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I’m quite skinny already, but definitely don’t feel refreshed after sleep. I visited an ENT once for chronic fatigue. I was told that I had a slightly deviated
by M5x7wI3CmbEem10 6y ago
I’m quite skinny already, but definitely don’t feel refreshed after sleep.
I visited an ENT once for chronic fatigue. I was told that I had a slightly deviated septum from a possible childhood injury, but surgical correction was optional. Do you think it would be worth fixing? I’m apprehensive about going under a knife.
I currently only breathe through one nostril at a time, but the one I breathe from changes randomly.
- hirsin 6y agoI suffered the same thing (deviated septum runs in the family it seems). I just got the septoplasty and a turbinate reduction done (3 weeks ago) and even though I'm not fully recovered I can already breathe better than ever before. The recovery was also very easy. I highly, highly recommend it.
- M5x7wI3CmbEem10 6y agodo you breathe through both nostrils now? how bad was your deviated septum? your procedure sounds terrifying, and I’d prefer to do something minimally invasive if possible. I wonder if you can do a septoplasty via physical realignment rather than cutting anything open.
- hirsin 6y agoI can! And previously could not. The process isn't bad, and isn't terribly invasive. I had a sore nose for a few days, took Tylenol to recover, and was back at work 4 days later (sat, sun, Monday off, Tuesday half capacity, Wednesday back in full). Got the stents out Thursday. My surgeon characterized my septum as "not the worst he's ever seen but definitely not minor". If you're around Seattle, it was Chris Yang at Swedish who did it.
- matt_kantor 6y ago> I currently only breathe through one nostril at a time, but the one I breathe from changes randomly. This is normal: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle