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Reocurrring infection

My wife has been on antibiotics since October 2007 for sinus infections.  6 or sever rounds in total with several 15 day plus tries.  She is also taking Rhinocort and Mucinex D on a daily basis.  She has been tested negitive for any kind of allergies.  The mucus sample came back as streptcocus pnumonia (sorry for spelling). Based on the results this should be a very treatable infection, but nothing is working.  Her CT Scan showed a slightly deviated sectum, but she has never had these issues in the past.  This is really starting to affect her.  About two to three days after she come off the antibiotics her mucus starts to turn green again.  She has tried several natural remidies also with no results.  She just went back yesterday and they took another culture.
Any advise will be appreciated.
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If you are under 55, and in good shape, and not afraid of bending over in a shower, then I recommend the sinus flush that I have invented.  It will wash out the bacterial infection in about a week of treatments.  It follows recent discoveries by the Mayo Clinic, and has been successful against a 5 year long infection, and 10 subsequent acute infections for me.  Cursor the blue "friggy" for instructions in my journal, and an explanation why it works so effectively.
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Any doctors out there who want to respond?  
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She is currently seeing a specailist. They just got the report from the culture Friday and it is showing as a different bacterial strand.  Alpha-streptcocus.  I sure hope they can help her.  Surgery may help, but just odd that she has never had these issues in the past.  Well at least before October.  
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I totally relate.  I have the same sinus infection problem.  I don't know what it is, exactly, but as soon as I get off the antibiotics I get sick again.  And it's not good to be on antibiotics all the time.

Twelve years ago I had sinus surgery to clean out my sinuses and fix the deviated septum, and I was good for a while, but now I get sinus infections again.  I may have to have it again, I don't know.  I have to make an appointment with the specialist.

Has your wife been to a specialist?  I assume she has.  Did they suggest surgery?
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