Damn! My nose is bleeding. nonstop.
I organized for a bunch of us to meet Emily for drinks at Double Happiness. Just when we were about to leave work to meet her, I blew my nose and it started flowing. I had to stay in the bathroom stuffing my nose with toilet paper for half an hour while everybody left for the bar. I felt so vulnerable that I just wanted to go home. A couple of years ago my nosebleeds were so bad that Sarah had to take me to the ER room at St. Vincent's. Later on that week my sister took me to the head of E.N.T. at NY Presbyterian. Apparently when I was 3 years old and coming back to the States from a long plane ride from Hong Kong, the flight back caused a blood vessel in my nose to burst. The vein is now close to the surface and when the air gets dry, the skin over it becomes thin and cracks. The Dr. wanted to perform a nasal cauterization to seal the vessel. He stuck a prod up my left nostril. Just as he was clicking on the heat, his hand slipped and it seared across my nasal lining. Smoke came out of my nose and I smelt like burnt steak. I HATE when that happens!
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I just got my nose caughterized(sp?) two days ago and it sucks. Im Thirteen, they used some kind of chemical -i think- and now my nose burns and is brown inside, yuck.Im trying to find on the internet when it will heal, do you know??
Aj | anaj0r0mlo@yahoo.com | Thu, Mar 17, 2005 // 3:08:06 pm | #
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Yeah, the whole process sucks. The doctor stuffed up my entire nose to my throat with Gauze to stop the bleeding and to allow it to heal. When I changed the dressing out the next day thinking it stopped bleeding, it still bled a lot. I kept my nasal passages moist with vaseline and saline mist sprays and more gauze. Don't worry, it'll heal soon.
H3NR7 | | Fri, Mar 18, 2005 // 12:55:30 am | #
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