So here’s what you can see of my ‘ordeal’:

(It looks exactly the same as it always did.)

The big deal is not the nose which just had its internal walls ‘rearranged’ - it’s the sinuses. My wonderful (if completely mad) surgeon went in and ‘opened up’ all EIGHT sinuses. The massive inrush of all this oxygen is almost disorienting-- in a good way. The only problem is a persistent
sinus headache which makes looking at a screen not fun - hence my delayed and gradual return.

I haven’t had the nerve to ask the doctor (he doesn’t have what I’d call a very ‘strong’ sense of humor) if I’m his fastest recovery ever but if your well-wishing in my Facebook feed counts for all that I'm imagining it does, I probably am.

Thank you for your amazing show of support. It’ll take me a while to get around to visit and reply but you’re already in my heart.