Hi Every one.  Am new member that has sinusitus.
Had reem job and septum correction.  Suffer from
nasal congestion when sleeping.  All meds and moisture
remedies cause dryness and congestion.  VA doctor told
me to try personal lubricating jelly.  (Not laughing)
Bought some at Walgreens.  Directions say do not get in
ears or eyes.  Smells chemicalish.  Reluctant to try.
Maybe can use product for other purposes (laughing).
Oh well still searching for relief.  Anybody ever use
or heard of using this product.  John

Hi Josie,
I've not used Nasopure before. I use Neilmed, which took me afew tries
to get the hang of. I use it both in the plastic bottle or in the neti
pot I got from Neilmed. Maybe you could try 1 of those and see if they
work.
Monica

--- In helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com, PickPinkFlowers
<haggisisscotsfood@...> wrote:
>
> Well, I tried the Nasopure.  Somebody tell me what I am doing wrong,
please.
>   It was AWFUL.  I got the temp right, and I did not mix in too much
saline so
>   burning was not the problem.
>
>   I panicked, I think, because it brought back
>   the memory of almost drowning when I was a child.  I was
resuscitated by
>   a lifeguard.   It was a similar feeling, though not as bad, of course.
>
>   Nothing came out the other sinus.  Nothing went down my throat.
>   Instinctively I felt like stopping because I had the sensation I was
>   drowning.
>
>   So what did I do wrong?   So many people swear by this method, and I
>   was so hoping it would offer me some relief.
>
>   Josie
>
>
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This article is by a researcher/physician in Atlanta. It's a bit
scientific sounding, but if you can get thru it, has some interesting
information. On page 7, he has a treatment plan that uses mainly
sprays. I have the entire article on Adobe Acrobat with pictures (that
don't appear on this link). If you want it, please email me directly.
Here's the link to the article:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0907/is_7_58/ai_n6126543/pg_1

Monica

Dear Sinus Group Friends,
thank you all for your messages. I did snap out of it finally. I'm
only sorry to hear that many of you are in worse shape with seemingly
incurable cases. The other day when I wrote that, out of nowhere, my
nose started to bleed. I'd never had a nose bleed before (except for
after my surgery). Then it stopped and has been ok since (thank
heavens). I had an untimely death occur in my family afew months ago
where 2 members were run over by a car. One was killed instantly. His
wife is now in a wheel chair and has to relearn how to walk. We used
to spend holidays together, his loss was very unexpected. Between
that, the sinusitis, and now not having a job, well, I'm sure you get
the picture. But, thanks to you, I'm feeling better.
Monica


--- In helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com, "Lynn" <linnie1@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Monica,
>
>
>
> You are not a downer at all. Dealing with chronic illness is not easy
> especially when it affects your livelihood and every aspect of your
life.  I
> think depression, sadness and such go hand in hand with chronic
illness. It
> would be weird if you didn't feel those things.  In a way you are
mourning
> for the life you had pre sinus/work issues.
>
>
>
> Thoughts of suicide I imagine are frightening.  I strongly urge you,
if you
> haven't already, to talk with your doctor about how you are feeling.
  There
> is help out there.  Please don't be afraid to discuss depression or be
> ashamed of it.  Bad situations arise and happen to good people and
it's out
> of our control. What is in your control is how you move forward.
You may
> not be able to fix all the physical symptoms but you can
change/manage the
> emotional ones.
>
>
>
> Please please seek more help/support! You owe it to yourself to live
your
> best life!!
>
>
>
> Big hugs
>
> Lynn
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Monica
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 1:11 PM
> To: helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [helpsinuses] Trying to cheer up
>
>
>
> Hello all,
> Happy Thanksgiving. I don't want to sound like a downer. I've tried to
> really be a trooper during this sinus illness, which went out of
> control last 7/05. Some of you probably read my earlier postings about
> how I have chronic sinusitis from working in a building that had mold,
> a poorly maintained and malfunctioning HVAC system, about my surgery,
> symptoms, etc. I had to leave the job of many years because of this.
> Is it normal to become very sad and depressed? I've all of a sudden
> been crying my eyes out over this whole thing. I'm trying to cheer up,
> but I just keep thinking about it over and over again. I just wonder,
> why this had to happen to me, why I had to take that job, why my life
> was ruined and if I'll ever be ok again. I'm afraid to complain to my
> family and friends, because they've been so supportive during all of
> this. If it weren't for them and, well let me just say it, for my Mom,
> I was going to kill myself because I wasn't going to be able to live
> with this. I'm feeling better from the operation, but am still not the
> way I used to be. I think about the good things I have, but I just am
> so sad, I'm never going to be the same again. I'm angry too over the
> complete lack of accountability in the working environment and how the
> other people who got sick there are too afraid to complain. I just
> want to cheer up. Now, on interviews, I'm asked why I left and I don't
> know what to say. You don't really think you'd leave a job this way.
> Ok, I guess life goes on either way.
> Monica
>

I have a severe sinus infection that has lasted for weeks.  Because of other
medical problems, I cannot take antibiotics or decongestants.  My ENT will
not give me
anything or do surgery because of my medical problems. I have just ordered
the
Nasopure bottle as a result of reading about it here.  I am miserable.  I
have
not breathed through my nose in a couple of weeks....well, you all know what

this is like. Is there anything I can be doing that might help me?  Josie

---I hate having my nose plugged and damaged my nostrils trying to keep it
open. The nose sprays I used dried me out so bad it hurt so much they
prescribed Vicodin and then Percoset. I think the Nasopure is a good product
and I may try it myself, but to get my nose unplugged I use NatraBio's Cold
and Sinus spray.

---This is completely natural and has attacked some really plugged up
nostrils without the effects that saline's gave me or other "natural" nose
ointments and stuff that hurt like hell when I applied them. I also have
never gotten the ill effects that I have in the past from other commercial
decongestants. But that's the nostrils not the sinuses. I understand that
Micinex can relieve sinus pressure...Tammy knows a lot about Mucinex.

---I read this list a lot and people do know quite a bit about how to buy
that time for healing. I know there are folks with a lot more experience and
knowledge than me who can give you a lot more information. Keep browsing the
posts and you'll find things to do. One or several of them will get it for
you I'm hoping.

---I don't know if I thanked you Tammy for the Mucinex information. I still
have woken up plugged up a little but just forgot that 1.) I didn't drink
enough water and 2.) I stopped running the air moisturizer. I hope this gets
me through the night but I'm pleased with how wet I stay in the nose with
the Mucinex. This was a good tip.

Hello all,
Happy Thanksgiving. I don't want to sound like a downer. I've tried to
really be a trooper during this sinus illness, which went out of
control last 7/05. Some of you probably read my earlier postings about
how I have chronic sinusitis from working in a building that had mold,
a poorly maintained and malfunctioning HVAC system, about my surgery,
symptoms, etc. I had to leave the job of many years because of this.
Is it normal to become very sad and depressed? I've all of a sudden
been crying my eyes out over this whole thing. I'm trying to cheer up,
but I just keep thinking about it over and over again. I just wonder,
why this had to happen to me, why I had to take that job, why my life
was ruined and if I'll ever be ok again. I'm afraid to complain to my
family and friends, because they've been so supportive during all of
this. If it weren't for them and, well let me just say it, for my Mom,
I was going to kill myself because I wasn't going to be able to live
with this. I'm feeling better from the operation, but am still not the
way I used to be. I think about the good things I have, but I just am
so sad, I'm never going to be the same again. I'm angry too over the
complete lack of accountability in the working environment and how the
other people who got sick there are too afraid to complain. I just
want to cheer up. Now, on interviews, I'm asked why I left and I don't
know what to say. You don't really think you'd leave a job this way.
Ok, I  guess life goes on either way.
Monica

Hi,
I didn't have packing, but some kind of self disolving packing. I felt
horrible for about a month. I'm still not completely better and it's
been almost 4 months, but am much better than before my surgery. I'm
thinking of going to the mayo clinic because I can't seem to get rid
of this thing and my ears are still clogged all the time.
Monica

--- In helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com, "Janeen \"Jeannie\" Ellis"
<imneeners62@...> wrote:
>
> Well, I am now 18 days post-op and feel like crap. I was really
hoping at
> this point things would feel somewhat better than when I went in. I
know the
> paddles up there are not helping matters, and I hate to sound like a
whiner,
> but every time I stand up or turn my head, I feel like the world has
tilted
> in a major way. Even just tilting my head downward makes me dizzy.
Have any
> of you felt like this and if so, when does it stop? I am getting tons of
> mucus out when I rinse.
>
> Any input would be greatly appreciated. I hope everyone else is doing
> okay...Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
>
> Jeannie
>

Hi,
I didn't have packing, but some kind of self disolving packing. I felt
horrible for about a month. I'm still not completely better and it's
been almost 4 months, but am much better than before my surgery. I'm
thinking of going to the mayo clinic because I can't seem to get rid
of this thing and my ears are still clogged all the time.
Monica

--- In helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com, "Janeen \"Jeannie\" Ellis"
<imneeners62@...> wrote:
>
> Well, I am now 18 days post-op and feel like crap. I was really
hoping at
> this point things would feel somewhat better than when I went in. I
know the
> paddles up there are not helping matters, and I hate to sound like a
whiner,
> but every time I stand up or turn my head, I feel like the world has
tilted
> in a major way. Even just tilting my head downward makes me dizzy.
Have any
> of you felt like this and if so, when does it stop? I am getting tons of
> mucus out when I rinse.
>
> Any input would be greatly appreciated. I hope everyone else is doing
> okay...Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
>
> Jeannie
>

Stanford is good - as long as your case is extreme enough :-)
I was amazed that the ENT director, Dr Hwang, pretty much
blew-off the Mayo Clinic study (the one that helped me so
much) during his talk on chronic sinusitis in 2006.

At least they take CRS seriously.  They have come out
and said that CRS has as much effect on a patient's
quality of life as diabetes and congestive heart failure...

Good luck in Silicon Valley!
Gary

--- In helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com, "Connie" <mclennans@...> wrote:
>
> Although my son's recent CT scans show extensive, moderately severe
> sinus inflammation, the local ENT surgeon did not recommend a third
> surgery; instead he suggested a second opinion. I am working on
> authorization for our referral to Stanford or a former Stanford doctor
> now in private practice. Both are tops and actively involved in
> research (balloon sunuplasty and all the rest.) So we shall see if
> there is anything else to be done.
>

Well, I am now 18 days post-op and feel like crap. I was really hoping at this point things would feel somewhat better than when I went in. I know the paddles up there are not helping matters, and I hate to sound like a whiner, but every time I stand up or turn my head, I feel like the world has tilted in a major way. Even just tilting my head downward makes me dizzy. Have any of you felt like this and if so, when does it stop? I am getting tons of mucus out when I rinse.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. I hope everyone else is doing okay...Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Jeannie

Well, I am now 18 days post-op and feel like crap. I was really hoping at this point things would feel somewhat better than when I went in. I know the paddles up there are not helping matters, and I hate to sound like a whiner, but every time I stand up or turn my head, I feel like the world has tilted in a major way. Even just tilting my head downward makes me dizzy. Have any of you felt like this and if so, when does it stop? I am getting tons of mucus out when I rinse.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. I hope everyone else is doing okay...Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Jeannie

Although my son's recent CT scans show extensive, moderately severe
sinus inflammation, the local ENT surgeon did not recommend a third
surgery; instead he suggested a second opinion. I am working on
authorization for our referral to Stanford or a former Stanford doctor
now in private practice. Both are tops and actively involved in
research (balloon sunuplasty and all the rest.) So we shall see if
there is anything else to be done.

Here is a link that discusses using antibiotics for sinus infections.  I thought some of you may be interested.

Laura

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14784900/from/ET/

I have a severe sinus infection that has lasted for weeks.  Because of other medical problems, I cannot take antibiotics or decongestants.  My ENT will not give me

anything or do surgery because of my medical problems. I have just ordered the

Nasopure bottle as a result of reading about it here.  I am miserable.  I have

not breathed through my nose in a couple of weeks....well, you all know what

this is like. Is there anything I can be doing that might help me?  Josie

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Hi Group
I guess I am a little disappointed that perhaps I have had no replies
to my new member Intro Nov 3 -??? maybe no one had any advise etc?? -
I - like perhaps alot of members here have lots of questions etc to
ask other members "who have been there done that etc" I am having
Sinus Surgery Nov 28 for all 4 sinuses infected / diseased and
blocked - does that make any sense!!!! Dr says I will be off work for
10 days after Op - have been off since Oct 1st with this problem while
awaiting another surgery to takes place - but ENT will not give
clearance until this problem is fixed - well to all the group this
SINUS is ..... a NIGHTMARE!!! day and night - once again any advise
etc??? would be very much appreciated - Cheers Susan M