Oh dear, well first welcome to our group.  Sometimes we are quiet, sometimes we have much to say.  Sounds like you were born defective, sinus-wise as was I.  I was born without much but some of my frontal sinuses, it was quite a shock the first time a doc. did a CAT scan.  Although it didn't bother me until my mid-adult years.  Then oh me, oh my.  I've had 4 complete roto rooters, one being to ream out the frontal sinus area which had a lot of diseased tissue.  Now, I am left with my total Right sinus area still not right.  For instance, a lot of times my Right nostril, maxillary, & R. Frontal sinus area is freezing cold while the Left sinus side is normal temperature.  Every night unless I take night time tylenol, I wake up in sinus pain around 3:00 a.m. like clockwork.  Getting good rest is the most important part of this whole sinus thing and it's the hardest thing to accomplish.  Which part of which sinus bone was removed?  The maxillaries, ethmoids, sphenoids, or frontals?  Do you have sinus pain?  In the mean time, I'm sure you steam, do you rinse out your sinuses?



At 05:23 AM 4/1/2009, you wrote:

Hello!!
My name is Shelly. I suffer from Chronic Sinusitis. I have had five sinus surgeries. The last one I had was major. I had so many years of infection, I needed to have part of my sinus bone removed. This was 10 years ago when I was in college. My symptoms were under control for quite awhile. Over the last months, I have been symptomatic. My nose is constantly stuffy and I have no sense of smell.
I look forward to meeting all the members.