Weird post op annoyance that won't go away!

[magtart 603]

I guess I spent a total of 36 hours in the hospital and was on oxygen all that time. By the day after surgery I noticed my nose was horribly clogged up and started blowing it only to find huge globs of bloody mucus with scabs. My nose never did clear up and now, a week later, my nose feels like I've been on a week long cocaine binge. When I blow it I either get big scabs or bloody mucus or both coming out.

Did anyone else have this problem? What did you do to clear it up?

[Jerzygurl 372]

It's the oxygen. You can get a humidifier or some saline based product and put some drops inside.

When I did chemo, the same thing would happen. What helped was the humidifier and distilled Water.

Good luck.

[magtart 603]

Maybe I will try hubby's saline nasal spray until I can find the humidifier. Thanks!