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Finally my rhinoplasty surgery is completed and we’re home!! Uh oh. I am nauseated… You ingest a bit of blood during the procedure and it can make you sick. Which it did. In my 
flowerbed. In front of my neighbors. Marc said our neighbor was walking with her baby stroller and an accompanying rug rat and I threw up this black-red substance into my Lobelias and Violets!!! For shame!! Marc said the neighbor just kind of started walking faster and was trying not to stare. I wonder if she thought I had been kidnapped or something?
The swelling and pressure is relieved by icing and I strongly recommend it. I was instructed to keep it iced for 48 hours and then thereafter for comfort. The best thing to ice it down with is, get this, a bag of frozen peas. Knowing from experience now, I recommend using frozen raspberries or blueberries, because frozen peas tend to stink after a while and my friend busted her bag ‘o’ peas all over herself and her bed linen! Alternatively, I suggest that you buy both the veggies and the fruits and see which you like better. I mean it’s not like they are expensive, right? Peas are lighter, however. I alternated between gel packs, fruits and veggies. A veritable
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