Nose healing now for my next surgery.....

I successfully navigated my way through church without incident.  My husband's plan of attack went off without a hitch (although leaving before the prayer had me squirming a little - hahahaha).  

I can't tell you the number of times I asked my husband how many hours were left before my doctor's appointment to get the nose stints out.  The were driving me insane!!! and I was sure that once they were out I would feel immediate relief in my nose and the tingling and numbness in my mouth would be gone.  I would be able to blow and wipe my nose again, we would have world peace and the economy would be back in order ... oh and my dvr would no longer be on the fritz - in essence all would be right with the world.  Okay so not everything would be fixed but a girl can hope right???

I had to bring Smiley and Giggles with me to my appointment.  -groan-  Giggles had already started out on the wrong foot and had been read the riot act before we got to the doctor's office.  It didn't work.  Why do I bother???

So after an infinitely long wait in the waiting area we get into the exam room.  Here's the tray of tools to be used on my nose....

And when I asked my boys if they were going to watch the doctor work on my nose this is how they said they were going to watch...

What they actually did was glance briefly, ask if it hurt and when I said it didn't (which wasn't entirely true.... I just didn't want to freak them out) they lost interest and started entertaining each other by grabbing each other's heads multiple times, poking each other, sliding off their chairs, hanging upside down on their chairs, getting in each others' faces etc, etc.  Each time the doctor turned around to dip his suction and probe utensils in solution I was turning and snapping my fingers or telling them to stop or giving my best "knock it off glare" and quickly turning back to get more steri-strip bandage drilled out of my nose (I say drilled because that's exactly what is sounded and felt like... ouch!!!)

After having the nose stints removed (by the way I WISH my stints looked like the ones in the video on my blog .... mine were thicker and harder) ... the pressure in my nose was relieved somewhat but it's funny how it still feels like there is stuff up my nose.  Probably because of having so much of my turbenates cut off.  My doctor says I still have to be careful with my nose for 6 weeks.  Yikes!!!  I tried blowing my nose and didn't do very well with it because I can't wipe very well.  Oh well.  with time I suppose.  If my nose is shiny at the end you'll know why.  try not to laugh too hard.    At least the hard part is over.  

Now I have a new problem.  Well, not really a new problem actually... it's an old problem that I'm wondering if surgery can correct it too....

You see - I'm dessert challenged.  Once I made a cake and forgot to add the eggs.  When I made a Mrs. Field's Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter cookie recipe and divided the dough - I baked half the dough and the cookies turned out hard and crunchy and the other lady baked the other half and they turned out great.  If we are asked to make cookies for something, we are better off if Brett makes them or using the school frozen dough because if I make them from scratch... not good.  I believe I'm cursed when it comes to desserts.  I wanted to make some cupcakes because it was my friend's birthday so here was a mix I made the other day for chocolate cake that I made into cupcakes...

Brett spit it into the sink it was so bad.  I decided that I cared too much about my friend to take her these cupcakes and let the giftcard stand alone.  The kids ate them and thought they were good.  (so does that mean I don't care enough about my kids cause I let THEM eat them? hahahahaha) poor kids have no discrimination apparently.

Can this dessert problem be taken care of surgically???