October 30-Nov 2, 2014 Denver and Fort Collins, Colorado

The big day arrived, I had my sinus surgery. It was outpatient surgery in Denver. I could have had it up here in Fort Collins, but my health insurance has been in Denver so long, all my doctors are down there, plus I worked there and still have friends there.

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The back of the brochure for the sinus surgery information they gave me at my last appointment. Love the vintage photo, perhaps I will learn to cook or get one of those cute makeup compacts to view my new nose it! Here I am preop.They gave me this nice foil looking hat to wear in surgery.

 

Gerhart my brother brought me down his birthday mask to wear in surgery. He, Reed my cousin and friend Katy came down to see me in preop and be  designated hand wringers during the surgery. Mostly I think it was to keep John company and go out to lunch with him. My surgery, not including the recovery room was 2 and a half hours. I survived. Here I am at home icing my nose.

 

I was very uncomfortable, but it was not as bad as I had anticipated. Mostly I laid on the couch and moaned with ice on my face. I am a terrible patient. My darling husband waited on me hand and foot, but he wore head phones so he did not have to listen to me moaning. Here I am the next morning. The newer surgery methods are less trauma , there are no bruises and not much external swelling. Enough swelling so that I could only manage this much smile. And the second day, still look kind of the same and felt a bit better.

 

Better yet I was able to take an outing. John escorted me around the block for a nice fall walk. He got a break from his Florence Nightingale duties and met friends Karen, Jimjim and Bill for dinner at the Rio-a favorite local Mexican restaurant. I walked the few blocks, said hello and went back home to bed. It would have been fun to visit with them.  Nice day of the dead decoration above them.

I hacked back our basils that have been traveling with us to only a leaf on each branch a month ago. They have rebounded to be even bigger in a month. Nice. Here is the last morning shot of me I will post, they all look the same to me.  I am a little stir crazy, I did not have a good night-my body is rebelling from laying around propped up and my neck, back, buns,  jaw, teeth, hair hurt and I could not sleep. But the nose feels a little better in the morning.  I  am tired of being sick and of course am not healing as fast as I think I should.  We would both love to back on the road in the bus.