I apologize in advance, but I am hoping this is a "safe place" where we can ask these kinds of things.
My surgery was almost 3 weeks ago, on 12/13. I was initially given instructions not to blow my nose at all, which I followed for the most part - just wiped if I felt drippy at all. At my 2 week post op appointment, I was told I should still try to avoid blowing my nose but if I needed to, I could blow lightly.
I have never had a bloody nose in my entire life, but since I have been given the OK to blow my nose, I get fresh blood in the tissue pretty much every time I blow. It's not a full blown bloody nose or anything, the amount is usually about the size of a pencil eraser.
Has anyone experienced this before? My recovery is going wonderfully and I feel fine for the most part, this one symptom just alarms me. Just wondering if I have some type of internal bleeding going on! The past few days I have started to get a few mild headaches, yet I am also tapering off my pain meds so have blamed those on that.
Thank you in advance and sorry to be so graphic!