mixed feelings/results

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So I am having mixed feelings and mixed results with the Water Pik,

but I will wait until I get the adaptor to really do this the best.

I think it is actually working GREAT except that one crazy thing

happened. I can't remember what those things are called on the side

of my nose on the inside -- I want to say adenoids but I think

adenoids are at the back of the throat. Oh what are they called?

Anyway I used to think they were polyps but my ENT said they're not,

they are .... whatever it is they are called.

Well, those SHRUNK. Like crazy shrunk. Like I can hardly see them

anymore. They rarely shrink from anything except steroids, and this

treatment shrunk them. Amazing.

However, now I can really see the polyps up there, which is kind of

upsetting. The adenoid thingies which are not adenoids were

blocking my view of the polyps before but not anymore. And

especially on the right side, which is my bad side anyway, the

polyps are covered in thick gross stuff. I remember from other

times when the polyps were so bad and huge I thought that was mucus

but then it was actually sort of the surface, a covering on the

polyps and the polyps were right underneath.

So it is pretty gross and also makes me sad because I hate these

damn polyps and now I can see them myself again. BUT maybe just

maybe this will really work to the point where it will regress those

polyps, too. Am I dreaming to think this? It seems possible right

now. Certainly with the combination of this irrigation and the

Nasonex.

I will keep you updated!

Oh wait they are called turbinates -- that is turbinates! I just

found it on a web site, and this web site says " Once turbinate

enlargement becomes chronic, it is irreversible except with surgical

intervention. " Well, that is crap! Because my turbinates are

always enlarged, and NOW with this treatment, they SHRUNK!!!

Unbelievable. My ENT never would remove them, he had a reason for

it which I do not remember. I think he said it causes too many

complications. However, I am curious about the web site I found

that on, which is about somnoplasty. Anyone know about somnoplasty?

Lori