That sucks. Did they prescribe anything stronger than Tylenol? I’m feeling ok the day after getting all three but have some bleeding in one nostril. Also, did they use the balloon/scope process or the older one that involved some cutting?
Currently had the surgery I’m on day 5 and have a lot of stuffy nose with sum blood sleep sucks headache is slowly going away but still their. Had a bad experience had to go back the same and get a second sergury because bleeding wasn’t stoping had even stay for 2 days at the hospital. Btw did you experience any dizzy ness before the surgery that was one of my biggest problems I had vertigo for like 5 months and then facial pain?
JR Vlogz Oh wow! Sorry to hear your experience has been so rough. I didn’t have any dizziness myself, but did continue to have a little bit of facial pain later on. It’s gotten better though!
Things are the same surgery didn’t help. I still have headaches or sinus pain, but my ent referred me to a neurologist because she thinks My sinus pain might be related to migraines.I haven’t had no progress, recently I had a MRI with them and according to my neurologist i still have sinus problem😪. Now I’m going back with my ENT and with COVID things take a while.
Definitely, I've been feeling much better ever since! Haven't had any problems and everything's been really well. Wishing you the best with your surgery!
I know this surgery has helped a lot of people. But they should know the risks and the doctors are not telling people about Empty Nose Syndrome. I had this surgery and it caused severe breathing problems. It is an absolute living Hell. I cannot feel air because my mucosa dried up. It feels like I am suffocating. My sleep is horrible and I am so tired during the day. I just want to go to sleep and never wake up. Know the risks before you do anything to you nose.
Mike Smallwood Hey Mike, thanks for talking about this. I do remember seeing someone talk about this on RUclips when I started considering this surgery, it may have even been you if you’ve commented on other videos like this one! I know there’s not really a whole lot of information about ENS online but I did this bring this up with my ENT before confirming the surgery and he said that he’s never experienced this issue with any patients before. Because I voiced my concern he did reduce my turbinates more conservatively than he otherwise would have. In my case I was absolutely fine, but I agree that it’s important to be aware about Empty Nose Syndrome (and only get the minimum amount of work done that’s necessary!)
@@JamesMcAllister I think any work on the turbinates is a bad idea. Not just because it went badly for me---but the surgery itself is very fishy. I only had a ten percent reduction and I ended up with ENS. Ten percent--that's the smallest they will do. I asked an ENT why they do the turbinates---he said the turbinates get irritated because the septum is rubbing up against them. I said So if you fix the septum, then the turbinates should go back to normal, right? He looked like a deer in the headlights. They are not expecting that question. With the septum no longer irritating them,. the turbs should go back to normal. But they don't tell you that---unless you ask.
What are you most afraid of? Maybe I can explain something better. I was a little fearful also beforehand, but that's because I didn't have much experience with surgery beforehand. Overall everything went much better than I had expected, as far as surgeries go this is one of the easier, quicker, and painless ones!
@@JamesMcAllister I fear that I might be hearing everything during surgery I also fear surgery room a lot alot. I have never been in OT. It is giving me almost panick attack here itself.
@@stunt_double You don't need to worry about this, trust me. For this procedure they give you anesthesia so you are completely asleep during the procedure. An anesthesiologist will be monitoring you the entire time to make sure you don't wake up or feel anything. During the surgery you will not even dream, you are completely asleep and will not be able to see, hear, or feel anything at all.
@@stunt_double Absolutely, most people are able to walk just fine in 20 minutes or so after the surgery. The first day you might want to lay down, you might feel exhausted, but there isn't that much pain. It's mostly just feeling really tired. After the first day you should be able to walk anywhere just fine. Sleep wise, there may be some trouble, the surgeon may advise you to sleep sitting in a chair or as vertical as possible. It can be a little uncomfortable - not because of pain, just because it's hard to fall asleep like that.
Turbinate reduction by any method can cause empty nose syndrome and its an awfull condition to suffer 24/7.it changes your life for the worsed .ents know about ens but most dont mention ens as a risk on these utube videos or tell you when you meet them in person.even if its a conservative turbinate reduction.i made the biggest mistake of my life having my inferior turbinates reduced with the bipolar diathermy and smd debrider.i have suffered with ens for 10 years now never had 1 good day without suffering .mines where reduced about 30 % last ent i saw told me this and looks about 30%on my ct scan aswell.
@@falloutman1843 Oh I see, from what I understand if there's something physical that's making it hard to prevent or fight off sinus infections (like a deviated septum or small drainage hole) surgery could be a good choice, since the problems will likely continue. That's what I've been told, anyway. I never had a lot of sinus infections myself, in my case it was one full sinus that got worse over the course of a year and a half. My ENT said that the changes made during surgery should prevent issues like that from coming back again, so here's hoping!
Finally someone who has had all 3 done. I just had all 3 done 6 days as of today and literally in the worst pain of my life
That sucks. Did they prescribe anything stronger than Tylenol? I’m feeling ok the day after getting all three but have some bleeding in one nostril. Also, did they use the balloon/scope process or the older one that involved some cutting?
Did you ever lose that facial/bridge of nose pressure you mentioned you still had after the surgery?
Thanks for doing this. Helpful for me post op.
Hello. How long did you have crusting
Cheers mate... i'm having this in the next 6-9 months UK... I cant wait to be honest
Currently had the surgery I’m on day 5 and have a lot of stuffy nose with sum blood sleep sucks headache is slowly going away but still their. Had a bad experience had to go back the same and get a second sergury because bleeding wasn’t stoping had even stay for 2 days at the hospital. Btw did you experience any dizzy ness before the surgery that was one of my biggest problems I had vertigo for like 5 months and then facial pain?
JR Vlogz Oh wow! Sorry to hear your experience has been so rough. I didn’t have any dizziness myself, but did continue to have a little bit of facial pain later on. It’s gotten better though!
How are things now?
Things are the same surgery didn’t help. I still have headaches or sinus pain, but my ent referred me to a neurologist because she thinks My sinus pain might be related to migraines.I haven’t had no progress, recently I had a MRI with them and according to my neurologist i still have sinus problem😪. Now I’m going back with my ENT and with COVID things take a while.
Bro I have surgery just same like your on August 4 after a week did your surgery worth it ?
How you feel now James ?
Definitely, I've been feeling much better ever since! Haven't had any problems and everything's been really well. Wishing you the best with your surgery!
@@JamesMcAllister Thank you 🙏
I know this surgery has helped a lot of people. But they should know the risks and the doctors are not telling people about Empty Nose Syndrome. I had this surgery and it caused severe breathing problems. It is an absolute living Hell. I cannot feel air because my mucosa dried up. It feels like I am suffocating. My sleep is horrible and I am so tired during the day. I just want to go to sleep and never wake up. Know the risks before you do anything to you nose.
Mike Smallwood Hey Mike, thanks for talking about this. I do remember seeing someone talk about this on RUclips when I started considering this surgery, it may have even been you if you’ve commented on other videos like this one!
I know there’s not really a whole lot of information about ENS online but I did this bring this up with my ENT before confirming the surgery and he said that he’s never experienced this issue with any patients before. Because I voiced my concern he did reduce my turbinates more conservatively than he otherwise would have. In my case I was absolutely fine, but I agree that it’s important to be aware about Empty Nose Syndrome (and only get the minimum amount of work done that’s necessary!)
@@JamesMcAllister I think any work on the turbinates is a bad idea. Not just because it went badly for me---but the surgery itself is very fishy. I only had a ten percent reduction and I ended up with ENS. Ten percent--that's the smallest they will do. I asked an ENT why they do the turbinates---he said the turbinates get irritated because the septum is rubbing up against them. I said So if you fix the septum, then the turbinates should go back to normal, right? He looked like a deer in the headlights. They are not expecting that question. With the septum no longer irritating them,. the turbs should go back to normal. But they don't tell you that---unless you ask.
James McAllister thank you for this video. My husband is having the same 3 procedures you had. He is scheduled for May 27, 2020. Great info.
@@julieg-b8910 how did his surgery go?
@@tashadavis2999 it went great! His recovery was easy peasy.
Hey I'm terrified. I'm so fearful and worried of being in operation theatre.
What are you most afraid of? Maybe I can explain something better. I was a little fearful also beforehand, but that's because I didn't have much experience with surgery beforehand. Overall everything went much better than I had expected, as far as surgeries go this is one of the easier, quicker, and painless ones!
@@JamesMcAllister I fear that I might be hearing everything during surgery I also fear surgery room a lot alot. I have never been in OT. It is giving me almost panick attack here itself.
@@JamesMcAllister will I able to walk slowly little bit like going to toilet etc ? Would it disturb my sleep as it will be paining after.
@@stunt_double You don't need to worry about this, trust me. For this procedure they give you anesthesia so you are completely asleep during the procedure. An anesthesiologist will be monitoring you the entire time to make sure you don't wake up or feel anything. During the surgery you will not even dream, you are completely asleep and will not be able to see, hear, or feel anything at all.
@@stunt_double Absolutely, most people are able to walk just fine in 20 minutes or so after the surgery. The first day you might want to lay down, you might feel exhausted, but there isn't that much pain. It's mostly just feeling really tired. After the first day you should be able to walk anywhere just fine. Sleep wise, there may be some trouble, the surgeon may advise you to sleep sitting in a chair or as vertical as possible. It can be a little uncomfortable - not because of pain, just because it's hard to fall asleep like that.
Hi james do you have much scarring inside your nose?
Not that I know of, but I haven't had anything looked at since completing the operation. I think everything's fine!
Turbinate reduction by any method can cause empty nose syndrome and its an awfull condition to suffer 24/7.it changes your life for the worsed .ents know about ens but most dont mention ens as a risk on these utube videos or tell you when you meet them in person.even if its a conservative turbinate reduction.i made the biggest mistake of my life having my inferior turbinates reduced with the bipolar diathermy and smd debrider.i have suffered with ens for 10 years now never had 1 good day without suffering .mines where reduced about 30 % last ent i saw told me this and looks about 30%on my ct scan aswell.
What attributed to you having one good day with ENS?
First view!
Awesome 👊 Are you having this surgery done?
@@JamesMcAllister I'm not sure. Doc says I don't have a deviated septum but I get 1 or 2 sinus infections a year
@@falloutman1843 Oh I see, from what I understand if there's something physical that's making it hard to prevent or fight off sinus infections (like a deviated septum or small drainage hole) surgery could be a good choice, since the problems will likely continue. That's what I've been told, anyway. I never had a lot of sinus infections myself, in my case it was one full sinus that got worse over the course of a year and a half. My ENT said that the changes made during surgery should prevent issues like that from coming back again, so here's hoping!
@@JamesMcAllister how has everything been since the surgery?
@@tashadavis2999 Everything's been great! I've had no sinus-related problems reappear since my surgery over a year ago.