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...
... wow this sounds a lot like what I have been going through for the last year and a half. Two ENT and a general practitioner and I am worse today then when...
Far worse than you? I don't think so!!!! Maybe we should print these & take them with us to the doctor next time we go see "them". Especially if you're...
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Melanie, Go to www.sinucare.com There you will find some good information to help you in your journey to good health. Click on the link "find a sinus...
I never heard of getting a culture done for your sinuses, very interesting. I have had 6 sinus infections in one year and again, I am having severe sinus...
... Geez Chris, this could be me. I got the same thing. Both ENT's said wells theres nothing I can do the cat scan showed nothing. Go see your general...
Bless your heart, we are SO WITH you in this regard!!!!!! What did the ENT at Duke suggest you do to clear up your symptoms? Anything at all? B.T.W., what...
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Sounds like this infection is "deep tissue", and would require IV antibiotics (THE RIGHT ONES!!!) to get all of it. Keep going to defferent ENT's until you...
Hey Melanie. Thanks so much for writing. I'm glad I'm not alone in this. I was getting so depressed thinking I was stuck with this sinus pain forever. Here...
Hi Everyone, Speaking from 25 years of Chronic Sinsus Problems, I have not read anyone mention about their envirnoment they are living in and working in....
... I have & have taken antigen injections for whatever minor allergies I have for several years. This is the first thing you eliminate as being the "cause"...
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HI Chris, Sorry I am responding so late, I too was sick all week with a terrible headache and sinus pressure. I can't breath at all. I'm sure a migraine is...
I have had severe chronic sinusitis for seven years. I needed to have four FESS surgeries. I had so much pain and suffering that I developed a depression. I am...
The next time I go to my allergist, I intend to take this printed e-mail with me. Sounds like these are good things to do. I recently found a powdered sinus...
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Hi all, I thought it was time I posted like the rest of you fellow sinus sufferers. I am 47, female and have had chronic sinusitis for about 12 years now. Its ...
I was referred by a fellow member of this group to a book called Sinus Survival by Dr.Robert Ivker and am totally amazed by it. I think it could help a lot of...
Hi everybody, I hope you had a very nice Easter/Passover. I was so thrilled to have a response to my e-mail. It is so great to know that maybe through my ...
Hi all..I am new to this group and hope someone can shed some light on my recent sinus problem. For many years I have been treated for allergies..first I had...
Wow, this is a new one on me. Fumes bother me a great deal, with perfume & sterno fluid being the culprits but doesn't affect my sinuses, just bronchial tubes...
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Hi Claire, I could be wrong, but it sounds like you did have an allergic reaction to that hair coloring process. What I bet happened is that the lining of your...
Hi..thanks so much for the speedy reply. I am getting rather desperate to relieve this pain and was so glad to find your support group. OK..and I am...
Hi Sue..thanks for the speedy reply and the info..I am heating up a washcloth in the micro as I type..as you unfortunately know first hand..I am getting...
I've never heard of someone pressing on sinuses & injuring them & if you're speaking of yourself, unless you are a long time weight lifter who is unusually...
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Claire, You may need something called corticosteroids to calm down the swelling. There is a really inexpensive drug called methylprednisolone is the generic ...
Hello, Nosecripple! After FESS, I had six rounds of aug.875 and 21 days of avelox 400. This went on for 3 1/2 months. Although the pills had a antiinflammatory...
These 2 testimonies are truly great & very very useful to our group. Thanks so much for sharing. We never get what we need from the doctors, obviously, else,...