I had the sinus pockets and the deviated septum done about 15 years ago. If I could do it again I never would have done it. Not to steer you away from getting it done, I just had a bad experience.

The worse part about it is going in to get the gauze packing taken out. I never would of thought that they could get that much gauze in each nostril but it will make you tear up and start coughing while they are pulling it out. Hopefully your doctor is wearing his/her lab coat when they do it unlike mine. He wasn't wearing his coat and pulled the gauze out and when the blood started coming I coughed the blood all over him LOL. The other thing that is weird is the stitches that are holding the two pieces of plastic together as a splint, kind weird seeing that stuff pulled out LOL.

I ended up with two black eyes. It has never really made an improvement for me. I was able to breathe through my nose before the surgery just not as good as it should have been. If you can't breathe at all through your nose now then the surgery should help.

I would say at least two weeks and you could be back in the saddle riding at an easy pace and after a month you will be good to go.