How serious is nasal polyp removal surgery?

Nasal Polyp Surgery?

• My wife is having this nasal polyp surgery due to a chronic allergy infection and incredibly horrible allergies. She is scared because she has had surgery in the past due to a brain tumor. That surgery was succesful but she is very scared of surgery. Has anyone had this surgery? I think if she heard from people who actually had the surgery performed that maybe she would feel better.

• Answer:

  Yes, I had surgery last October to remove two nasal polyps, along with a plethora of other things from my nose! It was a very easy surgery. Naturally, there were the regular side affects when I woke up- I was drowsy and exhausted, but I was able to walk around just a few hurs after surgery. I really could not feel anything in my nose, except a slightly wet sensaton. I went home from the hospital wearing some smll blue stretchy thing that held a gauze under my nose just in case I bled anymore. It didn't really get in my way, but I did have to change them every day. I was back up and going about my daily routine abou five days later. I had three or four follow up appointments, where the ENT dr. examined thenose. Overall, the most painful part was getting the gauze IN my nose removed at the first follow-up. I recommen taking some pain killers well in advance before going. It really was not all that bad, and I wish your wife a speedy recovery!