Question:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:33:57 -0800, nos…@nospam.com wrote: >Having that packing taken out is supposed to be pure hell…

It really didn’t bother me at all – one quck pull…….

Response:

I have had two sinus surgeries, the first three years ago and the second a year ago. My sinus surgeon commented that my CT scans looked like a poster for sinus disease.  He showed me some sample images on a poster used to educate patients, and mine definitely looked as bad or worse than anything on it. Today, I feel fantastic, with very, very few sinus problems. In fact, I feel better, sinus wise, than I have in thirty or so years.  I can smell things fine, very rarely get infections, and don’t do much in the way of maintenance. I do irrigate with the Grossman unit (nice device, but tough to keep clean