stay on those antibiotics and keep using the nasonex. hot or warm facial compresses (20 minutes at a time) can help as well as staying very well hydrated. no one really wants sinus surgery but sometimes that is the only or last resort. hang in there your doctor is doing the best that he can to avoid the operating room by keeping on you an extended course of antibiotics. your situation has probably cleared up by now but i still had to respond because i had the exact same problem a few years ago. i was in the exact same situation. i was taking antibiotics nose spray oral steroids and everything else the doctor could prescribe. one day i read about something called a nedi pot and decided to try it. nothing else worked so i figured why not. there are a few different types and i used the type designed where you put the solution in the container put the tip of the container in one side of your nose lean over a sink and squeeze until the solution comes out the other nostril. then you repeat switching sides. it's a little different design than the traditional nedi pot but i thought it might work better. unfortunately nothing much more than the solution came out. but then about 10 minutes later my left nostril started dripping out a little of the solution (which is not uncommon according to the directions in the kit). so i leaned over the sink held closed my right nostril and blew out threw my left nostril expecting just some remaining solution to come out. a few drops of solution did come out but then all of the sudden to my surprise a massive clump of very thick dark green mucus dropped out of my nostril. i was shocked and amazed. i had never seen anything like it before. and the pain and pressure on the left side of my face was immediately gone. the mucus that was stuck in my front sinus cavity was so thick that the only thing that could get down to it and jar it loose was the warm saline solution that i flushed through my nose and sinuses with the sinus flush kit. and the solution that comes with the kit is a simple all natural saline solution which is safe enough for even a child to use. so for anyone who has ever had sinus facial pain and pressure you must try this sinus flush. and i know this might sound completely disgusting but i wish i had recorded myself doing this flush so i could see it again or even just show people what happened because even to this day i am still amazed at what came out of my nose that day. and all from a kit that cost approx. $10 (i bought the generic store brand) and took about 10 minutes to cure what weeks of taking multiple prescription medications and numerous doctor visits couldn't do.
my sinus is blocked on the left side of my face. how dod i get this to drain without having surgery. ct scan shows alot of junk on the left side of my face. teeth hurt hoarse at times. been on 1 antibotic for 20 days now going on another round for 30 days along with using nasonex. what else can i do to prevent surgery.