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Is this serious? Fungal balls in my sinus

Hi, I am new to your group and I wonder if you all can help.  I am 62 years old, and have been healthy.  Last April I had an infected wisdom tooth removed.  Weeks before and after I had terrible sinus issues (NEVER had a sinus infection before)  Dentist discovered a tiny fistula, a hole to my sinus.  Told me not to blow my nose for 3 weeks.  When I went back, he said it was closed (and in fact, foul tasting drainage had stopped) but x ray showed my sinus was still infected, my sinus was still clogged.  I was on assorted antibiotics for 6 months. (I rarely take antibiotics)
My sinus (it's only left side, site of tooth) are much improved.  I probably did have a bacterial infection as well.  But, I have expelled several fungal balls over the past few months (either through my nose, or mouth), I have a putrid smell all the time.  The mucus is yellow (some days more than others), and I sleep with those nasal strips.  I netti pot 3 times a day and have tried all kinds of home remedies (tea tree oil, etc.)  My problem is I do not have health insurance (only catastrophic... $10,000 deductible) and won't get medicare for 3 more years.  How do I know if this is really dangerous, without doctor run-around?  What are symptoms?  Help please.  I am not myself, and haven't been for 10 months (that's when wisdom tooth made it's appearance ... and this all began)
It's all pretty frightening.
I know for sure they are fungus balls.  The first one kind of shocked me...this gray, clay-like ball in the shape of my sinus, came out as I was swallowing.  There have been several more.  However, I am seeing a change...last one was softer and more yellow than gray.  That was 2 weeks ago.
I have spent a great deal of time on line trying to find answers.  I'm sure also that this is a result of that fistula after my tooth was extracted. I have never had allergies before.  Although my doctor and dentist both have prescribed all kinds of antibiotics, steroid nasal spray, etc.- even though I keep telling then it's fungus.
I have little trouble with total congestion (did this spring)...drinking lots of fluids to keep discharge moving, which is now a pale yellow (not green, as before.)
Everything I've read about surgery is that it oftentimes doesn't work.
...and then there's the cost.
But, I just don't feel like "me" anymore. I just want this to go away.  any suggestions?
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I used  1 tablespoon of peroxide with the nelimed bottle and half pack of the mixture with distilled water 8 ozs to kill the fungus then, over the course of a week flush with 4 drops of baby shampoo in the neli med bottle with half pack of mixture 8 ozs distilled water, it got rid of all the fugus and polyps took four dasy,the worst four days of my life but I feel like Im 20 again, I had 20 polyps some felt like walnuts, had to put oragel on my throat to relax my throat to swallow them
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Y worst 4 days? Pain? I have blown out at least 50 of these balls in the last year. I looked up there yesterday and a large section of my septum, I guess, is missing. ....like a gaping wound.  Terrified and scheduled to see an immunologist and an allergist on Friday because I have this fungus all over. Did you see the balls up your nose and did any move?
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ENTMD's comments are spot-on, as usual.  Even if you are sure they are fungus balls, there's not much happening in this area, other than yoinking them out surgically or flushing them out with saline.  Dr. Jens Ponikau has the patent on finding an anti-fungal for sinus problems, so you can Google his name to see what's going on, but I'm surmising that a doctor who would patent a search for a cure will send out a flurry of press releases a few minutes after he finds one.
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I am about 98.36 percent sure I offered some thoughts on this a few days ago.  What was your response to those?
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