The "Official Before Nose Job" Picture

what can we say - it's me in all my glory - typical Janet pose - complete with my infamous smirk and as always the ever present prop - in this case it's Woody!

Now how could my mother say I had a beautiful nose?

Gross me out! I can remember when I would quiz people about my nose - "do you think I need a nose job?" and they would answer, "why Janet, you have a nice 'Roman' nose - an elegant profile." What were they smoking?

I was still under the influence of mind altering drugs!

My poor mother drove me home, propped me up and snapped my picture as I directed her. They had just unplugged me from my IV drip full of 'good' medicine. I was feeling no pain except for the slight dull ache that resulted from the head 'butt' hello from Sybil. Ouch! I had yet to realize that I had two plastic rods stuck up my nose!

A Day Later and I'm feeling it now!

Somehow I managed to change clothes - I must have done that the day before because I think I lived in this outfit for about four more days! Apparently I did not move much for those four days either! I had to 'sleep' sitting up - but with the aid of modern medicine - ie. sleeping pills - I managed to do just that - I drooled alot though. The nurses told me that Blue Scope would be my best friend and it was. I could not stand my own breath and I had plastic rods and body fluids clogging my nasel passages. You will notice that not one cat is around me. Obviously the bad breath was offensive even to them!

My first foray out in public if you can call drinking at Ron and Linda's out in public!

Of course, the only people that were willing to view my battered face (other than my dear mother who actually held up pretty well!) were my dear friends Ron and Linda and Scott and Ty. Of course, I had to endure lots of comments from Scott and Ty but it was worth it! I drank a few Margarita's (my drink of choice!) and hid my filthy dirty hair under a cap (I had to hold off washing my hair for one week). Enough said on that subject!

I could see the potential from the side!

I had only moderate brusing - at least that's what my doctor said. They thought I was going to be one massive bruise because I was a 'squirter' - I had to ask just what that meant - it meant that I bled alot during the operation. I even gave up aspirin for six weeks before the operation! I shiver to think of the bleeding if I had not stopped the thinning medicines!

A view of my 'favorite' side effect of the rhinoplasty

And that side effect would be the excessive nasal drip. I had to wear a 'drip' pad under my nose. I would end up changing it almost every hour on the hour! As you can tell, after being upright for about four hours I was feeling a little worse for the wear!

Champagne and Caviar All Around

It's been about two weeks. I got the plastic rods out of my nose and felt like a million dollars. I still had to wear a little splint. We went to Bachanalia for lunch to celebrate. I splurged! After all I had finally gotten around to doing something about my nose which has bothered me since I was 10 years old when it was first broken!!!!

It's Six Weeks Later and I can not only see the improvement but I can actually smell the improvement!!!

It's pumpkin carving time and I have a new profile! I would still have disgusting drainage from my nose for about six more months. But not one time did I ever regret going under the knife! I only wish I had done it sooner. Moral of the story is never wait on a big dream - do it as soon as possible.

It's One Year Later and this is NOT my mug shot!

Now let's compare - to the Before Nose Job (Picture #2) - do you see what I see - much improvement!!!