Hi Ann,

I'm new here just found the group and reading your post. I have had
4 sinuses surgeries and they had been a great success. I also have
Polps (?sp) which could grow back. But it's been 3 years since my
last surgery and still nothing. First surgery i had they went in and
removed an polp that was blocking whole nasal. Second surgery was
big one they went in and drilled out the sinuse. 3rd one was
scraping out sinuse because of infection and 4th and last one was
removing tissue in the sinuse.

my insurance was a problem for first 3 surgeries as it didn't cover
removal of tissue. But for the 4th one i had different insurance
which covered it. Other then that i had no problems with insurance
covering it.

Good Luck,

Mel



--- In sinussupport@yahoogroups.com, "annm_searching"
<annm_searching@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From the time I was a little kid, until about age 18, I would get
a
> lot of acute sinus infections and was always prescribed
antibiotics,
> which I now think was a terrible thing to do on the doctor's part,
> because I'm pretty sure (going by research I've done on my
symptoms
> and the "saliva test") that I've had, since I was a little kid, a
> chronic systemic candida problem, brought on by overuse of
> antibiotics, mostly amoxil (sp?). I mention that because I wonder
if
> it's tied to the chronic sinusitis I now have, have had for about
as
> long as I can recall. I haven't had a sinus *infection* since
high
> school, but these chronic symptoms are even worse:
> - constant post-nasal drip, like liquid rubber always in my
throat,
> so bad that sometimes if I eat something
> thick like peanut butter, it's painful swallowing.... so bad that
> sometimes it feels as if I have a lump in my throat, and I
> start to worry if I have a tumor (but, if that were the case the
> feeling would be there all the time, right?)
> - lips that are costantly dry and peeling, I think because I mouth-
> breathe at night, probably because my body, without my
> conscious intervention, automatically starts mouth breathing
because
> it's easier to get air that way, because the nasal
> passages are clogged/inflamed
> - nasal passages that always feel as if they have something in
them,
> even after blowing my nose a million times and taking
> hot showers
> - nasal passages that feel too narrow
> - various types and degrees of head and neck pain and stiffness
>
> I had an MRI done several years ago because of severe headaches,
and
> all they found was that my sinuses were in bad condition. I also
> have enlarged adenoids.
>
> I've heard good things about a new sinus surgery, where they can
see,
> ultrasound-like, where they're going, so there's no risk of
> accidentally hitting something outside the sinuses, and so they
can
> do a thorough job of cleaning them all out. Has anyone here had
> that? Was it successful? Any side effects? Did insurance pay?
>
> I'm also interested in natural/herbal/dietary treatments, and am
not
> closed-minded to drugs, so long as they aren't antibiotics.
>
> Thank you,
> Ann