Did you have the nasal packing? I had surgery years ago and when it came time to pull the gauze out, I thought it would never end.
When I was 20 years old I had my nose almost literally ripped from my face, except from one side. I of course had a nasal pack. I was shocked one morning to find it was down my throat and the slightest swallow would pull it down more. I was afraid I would choke on the thing. I drove my self to the emergency room where they pulled it out the way it was suppose to come out.
It felt like they were pulling out my brains .Hurts very very bad and takes quite a while to pull it all out.