My poor deviated septum :( December 1, 2008

I have heard of deviated septum’s before but I never though I would have one. On Saturday morning I woke up with intense jaw pain, but only on the right side. I thought I may have slept funny and it would go away. It did not but the Kızılay (Red Crescent) is closed on Sundays. When I made it there this morning, my friendly doctor looked in my ears and said they were OK. Then looked down my throat (which was also OK). And finally used  these crazy nostril openers to look up my nose. There he say a problem and asked me some questions. Do I have prolonged sinus infections?- YES!, do I wake up with a dry mouth?- usually, do I wake up at night suddenly?- sometimes, and do I wake up with a stuffy nose frequently when I am not ill?- yes! He said I have a deviated septum and require minor surgery to fix it now before it gets worse (in 5 years or so). Yikes! I have not really had surgery before (other than wisdom teeth and a bone spur on my foot). I asked what this had to do my jaw pain. He said that the deviated septum was causing stress to my body and making me clench my jaw. It makes sense that this would be a cause of stress that I was not aware of since I am really not stressed in my day to day life. Any who, I will hopefully get a second opinion this week and give you all an update as soon as I know the final verdict. Most likely my school will pay for it which is great and a relief. No worries though . I have been given a prescription of no gum, soft foods and soup, and a light pain pill for a couple weeks. Other than that, all is well and I will write again when I have some good news

A deviated septum, but not MY deviated septum