A little history, seems I have had this brutal sinus congestion/infection rotating for about a year now. I came to the conclusion that it was somehow tied to this drought we have been under for about the same time period, as it only ever took an hour or so in cold dry air(air conditioning) car/home or office to jam up the works.
I would spend EVERY day, multiple times/day, pumping OTC nose spray for any relief. According to my wife, my snoring at night, and sounding like I was basically suffocating...which left me exhausted every day, even after a "good night's sleep".
I would wake up all night completely clogged, yet unable to even blow my nose without hitting the nose spray... which, over time, also led to nose bleeds, clogged ears to the point that about a month ago I developed a pretty bad case of tennitus(which added to keeping me awake), then finally culminating in vertigo.
I have always been pretty healthy, have always kind of prided myself on my balance, dexterity and agility... but the vertigo was something I could never have imagined and when IT, and the sinus infection finally got bad enough where I felt I should finally see my Dr.
Went in, She does the usuals, took a look in my ears and immediately mentioned inflammation, infection... cleaned out my ear canals thoroughly, seems the nighttime use of the OTC nose-spray, being clogged and snoring/gasping for breath had only made it all worse by literally sucking all this mess into my inner ear works.
She gave me a couple shots, one to fight the infection and another, a steroid I guess to kickstart fixing the rest.
The kicker.... I have come to think is the other prescription She called in.
Omnaris Nasal Spray.
I admit, the last thing I wanted to do was start pumping another spray up my snout, but She convinced me... now, I'm not really one to tout or promote a particular medication, all we have to do is watch TV for any amount of time to see one drug commercial after another... and with those, usually comes my automatic skepticism.
But, I can personally attest to the fact, THIS stuff works!
Best I can tell, it blocks, stops, whatever, nasal allergic reactions from even occurring, therefore eliminating the sinus inflammation that followed.
I have used it once a day now, since Tuesday last week, and have not been clogged one single time throughout the day, and best yet, I am able to sleep all night without suffocating and the wife even says my snoring is minimal... as opposed to driving her completely out of the room 3-4 nights a week. I am still shaking off the vertigo, but the hissing/ringing in my left ear is gone.
A side effect I am hoping comes along is, maybe some relief from my usual migraines...prior to this/last year, I could reasonably expect to have 4-5/year(very manageable), but since coming down with the above mentioned sinus crap, I have had at least 2, sometimes 3/month in the past 10 months or so.
Again, I'm no Doctor(and I slept perfectly well in my own bed last night), but if you have been suffering from similar sinus/allergy condition for MONTHS, ask your Doc about Omnaris.
I would spend EVERY day, multiple times/day, pumping OTC nose spray for any relief. According to my wife, my snoring at night, and sounding like I was basically suffocating...which left me exhausted every day, even after a "good night's sleep".
I would wake up all night completely clogged, yet unable to even blow my nose without hitting the nose spray... which, over time, also led to nose bleeds, clogged ears to the point that about a month ago I developed a pretty bad case of tennitus(which added to keeping me awake), then finally culminating in vertigo.
I have always been pretty healthy, have always kind of prided myself on my balance, dexterity and agility... but the vertigo was something I could never have imagined and when IT, and the sinus infection finally got bad enough where I felt I should finally see my Dr.
Went in, She does the usuals, took a look in my ears and immediately mentioned inflammation, infection... cleaned out my ear canals thoroughly, seems the nighttime use of the OTC nose-spray, being clogged and snoring/gasping for breath had only made it all worse by literally sucking all this mess into my inner ear works.
She gave me a couple shots, one to fight the infection and another, a steroid I guess to kickstart fixing the rest.
The kicker.... I have come to think is the other prescription She called in.
Omnaris Nasal Spray.
I admit, the last thing I wanted to do was start pumping another spray up my snout, but She convinced me... now, I'm not really one to tout or promote a particular medication, all we have to do is watch TV for any amount of time to see one drug commercial after another... and with those, usually comes my automatic skepticism.
But, I can personally attest to the fact, THIS stuff works!
Best I can tell, it blocks, stops, whatever, nasal allergic reactions from even occurring, therefore eliminating the sinus inflammation that followed.
I have used it once a day now, since Tuesday last week, and have not been clogged one single time throughout the day, and best yet, I am able to sleep all night without suffocating and the wife even says my snoring is minimal... as opposed to driving her completely out of the room 3-4 nights a week. I am still shaking off the vertigo, but the hissing/ringing in my left ear is gone.
A side effect I am hoping comes along is, maybe some relief from my usual migraines...prior to this/last year, I could reasonably expect to have 4-5/year(very manageable), but since coming down with the above mentioned sinus crap, I have had at least 2, sometimes 3/month in the past 10 months or so.
Again, I'm no Doctor(and I slept perfectly well in my own bed last night), but if you have been suffering from similar sinus/allergy condition for MONTHS, ask your Doc about Omnaris.
A "normal" surgery is 2 hours, mine lasted over 3 hours with him ONLY working on my right side. Removed, rebuilt and replaced my septum as well due to it being warped from all the swelling. I'm not a mouth breather anymore!!
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