FESS/Sept/Turb or is that Sept/Turb/FESS?

Last week I had surgery to hopefully correct my sleep apnea and chronic sinusitis. There were 3 procedures; Septoplasty, Turbinectomy, and Functional Endoscopic Sinus. The septoplasty aligns the cartilage that separates the nostrils. It’s pretty common to have a deviated septum. Usually it doesn’t require doing anything about it. The turbinectomy was the most important of the procedures. The turbinates are chambers that connect the nostrils to the rest of the sinuses. In my case the turbinates had no openings to the sinuses at all. So when I had infections, I couldn’t really get rid of the fluid. Blowing my nose used to cause air to escape my eye sockets instead of my nose. At 38 years old, I’m looking forward to finally being able to blow my nose.