Balloon Sinuplasty - Wow!

April 5, 2006

Be sure to watch the technology animation. It's really good.

I'm going to have this done in a couple of weeks. Despite being one

of those people who lacks symptoms and never seemed a candidate for

sinusitis, my CT scans show a different story. My right maxillary

sinus is completely full (and the gunk in there is very old).

Basically like a big abscess in my head that's been there a long

time. The CT scans also show my teeth roots are in my sinuses, so

the infected teeth aren't helping things. However, the infected

sinuses aren't helping the infected teeth either.

I've found an awesome ENT who does this new balloon sinuplasty and

is having great success with it. Recovery only takes a day. So far,

only a couple of docs are doing it here in SD, but it's going to

become very common, probably an office procedure in the future.

This ENT also does cultures and sensitivities for bacteria and mold

until you're well. Eureka, finally hit the jackpot with a doctor.

She truly is the best doctor I've ever met. Very thorough, very

persistent, understands the fatigue/illness factor from chronic

infection and she doesn't quit until you get better.

Interestingly, she said that mold is the culprit in only a very

small percentage of people. She said the Mayo Clinic fungal study

threw everybody into a tizzy, but no one's ever been able to

reproduce it. She tests for it, and I know one person who she's

treated for it, but it's not the big bad that some people seem to

think. And I trust this doc to be a completely straight shooter.

Mainly based on the people she's gotten well. Some take as long as

two years, but she doesn't give up.

I'm so excited about this new technology. Should help a lot of

people.

penny

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