Laura's Rhinoplasty

Consultation and Pre-op Preparations:

My consult was scheduled 2 weeks from the day I called. During these two weeks I visited FaceForum often. I read the "Experiences" again and I realized that the name of "Cindy's" surgeon was the same name as the surgeon I was about to go see. He has sort of an unusual name. I emailed Terri to ask her if this was the same surgeon and she told me indeed it was! I asked her to send Cindy my e-mail address in the hopes that maybe I could talk to her about it. Cindy couldn't have been nicer or more helpful. She talked me through not only the whole two weeks, but up until the day of my surgery. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

My consultation went well. Dr. Olesen is a very no nonsense kind of guy. He came in the exam room, said "Hello" and proceeded to look up my nose. LOL. He gets right to the point. He went on to tell me that since my nose was perfectly straight (no deviated septum) it would only be cosmetic and its one of the "easiest" rhinoplasties to perform (no rhinoplasty is actually easy). We talked awhile about what I wanted. He told me what was realistic and showed me some pictures. Then he took a picture of me with a digital camera and put it on the computer. He them went on to digitally "fix" my nose and showed me how it would look hump free! That was really fun. He made it clear though that it was only an estimate and, of course that isn't exactly how it would turn out. We talked awhile longer and he answered my questions honestly. I knew I really wanted to go with this doctor, so I got the exact cost of the surgery and went home.

I decided to finance the surgery and I went online and found the financial company the doctor used. I applied and got approved so I called the office and scheduled the surgery one month to the day of the consultation. April 20, 2000 would be the day I would FINALLY get the nose I'd always dreamed of having! That was the longest darn month. But I got through it. Two weeks before surgery I had my "pre-op" appointment. I was weighed, measured, had blood taken, interviewed by one of his nurses and given full instructions and what to do (and not do) to prepare for the big day. They gave me tons of info to read through. I was also given the prescriptions I needed for the surgery. These included an antibiotic, pain killers, sleeping pills and something called "Arnica Montana" for swelling. I also had to pay for the surgery in full at this appointment.

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