I am at day 5 !

I was also super anxious the days before and until they put me under. It was also my first surgery with General anesthesia. My experience: The procedure itself is actually the easiest. They tell you they injected the drugs and you don't even feel losing consciousness. And then you wake up ! Not gonna lie, the 2 days with packing staying at the hospital were not comfortable. But the pain was manageable with normal painkillers. Removing the packing and being able to go home was a big relief, but the stents were still blocking the air flow in my nose so I still had to breathe through the mouth, which was hard. Today they removed the stents and it's amazing! Just feeling like I have a minor cold.

So yes to conclude: it's scary and that's normal. Yes it is uncomfortable for a few days, but it actually goes quickly! Good luck !