So, tomorrow at 9:15am, I am scheduled to have a Septoplasty. What’s a septoplasty, you ask? Well, how nice of you to ask! My nose is crooked. Not so much on the outside, although it’s fairly visible in photos… but the inside is all screwed up. I mean, the damn thing curves like a question mark. So, that’s part one of my surgery tomorrow.
Part two is to remove a nasal polyp. What’s a nasal polyp, you ask? My, aren’t we the interested and studious reader! What? You’re NOT interested, you say? You’re just being polite? Oh well, … I suppose that’s really the best I could hope for anyway. AHEM. A nasal polyp, my dear friends, is a big mass of ickyness that formed in my nose because of the aforementioned crookedness, combined with my allergies. I won’t go into it more than that, although I know you’re just DYING to know more about this wonderful sounding polyp thing.
The whole polyp idea already disturbed my husband enough so that he had nightmares about it being some sentient creature, as if it would crawl out of my nose late at night, crawl over to him and sit on his chest… breathing down at him noisily. (Okay, so a polyp can’t breathe - but it can’t crawl either, so I’m taking some creative license here.) And then, the instant that he would wake up, it would jump up into the air, cackling maniacally, and dive down into HIS nose and take root. We made jokes about the damn polyp “getting him” for weeks.
Easily amused, I know. Odd… I also know. We’re an odd family, full of creative juices. I’m an artist, he’s a writer. So between the two of us, we can come up with some interesting stuff. 
Anyway, just an update to let everyone know why they wouldn’t be hearing from me for a bit. I doubt I’ll be wanting to do many tutorials or brush sets while recovering.
But no worries! I’ll be back with more Photoshop fun soon enough!
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For the record, I never really had nightmares about a polyp. I just said, “What if … !”
Take care, Stephanie. I’m a veteran of 1 major and 2 minor nasal who-ha’s (technical term!). The worst part was no sense of taste for weeks! Food was just different interesting textures…LOL!
I am so glad all went well. You will be feeling so much better soon. Hope to talk with you tomorrow and see you in a week or two.
Just saw your pictures on your album–you look “mawvelous dawling”!
Steph ! did you finally get your nose taken care of ?!! I hope everything went fantastic. Get me on the computer sometime and we’ll chat