>I fired my ENT!!!!!! I found one that wanted to help me!!!!!
>He immediately ran a CULTURE and ordered a "Post-Op" C-Scan.
>Guess what? I have had a STAPH infection since surgery (3 1/2 months
>ago)!
>Tree different Docs have had me take 100 Augmentin pills, 21 Avelox
>pills,
>two rounds of Prednisone, and numerous decons, sprays and antihist
>pills! NOT ONE of these three knuckleheads offered to take a
>culture or do a "post-op" C-Scan. This strain of Staph is RESISTANT
>to 13 different antibiotics, to include the two I have been NUKING
>my body with!!! My new ENT is actually sending my culture results
>to the CDC for their review and data gathering purposes. I will know
>in a week if I am a candidate for intravenious antibiotics. Pills for
>now.
>I am sooooo damn MAD!!!! I know this is not nearly as serious
>as some of the posts that I have read on these boards, and thank God
>for that, BUT, I still think I have been grossly wronged and
>neglected by these people that I HIRED to heal me, and, therefore
>intend to
>sue them if I can find an attorney who thinks I have a case!
>Good luck to all of you. Fight,and don't give up!
>
>Will keep you all posted on further developements.



>PLEASE DO SO. I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY WAY SOME OF US GET HELP,
>FROM PEOPLE WHO SUFFER THE SAME WAY WE ALL DO.



>
>--- In helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com, "drstroutslayer
><drstroutslayer@y...>" <drstroutslayer@y...> wrote:
>> I never knew there were so many sinus weary
>> people out there. God bless you all.
>>
>> My name is David and I am new to the group. I am
>> also new to this level of sinus problems. I hope
>> it will soon end before it gets any closer to some
>> of the posts I read (I read them all).
>>
>> In Oct. 02, I had what I think was a bacterial sinus
>> infection. I got overzealous with the irrigating and
>> blew water right into my eustacian tubes. I went to the
>> Doc, and after two rounds of augmentin 875 didn't clear
>> my ears, he sent me to an ENT.
>>
>> The ENT ordered a C Scan, and it showed 2 polyps, and one
>> closed Frontal or Ethmoid sinus. He told me that if I waited
>> on surgery I would most likely have future problems, and the
>> FESS would likely open my ears.
>>
>> In Nov. 02 I had the FESS. I went through 14 days of Augmentin
>> 875 after surgery. A week after I finished the antibiotic,
>> I woke up in the middle of the night with what appeared
>> to be very yellow "Malt-o-Meal" or Yellow "ketchup" dripping
> > out of my nose and onto my bedsheets. This was an infection
> > that I had never in my life experienced. It was not the classic
> > sticky, yucky mucous, it was runny, with a gritty looking
>> texture. I guess this is the classic "PUS", which I had never
>> seen. I also noticed that my eyeballs had began to hurt
>> in the last few days, like they were under pressure and would
>> possibly blow up if the pressure were to increase.
>>
>> I went back to the ENT, and as he was attemting to go in with
>> an endoscope, said,"yes, you need a little extra". He put me on
>> 10 days of Augmentin. After 10 days, the sinus cleared, but
>> the eyes hurt a little and the ears never totally cleared, but
>> almost. Within a week, it was coming back, so I began to eat
>> Drixorall in an attempt to dry it up and kill it. FORGET IT!
>> After 4 more days, and all facial bones were breaking, I went
>> back to him. He told me it was probably not bacterial because
>> he sees no pus, and he just couldn't keep giving me antibiotics,
>> and I needed to go see an allergist. Three days later, I called him
>> and tried to make an appointment to show him some "PUS". Instead of
>> this,he called in a 10 day supply of Augmentin 500. The 500
>> never killed the infection. It just kept it from getting worse.
>> Two days prior to finishing the Augmentin 500, I saw an Allergist.
>> The Allergist said he, you'll never guess, of course, he said
>> he thought the infection was brought on by allergic attacks to
>> something. So, the allergist put me on a broader spectrum
> > MOXIFLOXACIN 400 mg/ 1 daily for 21 days. I have 6 left, and
>> the pain is just now fading in the sinuses, and my eyes still
>> hurt, but less than they did. My ears have opened again, but
>> still making clicking noises. I have an appointment tomorrow
>> with a new ENT, and I have discussed possibly using intravaneous
>> antibiotics with his office staff. They said more and more
>> people are doing this a few weeks before and after surgery.
>>
>> My opinion is that I contracted this MEAN infection from my
>> ENT's surgical instruments, and each time it never quite gets out
>of
>> my eyes or ears, and reinfects my sinuses. He is well known
>> in the community as an excellent surgeon, specializing in FESS.
>> He acted very beffuddled that I was returning with this
>> infection. Oh, by the way, I did ask him about getting a
>> culture, and he said they were not really necessary, as there
>> are only about 3 types of bacterial infections.
>> I am hoping it is a case of excellent surgeon, poor microbial Dr.
>> He acts like he doesn't want to do anything that might show
>> that it was his fault.
>
>
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