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asfy,

Thank you for that. I will ask my doctor again about his directions. Unless I misunderstood everything he told me, this rinse is a long term thing. I mis-quoted on the baby shampoo concentration. It is 10 ml shampoo in 1000 ml of saline. So 1% not 10. I did ask about budesonide rather than decadron but he didn't give me a clear answer. Other than, this is what has been working.

He also put me on a low dose of Biaxin long term. I don't know how long that means, but I did get 90 days worth in the first prescription.

I am also a little unclear about using a steroid directly on a new surgery. Won't the steroid iritate the area since it isn't healed yet? And one other question if anyone knows: How much of this solution should I be putting in my nose with my head upside down? The directions on the bottle says 15 ml per side. What? That makes me feel like I'm being water boarded Does that sound like a normal amount?

Thanks again for the help.

Crusher

From: asfy <asfyso@...>samters Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 9:45 AMSubject: Re: Re: Newbie

Crusher,

's solution (or rather, the modified 's solution that was prescribed by your ENT, because I think standard 's is just gentamycine and saline) is fine for a limited time period, such as the time it will take for your mucosa to heal from the latest surgery. You are not supposed to keep irrigating indefinitely (like, months on end) with it because :

- gentamycine will eventually select gentamycin-resistant germs,

- the corticoid will worsen the thinning of your skull bones,

- 10% baby shampoo is a high concentration of shampoo (1% is the norm) and is likely to irritate (burn) after some time.

You may still have some bone separation between the olfactory area and your brain, but it may just be hidden between two CT scan "slices" because it is thin.