Post-Surgery: Day 1

I was under strict orders from my doctor to do nothing but sit on the couch so the site could heal.   I slept on the couch, sitting up, the first night, but did not get great sleep (not surprisingly).  Subsequent nights I slept in the guest bed upright with a “Bed Buddy” pillow that a friend had lent me. I took 1 pain pill every 3 hours (I could take up to 2 every 4 hours, but this way I never let the pain reliever level dip).  My ear hurt like the devil the first night – I felt like a dog that had its ears clipped.

I was told to not take the nose bandage off at all until I saw the doctor a week later.  

I watched lots of daytime TV.