I am slowly recovering from sinus surgery. Apparently your head is suppose to be full of air. Mine was not! My husband could not accuse me of being an "Air Head" because I only had a pinkie point full of air in my upper sinus cavity. The rest of my sinuses were full of mucus and infection! Fun, no wonder I couldn't handle breathing, much less weather changes! After living with this for some years, (actually a lot of years!) I decided that it was time to see what could be done.
Being a military spouse though we go to the military clinic and get help. In the past I have gotten to see some doctors that have wanted to try their turn at solving my problem without actually looking at my problem (fix the symptoms not the cause!) This was the first installation that took one look at me and referred me off base to an ENT.
And am I glad they did!
The first thing the ENT did was get a CT scan. That's how I know I am not an Air-head!
We then scheduled a time to have surgery because any medication that I had been trying to get up there, no way to get it inside my sinuses with all the blockage.
Thankfully my mom came down to help me with surgery and recovery.
The surgery went good. I really did not have any pain after, and not swelling or black and blue marks that I had expected. I think that was a huge relief to my family.
The only thing is I can not pick up anything or bend down. No Housework for me for awhile!!!
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