I just went to the Dr. last week and I’ve got an ear/sinus infection.
I had temporarily run out of Sudafed so just put up with the congestion. Bad move. All that blockage ended up as one big infection.
I regularly take Sudafed and have for years after a bout of pneumonia landed me in the office of a Pulmonologist
He made the observation that I don’t drain very well. When I asked him what to do about it he said decongestants.
But I also take Benadryl at night to avoid waking up with a blocked up head.
Ever since they instituted the draconian system for the whole Megillah one has to go through each time you but a box of Sudafed, I’ve frequently run out. (I highly doubt that it’s made the slightest dent in the Meth trade but it just makes life more difficult for people with sinus problems.). Ridiculous.
I don’t know why this particular year is being so difficult, but my Dr. commented on the higher than usual numbers of people coming in with sinus problems and infections.
I’m seriously considering looking more into a recently developed procedure which evidently has none of the side effects and 25% failure rate of traditional sinus surgery.
I saw it being demonstrated on the TV show, The Doctors. It’s basically like angioplasty for the sinuses. They thread up a scope with a balloon attached.
When expanded, it gently pushes on the surrounding cartilage and tissue to open up the sinus passages if they’re too small for proper drainage.
Unlike traditional surgery which involves cutting, lots of swelling, pain and slow recovery along with a significant failure rate due scarring, the balloon procedure has none of that.
I need to find someone locally who is not only familiar with and trained in this, but also has done lots of them.
It’s either that or keep getting infections and that’s getting really tiresome.