Re: Re: Prepping for sinus surgery, Penny, Tony

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Jelly,

I am so glad the surgery worked for your husband.

Surgery has never worked for me. Functionally my

sinuses are open. Essentially I have kind of a big

cavernous sinuses. I suspect for me the issue is that

the cilia has been destroyed by infection and 4

surgeries. I do irrigate but that just seems to get

rid of the surface stuff, the stuff in the nose. The

ENT dr. recently recommended a product called ponaris

that you can buy online. It is an old remedy that has

been around for a long time. It is an oil that you put

in with a dropper. That seems to be dislodging some

very old ugly stuff. I think perhaps because it coats

and soaks rather than just washing over like the

saline does. It has definitely found a place in my

sinus maintainance regime.

I have come to believe that by the time I got my first

sinus infection I already had some immune dysfunction

and my immune dysfunction could have been caused by

stress or other pathogens.

Marie

--- jellybelly92008 <herranenb@...> wrote:

> Risky is also having an infection that close to your

> brain that they

> can't get rid of. ABX carry a measure of risk too,

> but you have to

> decide for yourself which is the " lessor of 2

> evils " . Stinks that we

> are reduced to those options.

>

> I'm glad it worked, surgery is never first thing on

> our lists.

>

>

>

> > > >

> > > > I left a message for my ENT doctors nurse

> > > > had some questions for the Dr. before my

> surgery.

> > > Asked for a call

> > > > back and/or schedule a consult appoint for me.

> > > >

> > > > The nurse called back and I told her I wanted

> to

> > > know exactly what

> > > the

> > > > Dr was planning as it wasn't clear when I

> talked

> > > to the Dr. and I

> > > have

> > > > some questions about the cultures. She said

> she

> > > would pass

> > > questions

> > > > on to Dr. and he would decide if I needed to

> talk

> > > to him directly.

> > > >

> > > > I told the nurse I wanted to make it very

> clear

> > > that I wanted a

> > > > minimal amount of cutting and my main concern

> was

> > > clearing and

> > > healing

> > > > infection. She told me the Drs orders were to

> > > culture all

> > > pathogens.

> > > > Then I said that I had been reading and

> > > researching on the web and

> > > I

> > > > was concerned that they wouldn't grow the

> cultures

> > > long enough. She

> > > > assured me they would let them grow and would

> be

> > > getting results in

> > > > for a number of weeks after the surgery. Then

> I

> > > asked her about

> > > > actinimosis ( I can't spell it ) She knew what

> I

> > > was talking

> > > about. I

> > > > told her I wanted to be tested for it as it

> can

> > > bore into the

> > > bone. I

> > > > told her that I have blisters in my palette

> that

> > > come and go and I

> > > am

> > > > concerned the infection may be in the bone. I

> told

> > > her I understood

> > > > that a specimen for this must be handled

> > > immediately to get

> > > accurate

> > > > results. She knew what I was talking about and

> > > said that when they

> > > > looked for this they have a pathologist in the

> > > surgery room to take

> > > > the specimens immediately. I told to tell the

> Dr.

> > > I want that done

> > > > because I have had infections for so long

> there is

> > > very likely to

> > > be

> > > > infection spread to the bone. She said she

> would

> > > pass my request

> > > on to

> > > > the Dr.

> > > >

> > > > I also asked for clarification of the

> proceedure.

> > > He is using an

> > > > endoscope and is having a machine brought into

> the

> > > hospital for

> > > > advanced imaging. It is a new proceedure which

> > > allows him to look

> > > at a

> > > > cat scan and know where he is in the sinuses

> at

> > > all times. That is

> > > > reassuring because he is going into the

> ethmoid

> > > sinuses.

> > > >

> > > > I'm feeling pretty good about the

> conversation. I

> > > felt more

> > > > comfortable talking to her then to the Dr. He

> > > seems to be a good

> > > dr.

> > > > but like most you feel like you are getting

> what I

> > > call a dx on

> > > roller

> > > > skates.

> > > > Drs can move in and out of an exam room so

> fast

> > > you feel like the

>

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