Hello, What type of follow up care have you been getting? After my surgery, I had to rinse my sinuses a couple of times a day with Neilmed (a saline solution)....
Sounds like you have a quack for an ENT. It must suck living in the U.S. when it comes to health care. In Canada we`re covered for free thru OHIP and we can go...
I'm sorry to hear that you had such a difficult recovery time. I had only one sinus surgery and other than a sleepless night at the hospital (due to a lot of...
Thank you for finding that again. I thought it was very informative. I also was a little worried as getting tagged a "bad" poster. ... links ... this, ... ...
Hello, I was just wondering if anyone had ever used steroids (a pill for 6 days) and how well did it work? How long did it take to work? I have chronic...
Sorry, when I read it, it was a facinating article about why some people have recurring sinus infections after surgery. They found some common link on a...
2 or 3 times a year, I get steroid shots. The sinus swelling (& pain) go down for a while, then swell up again. I do this because I get so weary of the pain....
Could it be a fungal and not a bacterial infection? ... From: Tammy <vitzie@...> Subject: [helpsinuses] steroids To: helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com Date:...
I was just wondering if any of you had this surgery, what was your experience with it? My Dr. recommended it, but I really only want to do it as a last...
I think it's worth a try but depends on how "annoying" your problems are. I had constant infections and was missing a lot of work (and life!) so for me it was...
... to ... sinus ... want ... I waited until I could no longer breathe through my nose at all (polyps). Even Afrin could not open up the airways. Surgery for...
I am currently taking steroids and anitibiotics to shrink large nasal polyps which cause my sinus infections and cold symptoms. Head and neck doc opted for...
I agree. Unless you have some inherent condition that makes surgery very dangerous, I cannot imagine how a lifetime of cycling on and off prednisone and...
I've had it, but I have had 6 surgeries and I can't say I've come out for the better. But I believe that is because the surgeons I had for the first 5 were, I...
BUT...what abour the dangers......they are going to be working so close to the brain area. Wasn't anyone else afraid of possible blindness and all of the...
I have to reiterate from time to time the danger of infection eating through the sinus bones & eventually invading the brain cavity. When that happens, it's...
Your brain is just as close to your sinuses in your 20's as in your 50's. Yes, it's scary and I was scared - but I was more scared of living the rest of my...
... sense. I am leaning more toward getting the surgery. There is no guarantee that it will cure my anosmia but at least, hopefully, getting sick at the...
... I was terrified. So I looked up all the ways to safeguard against infection (in addition to an excellent surgeon and an excellent hospital). For me, I...
Sorry to be tedious with a rerun, but for Jo, here is my account of my surgery and what I did to make it go as well as I could: This is long, but if you have...
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