to all: Try googling "oil pulling" and read up on that. It has helped me more than any other home remedy I have tried. It's cheap and easy and it won't hurt you. They have a lot of feedback on it at earthclinic....it's not a miracle but it does help, if you try it, post back and tell us if it worked for you, hope this helps, Wanda

Hi Wanda. I tried it last night and i did seem to feel more alert for a while afterwards. It cleaned my teeth as well! Going to try it again today and see what happens. Got nothing to lose anyway!

Hi Dee, Yes, I started it a couple of weeks ago. I admit, I thought it was the weirdest thing I ever heard of , but my sinuses were so bad, and I had just finished 10 days of 1000mg's a day of Cipro,and I just couldn't face another round of anti=biotics, so I figured I'd try it, it sounded fairly harmless. It sure did break up that sinus infection and I have had a ton of stuff drain out. My teeth on the upper left side hurt so bad and it is pretty much gone now. I was doing it 3 times a day, morning noon, and night, but now I cut back to once a day, because I think it was causing me to feel really lethargic. They say it detoxes, how swishing sesame seed oil can work, I don't know, but it has sure helped more than all the drs. I've been to. It takes a few times before it really starts to drain, let me know if it works for you... Take care, Wanda

Great. I thought from your post it hadn't worked for you. I tried with the olive oil again but it wasn't very pleasant so i'm going to get some sesame oil. From what i've read it's full of antioxidants and they must be absorbed sublingually. It would be great to see some improvement in my overall health. Will order some tomorrow. Will any organic sesame oil be ok? Thanks

TJ

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I AM MISERABLE! But I guess not alone in my suffering...I have had a chronic sinus infection since last October. I have already had the FESS surgery and seen allergists who say I have non-allergic rhinitis. I have the bacteria cultured and then more antibiotics... Nothing helps.. My head is so swollen again and I am finding myself starting to get panic attacks...I have been visiting my sister by the ocean thinking that would help.. But to no avail.. I am almost worse......
I want to just sit and cry; unfortunately, it will make my head worse.........I rinse about 4 times a day with an irrigator... ANY OTHER NEW IDEAS?????????????? DYNAMITE PERHAPS!

No! Certainly not dynamite!

I can easily understand what exactly you feel like. I also had FESS and my headache is back again. It was awful. I often felt like my head was going to burst and life seemed to be dull. I am taking the following medications now and I feel much better. May be you can consult with your doc about these.

1) Pizotifen
2) Flunarizine
3) Amitriptylene Hydrochloride
4) Tolfenamic acid.

Good Luck!

Given your condition is serious i'd be wary about giving any advice maybe look into oil pulling?

Hi Deeparted, They say to use coldpressed sesame oil, but I could only find the refined kind in my town, so I think that would be o.k., I tried the safflower oil and it does taste better to me, not quite as heavy of an oil, but the sesame seed seems to do
a better job... if you read over on earthclinc , you can find what different kinds of oils people have tried, I think it's mostly personal preference.... good luck, Wanda

Hi Wanda. Good to know, thanks. I read mixed things about the different types of oil and i ended up ordering some cold pressed refined sesame oil so it looks like i got the right one. Should be untoasted as well. It is made by a company called clearspring if you can find it online. I did a search to see if there was anyone using it and it seems to be a good one for oil pulling. I will post here with any results. Anyway it's good to be finding out about this stuff as there are so many treatments out there it's sometimes hard to know which to try and can be a gamble sometimes. At least oil pulling is inexpensive and if it doesn't work at least i'll have clean teeth and some nice oil to cook with!

Will post here with any results.

Good luck, Dee!

Thanks Wanda!

Hi TJ. I hope you are finding the answers you are looking for. (In my experience I have always been overwhelmed w/ how helpful people are!)

I wish I had a first or second hand experience w/ Balloon Sinuplasty that I could share. I have heard "good things", sure. But you never know until you try I guess.

I did see an article in USA Today recently, I will paste it below. Interesting. Best of luck and be well.

usatoday.com/news/health/2009-07-26-sinuss urgery27_N.htm

Guys thanks for all your contributions to this forum its been really enlightening.
I'm 37 and have had chronic sinusitis for 20 years. The only person I've met that understands what I go through is my mum who also suffers. I've had 4 operations now including FESS and SMR and I'm back on the net now because my symptoms are back. OK this might be a fairly short term infection but the usual things havehappened again. I start feeling unwell and start panicking about why. I usually have one really bad day, during which I seem to feel the feeling of detachment from reality, dizziness and panic peak, then things start to settle down a little. My bad day this time around was saturday. I was cold, felt miserable and disinterested in playing with my daughter at the seaside. I start to worry about what happens if I won't get better this time around and how I will cope when I get older. I also panic about being somewhere else in the world with work, on my own and unable to find any help. Its now Monday and I've a fairly thick pain in my left temple and it throbs when I go up the stairs in our house. The pain kind of stretches back from my temple towards the back of my head and towards my neck.
You know, some of the other symptoms on this thread are so typical of what happened to me. At 17 I had exploratory surgery on my knee as it was always clicking and painful. I felt like I never recovered from that operation, spending weeks off work feeling like I was dying. It was awful. Sudden dizziness, feeling of detachment from reality, feeling of being really high up when walking. One doctor told me I was a hypochondriac and told me to get back to work. Thankfully I tried another doctor and a couple of weeks later I had sinus surgery which made things much better.
Quite often I can't blow anything out of my nose, but I've got a Grossan Hydropulse nasal irrigator which helps me a lot.
Leading up to my last operation last year I had a couple of instances of having colds and getting the infection trapped in the sinuses around my cheekbone. I went to see my doctor again, he tapped on my head a couple of times and told me I didn't have a sinus problem. Again a couple of weeks later, after seeing another doctor I was in surgery again. My specialist did a CT scan and when I sat down with him for the results I explained what my GP said and he told me he had seen my scans and very much believed me. I could have broken down. That was possibly the kindest thing anyone ever said to me and a huge wave of relief hit me. I had large patches of trapped, well developed infection which he cleared during the FESS procedure. I had some really nasty stuff came out the week after the op but the nasal irrigator helped enormously (2-3 days after the operation)
After eachoperation I swear I'll never have it again but I can tell when I've deteriorated because I'd happily go through it again.
My last op was much better - none of the nasal packing that I had before - much, much easier, in fact I hardly knew I'd had it really, other than some swelling and of course all the rubbish coming out of my nose.
I'm going to have a look on Google now for oil pulling and am planning on trying accupuncture and/or natural remedies.
I truly understand how some of you guys feel. I was diagnosed with ME (chronic fatigue) but never really believed in the diagnosis. GP's don't really understand how debilitating sinusitis can be, how it affects you psychologically and one of my GP's diagnosed me with chronic anxiety. The sinusitis does that to me. Even my ENT specialist doesn't really understand how bad it makes me feel and I think he believes he's trying to relive me just of pain and headaches.
Keep with it guys - forums such as this are incredibly helpful.

Ya I agree with you. I hate those Bloody GPs and those Bloody Doctors who don't understand how debilitating sinusitis can be. And ya, this is a strong reaction from me!

hello deeparted ,
maybe you should try and check whether you are hypothyroid ??
good luck !

Hi woofwoof. Thanks for the link. Does sound interesting and i'm going to get some info about it this week. I don't think it's available where i am but i can speak to ent surgeons about it which is great. Cheers.

Apple Cider Vinegar is supposed to be good for sinus infections. Have a look on earth clinic, there's a lot of different remedies but acv is way above even saline rinses. I will be trying this next.

wanda
how long do googl the oil after you do that what is the next step.

I can relate to this. After seeing the consultant and being told surgery is not required i'm left baffled as to how the symptoms have worsened! I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this. I know it's caused me a lot of stress and the only real outlet i've had for it is music which is a great release. Fortunately i'm with a good surgery now and i can have phone consultations when i'm too fatigued to see a doctor. I think they're doing everything they can but i always feel like they could be doing more to identify the causes.

I now feel it's pointless having the surgery without knowing the causes. Fwiw, the nasal spray i'm using now is not making things worse. it's called nasonex and has a green label with a long tapered green lid. If i come across anything that works i will post it here. I thimk the best thing to do is have a regime of different things known to be effective against sinusitis and try them all until you finds something that sticks. I contacted a nutritionist last week and she said that fish oils can be effective against sinusitis as they are anti-inflammatory which i hadn'treally considered. Anyway thanks for all the responses, some great info here. Best

TJ

Googling means using google to search the web. I'm not sure how you would google oil but if it helps i'll try it! Is it similar to gargling?