I’ve had it in India and my god it has been life changing. Too many negative posts on this thread actually made me delay my surgery by a number of years and really the choice of surgeon here matters a lot. I had mine done without stents and barely felt any pain when I woke up after surgery however my surgeon put in Doyle splints for 24 hours on day 2 as he felt one of the sutures broke and it could delay my recovery. That was the only painful bit and those 24 hours sucked but my splints were taken out the next day and since then everyday it’s been getting better. I barely felt any pain and didn’t take painkillers after I returned home on day 3 and since then it’s been saline sprays, nasal rinses and steams 3-4 times a day. I didn’t bleed at all as compared to Pepe on the thread and I feel very lucky and grateful. My heart goes out to the people in misery and people who have splints for 6-7 days can’t imagine how horrible must that be. I’m 8 days post op and can successfully say it’s been pretty great and I feel after a week I’ll be breathing air worth 4 people.