Sinusitis. Please Help. I'm begging for help.

[JeffMitchell]

I'm sitting here right now a completely broke down person.

Last September I was diagnosed with Sinusitis (CT Scan) and my doctor told me I would have to have surgery to dig it out.

I have chronic left side congestion and I have a hiostory of using Afrin, etc. Just bad sinuses.

I could not go through with the surgery due to money issues.

About 2 weeks ago I started having some sinus issues, I think due t the weather and now I have had a headache for almost 2 weeks In both temples and behind my eyes.

Nothing will get rid of it. I went to the doctor and he gave me 3 shots to fight the infection and I'm taking augmentin, but this headache has me to my knees.

This holiday season has turned into a nightmare.

I'm not asking for help. I'm begging for help.

Is there anything I can do, at home, to try and relieve my inuses just a little?

A friend said to irrigate with warm salty water. I have tried that, but the headache will not let up.

Is there anything else I can do?  I'm going to have the surgery in january or February, but I do not know if I can mentally make it to then.

I do not sleep, I'm calling into work constantly.

Please can anyone give me some advise.

[coatbridge]

I have suffered from chronic sinusitis for years. My ENT said I have under developed sinuses that are about the width of a pencil.  I suffered a really bad sinus infection back in 2007, I couldn't breathe or swallow right.  My sinuses felt like cement.  I didn't want to take any of the steroid nasal sprays because they can dry your nose & I take bad nose bleeds.

I went to a health food store nearby & the person who owned it said she too had chronic sinusitis.  Her remedy was to use boiling water in a basin with a towel over your head & some eucalyptus oil in the water 3 to 4 times a day.  She did this for a year & told me her sinusitis was cured.  

[friggy]

Sorry to hear about your travails.  I had the same problem, which resisted augmentin and everything else, and I faced surgery.  Fortunately, I invented a way to remove a sinus infection without surgery.  It uses salty water in a different way than you tried.

The pain behind your eyes indicates that the infection may possibly be in your sphenoid or frontal lobes, which are higher up in the head.  When you put saline in your nose, it won't reach those sinuses, due to gravity, and it will be useless, as you have discovered.  I invented the Flip-Turn Sinus Flush, which requires that you bend over, so that you USE gravity, instead of fighting it, and to get a lot of saline in there, not just a trickle.

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/2322

The Flip-Turn Sinus Flush is mildly risky, because you have to bend over to do it, preferably in a shower, but you can also do it outside on soft ground.

The first few times you try it, you may not get very much infected mucus out of your sinuses, because the saline sometimes needs to shrink the swollen passages to the upper sinuses first.  After about 3 or 4 days, some nasty stuff should start flowing out.  If it does, continue for about 7 more days. Once you wash out most of the infected mucus, your sinusitis has a good chance of clearing up.  If it doesn't seem to help after the first 5 days, then you may want to start saving up for surgery.

If it does work, tell your surgeon I'm sorry.

Good luck.  Persistance rules.