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I had sinus surgery in April.  I used to have chronic sinus headaches that would last for weeks.  The surgery has done wonders for my sinus headaches.  I still have problems when I fly because of the pressure, but otherwise it has been great.  The surgery itself was pretty short, my husband drove me home that day.  I was groggy from the meds, but I wasn't in too much pain.  I would say the worst things about the surgery were (a) they basically stick two tampons up your nose after the surgery and 24 hours later you have to pull them out that sucked and it hurt like hell, (b) you can't breathe through your nose for about a week until you go back to your doctor and she vacuums out your nose from the surgery (the vacuuming is not pleasant either, but feels good after he/she does it).  I stayed home from work for about a week, but mainly because I couldn't walk very far without being out of breath.  Two weeks after the surgery I was back to my regular 6 day a week gym routine and feeling good.  Hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions.

I'm currently two weeks past my rhinoplasty/septoplasty. It was both cosmetic and to fix my septum. My nost had been broken more than once and I had a severe deviated septum as well as a bit of a whole in my cartilidge making it very difficult for me to breath out of the right side of my nose. PM if you have questions, I'll be more than happy to answer them!