I'm 22 years of age and have suffered from sinus problems for as long as I can remember. I've always got tissues in my pocket, am constantly blowing my nose, and have mucus in the back of my throat which I frequently have to dispose of. I always seem to have at least one nostril blocked at one time, and suffer with quite a lot of headaches through this condition.

I've recently been to the specialist and had a scan done which has shown no polyps, but a slightly thickened nasal lining and NO visual front sinus. The surgeon was reluctant to operate due to obvious possible complications and said he would rather try other things first. These include:

- A 1 month course of steroids, and with 7 days left they have done nothing bar give me a bad stomach.

- A nasal spray which is to be used twice a day, no sooner have i used it I need to get rid of mucus, so I presume the spray just goes straight into the tissue.

- Snorting salt water solution, and to try steam treatment also.

None of this has made any effect what so ever. I am due to go back late July for an allergy test, and failing that showing any major answers I will have to have this operation. But I'm just a little bit confused as to whether this op' will actually be the solution to my problems. He seemed very in confident the procedure would do much as he can't remove that much of the nasal lining due to it being close to my eyes (something else I'm concerned about). Or is he just saying that as he wanted to fob we off with other methods first in the hope they might actually solve something?

Any feedback or possible insight to my situation would be greatly appreciated!