I had septoplasty and a clean out of infected sinus's plus bone removal last year. All stemmed for a broken nose in my teens. I was totally blocked in my left nostril. I was warned the op would take it out of me and it did......i was grounded for 3 months. The operation was a complete success.....day one post op they had to pull out the packs which was gruesome, then the stents out of my nose a week later. Took me a long time to get right but i have full airways to both nostrils and no post nasal drip which was a curse with constant gunge traveling down my stomach giving me numerous episodes of h pylori.
All fixed......if your surgeon says you need septoplasty.....do it.....bit nasty post op but pain killers are a gift....its onwards and upwards after....