Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxn!ejk47 From: ejk47@ihuxn.UUCP (Ed Kufeldt, ihuxn ejk47) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: sinus problems Message-ID: <578@ihuxn.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 17:04:01 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxn.578 Posted: Mon Mar 12 17:04:01 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 19:32:50 EST References: <1368@aluxe.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 23 I too, was plagued with bad sinuses. I had my problem corrected via the surgery after I had a severe enough problem that totally incapacitated me. The pain in my right sinus was so unbearable that the initial diagnosis I was thought to have a tumor. I agree with the doctor in that you would be laid up for about 2 weeks. I was in the hospital for a week after the surgery. Both my eyes were swollen shut for three days after surgery, and the pain was just as bad as when I went in. (They had me on Demeril(sp.) every four hours.) The surgical procedure was simple, they went into my sinus via my nose and opened the sinus which was closed. The surgeon said he drained about a cup of fluid that was trapped behind the blockage. After opening the sinus, he put in a plastic tube to drain the sinus into the back of my throat. The tube stays in for the rest of your life, unless there are problems. It has been 11 years since I had the surgery. I have had less colds and/or sinus infections since that time. I can't recommend the surgery unless your problems were as bad as mine. The post-operative pain is not worth the effort unless you are plagued by extremely bad headaches or infections. Ed Kufeldt ihuxn!ejk47 :~}