Guest guest Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 HI ANGIE, I WAS JUST READING YOUR POST ABOUT YOUR 3 WEEK OLD SINUS INFECTION. BELIEVE ME, I KNOW HOW BAD THEY ARE AND HOW SICK YOU ARE. I HAD CHRONIC INFECTIONS FOR OVER 15 YEARS. FINALLY ALL THE INFECTIONS CAUSE SCAR TISSUE TO CLOSE COMPLETELY ANY ABILITY FOR MY SINUSES - ALL 4 OF THEM TO DRAIN. I GOT A SINUS INFECTION AND HAD IT FOR A YEAR....MY ENT DR. SPECIALIZED IN A NEW LAZER SURGERY HE INVENTED AND WAS TEACHING THE TECHNIQUE ALL OVER THE U.S. HE TRIED EVERYTHING TO GET RID OF IT, MY SINUSES WERE FULL, BUT THE FLUID WAS STERILE FROM ALL THE ANTIBIOTICS. THEY DID A CT SCAN AND THEY WERE READY TO RUPTURE. I HAD SURGERY 2 DAYS LATER TO OPEN AND DRAIN THEM AND REPAIR MY BROKEN SEPTUM. I HAD BROKE MY NOSE 4 TIMES IN MY LIFE. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL AFTER THE PACKING CAME OUT, I DID NOT REALIZE HOW SICK I ACTUALLY WAS FOR SOOOOOO LONG. I HAD ENERGY, I HAD NO HEADACHES AND SINUS PRESSURE, I DID NOT FEEL NAUSEOUS AND FEVERISH ALL THE TIME. MY DOC SAID I COULD HAVE TO RE-DO THE SURGERY IN 5-7 YEARS. SO FAR I AM OUT OVER 10 AND I CAN TELL I AM HAVING TROUBLE, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY GO THROUGH IT AGAIN IF I NEED TO. I HE NOT OPERATED WHEN HE DID, THE SINUSES WOULD HAVE RUPTURED AND I WOULD HAVE DIED. I NEVER WANT TO GO THROUGH THE MISERY OF CHRONIC SINUS INFECTIONS AGAIN. NOW I HAVE THE MISERY OF RA, AND NEUROPATHY AND FM TO GO THROUGH ! SINCERELY, CINDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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