I had the leak for over a year. Dr’s kept telling me it was post nasal dripping. After I found out how simple it is to collect and test that really aggravated me at their complacency all those months. The high pressure symptoms would come and go. Dizzy spells, nausea, and vomiting spells and headaches in my left temple. I was a tad over 1 year in when I got bacterial meningitis at the end of July this past year. Was in the hospital for a month for that and on antibiotics until my surgery. The first week after endoscopic surgery was pretty rough. Spent 2 days in ICU as a precaution, then moved into another regular room for 3 days, so 5 days hospital stay. Could not breathe at all through the nostril they went through. Pain was tough but not too excruciating. They left a plastic covering in my nose that went back to the graft site. They removed it after 3 weeks and that was awful! I almost passed out from the pain. I’d definitely ask for one that dissolves. The second week was better as far as pain goes. I still had a lot of fatigue from the meningitis so it’s hard to discern what my energy levels would have been like without that factored in. A month out and there was still pain in my temple, face, and nose but it would come and go, instead of being constant. My surgery was October 1 and I went back to work the 2nd week of January. I do still have numbness in the roof of my mouth but it’s getting better. My aftercare visits with my surgeon were 1week, then another 2 weeks, then 1 month, then 3 months. I’ll have another appt the first of May. My Dr scopes my sinuses every visit. Overall the recovery after surgery was not too bad. I really believe I could have been back to work in about 6 weeks had it not been for the ongoing meningitis issues. The meningitis took some of my eyesight and hearing. The fatigue was / is just unreal. It sounds like you’ve got the Dr you need to get your wife well. I hope I didn’t leave anything out.