Guest guest Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 - My (no subject) post is meant for you- sorry I hit send too fast. Do you think Tagamet competes with virus for binding sites? Is that how it works? B > > > > Penny, Your information on fungal sinusitis is just plain > wrong....Far from > > fading away into obscurity the Mayo Clinics report is becoming the > standard > > explanation for chronic sinusitis > > > > Some interesting sites on the subject, considering your taking > Antifungals > > and like most of us on this group by definition chronically ill > therefore > > immucompromised the contents are should be even more > interesting... > > > > http://www.sinuses.com/fungal.htm > > > > > > http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/sinus/fungal_sinusitis.cfm > > > > The Diagnosis and Incidence of Allergic Fungal Sinusitis.. this > has some > > beautiful photo's > > > > > http://www.aspergillus.man.ac.uk/secure/laboratory_protocols/Ponikau. > pdf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [infections] Balloon Sinuplasty - Wow! > > > > > > http://www.acclarent.com/professional/balloon.html > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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