Day three

I think day three was potentially the worst day in terms of trauma. I thought having the cannula put in my hand was bad...the worst was yet to come!

Today I was leaving the clinic. I was actually only supposed to spend one night there, but my Father felt more comfortable paying extra and leaving me there for another night until the stuffing was taken out of my nose. Madame Guessous kindly managed to arrange this for me and I was able to stay in the same room another night.

I woke up in the morning and was visited by Dr. Guessous to see how I was feeling and to inform me that the stuffing would be taken out this morning and I would feel much better after that and sure enough after an hour or so, I was being led to take them out. I can only describe this experience as absolute hell. I am not one for pain, I have a low tolerance for pain and discomfort and I thought it would be a lot less painful than it was. It literally felt like someone was pulling my brain out of my nose. This was by far the worst part of my whole experience EVER. It was over within 5 minutes (thank GOD) and I was breathing through my nose again and it felt great! Having the stuffing taken out really shook me up though, and I had to have two drips put through the IV which stung like hell..making me even more faint and uncomfortable. That's just me though.. I can't even handle 2 minute blood tests so for me this was hours of discomfort and light headedness.

My Father arrived to pick me up and his first reaction to the bruising and swelling was "oh my God...". Ever the charmer! We tied up any loose ends, paying for the change in meds and finally spoke to Dr. Guessous again to determine what day to return to have the cast removed. The journey home took forever, I felt sick from the air-con in the car and was continuously wiping my nose as it was still leaking. When we got indoors I went straight to the mirror, my face had BALLOONED in size. My cheeks were painful and really swollen and my eyes had become a shade lighter of purpley blue but were intensely blood shot. The bruising and swelling had gone down just a little I think and I put that down to my taking of Arnica Montana.