Good luck! I just had FFS a week and a half ago, so here are a few things that jumped out to me:

• in the pre-surgery check-in with the surgeon just review any soecifics of what looks you're going for. There were a few particularities for my nose that I went over that were a little unusual, and the surgeon gave them some extra attention. Everything turned out wonderfully.
• make sure you've got about about two weeks of liquid/very soft foods ready for you. I only just started back on anything that required chewing in day 10 of recovery. If you're having anything done for your trachea swallowing can also be very painful for the first day or two afterwards.
• get bendy straws as the swelling is the worst during the first few days that will go a very long way to making getting nutrients in easier.
• if possible, plan to have someone to help you wash your hair once you can again. It's going to be a mess after the surgery, and it's going to take multiple washes to get at all clean from dried blood and sterilizing fluids from surgery. Getting things combed out and dried is a slow and delicate process. Having a second set of hands to help with that makes an huge difference.
• if you can get 2 or 3 gel face masks and cold wraps constantly cycling those so you've almost always got cold applied on over the first few days is a big assist with pain relief and swelling.
• talk with the surgeon about what you can to try to keep your nose clear enough to breathe. If you're getting rhinoplasty you'll likely have gauze packing in for at least a day or two, but even once that's out there will be a lot of blockage from dried blood and mucus. Having to mouthbreathe was f'ing torture for me (also constantly apply chapstick). Saline spray and very gentle use of q-tips soaked in hot water to swab out blockages in the nostrils was and huge help.

Just be as gentle with yourself as possible during recovery. Even once the pain subsides and the swelling starts going down enough to look human again you'll likely feel like you can get up and about, you're still very likely to get tired easily and start running down. Your body will still be using a lot of resources for healing, so just don't push it.

So very excited for you! I hope you're thrilled with the results.

Good luck! You'll do great. :-) I really like Dr. Satterwhite and I've seen a lot of awesome results by him. You're in good hands!

Just try not to stress yourself out too much. Treat yourself to something nice for dinner tomorrow night since you'll have to fast after midnight. Take time to relax and be nice to yourself.

Are you also doing jaw contour ? If so, make sure u eat ur favorite foods now before surgery because u won’t be able to eat solid food for awhile. Other than that, make sure u follow doctor advice on wound care. My wound actually healed pretty fast :) good luck and congratulations !

Thank you so so so very much I appreciate you for even responding😘 I don’t get a lot of responses on here for some reason