Re: Report from ENT & Thank you for your support

[Guest guest]

Hi :

That is great news - I hope that you begin feeling

better day by day, and get your allergies under

control. Then your RA will no doubt improve when you

are not under so much stress any longer. Take care -

Kathe in CA

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[Guest guest]

--- In , " lindayeakel " <lindayeakel@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone, Thank you for your support and caring... Just got

back

> from the ENT and the news is very good.....I don't have a

mass....He

> said it was my salvatory glands that are swollen, due to

allergies..

> and only if they get larger should I be concerned,,,Then he will

> order a cat scan..they have been the same size all along, just a

> little swollen...He also said that my constant sinus problem was

not

> from infections, but from allergies....He said that my sinus areas

> were very swollen and inflamed, again from allergies....and the

> reason why my right ear itches and feels like there is fluid in it

> is because the ear canal is swollen as well and will hold some

> fluid. (By the way he was adament that I don't use Q-tips, he

could

> tell that I did, I will never use them again in my ear).... He

told

> me that anti-biotics will not help...that is why I begin to feel

> better while taking them and when done all of my symptoms

> return...The yucky green stuff that drains down my throat is from

> allergies....It's because the mucus sits in my sinus area all

night

> and turns green, due to lenght of time...Oh Yuck... and then

drains

> in the morning....Oh wonderful.....He prescribed Nasonex nasal

spray

> 2 puffs in each nostril once a day just after I shower. Then after

I

> do that I should use a Q-tip and rub a little vasalien in each

> nostril.. That should be all I need...It could take a few months

> before I feel better..Yes, it can take that long...He gave me 11

> refills and said to use it everyday without fail....The other

thing

> that I must do is to stay away from coffee, tea, caffinated soda's

> and alcohol....I only drank three of the four..never any alcohol..

> (not good when you take MTX).. So I am premanently off the

> caffine....As for my RA flare up,,yes it is connected...I am

> producing inflamation in my sinus area because of allergies and it

> stands to reason the inflamation would also be in my

joints...Thus,

> my flare up...We will see....Oh, by the way the ENT has

RA....Under

> great control, but totally understands our pain...Very nice and

> caring doc....I want to thank everyone for their encouraging words

> and support..it did help me...I think it was who first

> mentioned to be pro-active with your medical needs..Thank you for

> the advice..It sure helped me..I was assertive, but very kind and

> grateful for the extra help I got from the doc's staff..A agree

that

> you have to take control and be pro-active or you will be put

> off..We can't afford to be put off with these diseases, RA, Fibro

> and Lupus..They are auto-immune diseases and we need to stay on

top

> of them, no matter what is going on with our bodies...Thank you

once

> again for caring and your support, I feel so welcomed here and

that

> is very comforting....Hugs to all

That is great that everything is going to be ok.

Janet IN IL

>

[Guest guest]

,

I hope the nose spray will help. You are in my

prayers.

Beth in AR

--- lindayeakel <lindayeakel@...> wrote:

> Hi Everyone, Thank you for your support and

> caring... Just got back

> from the ENT and the news is very good.....I don't

> have a mass....He

> said it was my salvatory glands that are swollen,

> due to allergies..

> and only if they get larger should I be

> concerned,,,Then he will

> order a cat scan..they have been the same size all

> along, just a

> little swollen...He also said that my constant sinus

> problem was not

> from infections, but from allergies....He said that

> my sinus areas

> were very swollen and inflamed, again from

> allergies....and the

> reason why my right ear itches and feels like there

> is fluid in it

> is because the ear canal is swollen as well and will

> hold some

> fluid. (By the way he was adament that I don't use

> Q-tips, he could

> tell that I did, I will never use them again in my

> ear).... He told

> me that anti-biotics will not help...that is why I

> begin to feel

> better while taking them and when done all of my

> symptoms

> return...The yucky green stuff that drains down my

> throat is from

> allergies....It's because the mucus sits in my sinus

> area all night

> and turns green, due to lenght of time...Oh Yuck...

> and then drains

> in the morning....Oh wonderful.....He prescribed

> Nasonex nasal spray

> 2 puffs in each nostril once a day just after I

> shower. Then after I

> do that I should use a Q-tip and rub a little

> vasalien in each

> nostril.. That should be all I need...It could take

> a few months

> before I feel better..Yes, it can take that

> long...He gave me 11

> refills and said to use it everyday without

> fail....The other thing

> that I must do is to stay away from coffee, tea,

> caffinated soda's

> and alcohol....I only drank three of the four..never

> any alcohol..

> (not good when you take MTX).. So I am premanently

> off the

> caffine....As for my RA flare up,,yes it is

> connected...I am

> producing inflamation in my sinus area because of

> allergies and it

> stands to reason the inflamation would also be in my

> joints...Thus,

> my flare up...We will see....Oh, by the way the ENT

> has RA....Under

> great control, but totally understands our

> pain...Very nice and

> caring doc....I want to thank everyone for their

> encouraging words

> and support..it did help me...I think it was

> who first

> mentioned to be pro-active with your medical

> needs..Thank you for

> the advice..It sure helped me..I was assertive, but

> very kind and

> grateful for the extra help I got from the doc's

> staff..A agree that

> you have to take control and be pro-active or you

> will be put

> off..We can't afford to be put off with these

> diseases, RA, Fibro

> and Lupus..They are auto-immune diseases and we need

> to stay on top

> of them, no matter what is going on with our

> bodies...Thank you once

> again for caring and your support, I feel so

> welcomed here and that

> is very comforting....Hugs to all

>

>

>

>

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