty: How did it impact you?

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: May 6 5:16am | Replies (48)
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@mastro99

I appreciate your honesty and information. You definitely reinforce a lot of my concerns.

A little bit of background, im 45 and very healthy and the only reason im considering surgery is because of the poor quality of sleep i get most nights. My left side of my nostril is 90% blocked so i can never breathe through it. I can only fall a sleep on my left side, I rarely sleep through the night because of my nose being stuffed up. I move a lot during sleep so I almost always end up on my back. For some reason, im not good at breathing through my mouth and if i try everything becomes dry and my breathing suffers as well. Afrin works really well but as you all know that cant be used very often. I haven’t found any allergy medications that work so my right side is always stuffed up unless im laying on my left side. I dont get many sinus infections so for me it comes down to the poor quality of sleep. I can live with all the other side effects but the sleep thing is a major problem. Also, i have no idea how it became deviated, ive never broke my nose nose but my ENT Doctor says I definitely did at some point. Anyways, thats my story and why im considering surgery but ive heard more bad than good so thats why im hesitating.

Thanks

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@seekinginfo | @nrd1 | Jan 25, 2021

@mastro99-the additional information is helpful.
Is the blockage noticeable to you only when you sleep?
Have you tried breathe right strips or the silicone nasal cones?
And just and FYI, deviated septums can happen in fetal development and even at birth. As you grow and change so does your nose. It doesn’t only happen from a broken nose.
If you choose to pursue the route of septoplasty do the following;
-speak to people who only have had septoplasty due to sleep issues and see if that improved. Ask them if it was just septoplasty or did it include turbinate reduction with it.
- meet w/ several different ENTs that are double board certified in Rhinology and Facial Plastic surgery that know the form/function of the nose.
-Procedure vs. Surgery: Procedure is done in office, Surgery is done in the O.R. The in office procedure is done under local anesthesia, which is just that “local” to the site while you are awake. Local anesthesia does not require narcotics afterwards to tolerate the pain like awakening from general anesthesia. Like the other member mentioned he had hardly any pain and back to work. General anesthesia I’m sure as you know, your entire body is out. It is a longer recovery because your entire body system are getting the anesthesia out and it is a different pain processing. You now will probably wonder how can one doctor perform this same procedure in office and another one can’t or won’t. ENTs who work under local anesthesia have to be more skilled and delicate because you are awake. They also make less money in office and most likely do not have financial ties or obligations to get patients into the operating room.
-Ask the ENTs you meet with these questions
-Even if you have to drive further to find someone who performs in office, do so for less pain and better recovery.
These are things that people don’t think to ask, but they make a big difference.

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