Anybody here had endoscopic sinus surgery?
Dr suggested it. Nobody wants surgery but my sinuses have given me grief all my life. I'm thinking about it...
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CA POPPY wrote:BobsYourUncle wrote:
What does the surgery involve? I have heard of it but don't know what the process is.
I have had sinus surgery twice in my younger years. I had a deviated septum they tried twice to correct surgically.
Something like this...
My younger years are long gone, but I think my mother installed my sinuses upside down. They have given me grief forever...
Sounds something similar to what I had done a long time ago. I couldn't breath properly though, as opposed to the sinus draining issue. Actually I have that too to a certain degree. My nose runs like a faucet all the time. can't get through a meal or anything without stopping to blow my nose several times.
What they did on mine was they laid me on a stone cold table and took a large hammer and a chisel and proceeded to chop me out a new airway. Wham wham chisel chisel bang bang. Sadistic SOB's....
After they finished creating another president for Mt Rushmore out of the inside of my nose they took a big pile driver like one of those things they use to plant fence posts without digging a hole and they packed about a cubic yard of cotton batten in each nostril until I thought it was going to come out my butt.
Yeah it was a hoot and all done with a local anesthetic so I could be awake to enjoy them practicing the hammer and chisel thing.
It worked for a short while the first time and the nose bone (septum) grew back to where it used to was.
So me in my infinite wisdom had them do it again. Apparently I am a bit of a masochist, and I didn't suffer enough the first time. Aw c'mon doc, I want the chisel in my beak again - please, please!!! Hit me some more.... So he did and I relived the wonderful feeling again of thinking his chisel was coming out my left ear.
Yeah it wasn't overly comfortable thats for sure. Kinda matches the cystoscopy I had some time ago from falling on a bicycle bar as a child but at least I was asleep for that one. If you don't know what that is Google is your friend.... I ain't describing it here!!
Sufficient to say the nose job was a very unpleasant experience.
Next time I'll sign up for a spinal tap and a few root canals instead.
Not trying to scare you off but having them hack away inside my berry picker is something I'd rather not do.
