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Got my nasal surgery done. The week with the nasal splints was hell, as I couldn't breathe through the nose at all. I got them removed on Wednesday, but the internal swelling still hasn't subsided completely, I can breathe only through my left nostril and it still gets clogged up by morning and I wake up with a disgusting mouth.
At least I enjoy irrigations, especially since they are disgustingly effective at this stage of recovery. My wife hates the feeling of water in her nose and I can't imagine how terrible she would feel in my place.
What is this all for? Will it at least make you sound more manly?
Right now I sound more like a neurotic Jew (or Lois Griffin, who's voiced by a neurotic Jew, come to think of it), but the swelling should go away in a couple of weeks.
I've always had a deviated septum, but when I developed AERD, nasal polyps made aerobic activities even harder. Getting my airways straightened out was literally the only reason.
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