Post-Op Sinus Surgery

I had balloon sinusplasty sinus surgery (http://www.balloonsinuplasty.com/) last Wednesday and am doing well. While recovery was not and is still not any fun it's not been as bad as I thought it might be. The swelling and bruising has gone away now, most of the bleeding has stopped, and the pain has started to decrease although it hasn't been too horrible considering what I was expecting. The post-op nurses told me that the first thing I told them was that I could breath through my nose better and had more energy then pre-op and that fact still stands today which is a great thing. Today I was able to get out of the house to run some errands and while I'm pretty tired this afternoon, I'm doing pretty well considering I just had sinus surgery 5 days ago. Also, I had been in a flare up for the 3 weeks before surgery and surgery actually knocked me out of it which is amazing since normally it's the other way. I have a meeting with my disability lawyer, a post-op appointment with my ENT and an appointment with a neurologist scheduled for the couple of weeks so until then doing the recovery thing.

Upcoming Sinus Surgery

I saw the ENT today where I had a CT scan of my sinuses done.  The CT scan and the scope yesterday confirmed my sinuses are most likely causing the problem so I'm going to have sinus surgery on the 18th. The type of sinus surgery that I'm having done has a quick recovery time, doesn't include any incisions, and they will not have to break my nose or anything even though that's the doctor will get to my sinuses.
Then if my ears are still causing problems once I recover from the sinus surgery I may be tubes then. 

I saw Dr. Ron Shasy (ENT) today. If you ever need to see an EN, you should check him out. I love doctors that are though but works at a very face pace since he isn't going to play any games. It's really nice to walk out of a doctor's office with a detailed plan in place.

The fluid that was in my ears has drained out but he still believes my eustachian tubes are blocked caused by chronic sinusitis so he put me on cipro and prednisone even though I've had GI issues/triggered a flare with it before because I'm not "allergic" to it. Even though these two medications might not help a lot to get rid of my sinus infection before Monday it will give my system a jump start on it along with just being a good thing to do with the thinking that I will most likely be having surgery sometime in the near future.

He checked my hearing and scoped my nose and has scheduled a CT scan of my sinuses on Monday. After the CT scan I will see him again to go over it at which time he will most likely schedule sinus surgery (http://www.balloonsinuplasty.com) asap. If we aren't able to have that done within a couple of weeks he will go on and put tubes in Monday at his office to give me some relief until then but if can get the sinus surgery in soon he'll just wait to put them in until then.

In other health news- I'm still vomiting a lot, looking pale, no to very low energy, not eating a lot between not having much of an appetite and being nauseous most of the time, running low grade fevers, being very weak, etc. Somehow though my blood work continues to look good and I've been able to keep myself hydrated though so that's a really good thing.