I have read the FAQ, and read many posts, but I wanted to talk about my
specific example, I couldn't find anything concrete..

I have been living with what I guess may be chronic sinusits for a few
years now.. I talked to a MD every year about it, with really not much
help.. I thought I was just being overreactive.. A couple years back I
went to an ENT, he had me do some allergy blood work, took a sinus
X-Ray (not CT) and said my sinuses are normal, no allergies, my
symptoms are probably just something to live with.

I am fed up now and don't want to.. Just had my physical and my md
suggested Nasalcrom (i've been given flonase samples and scripts in the
past, or rhinocort, but I never took them, I would rather deal with the
symptoms than take steroids for life)..

So here are my symptoms.. Am I fine, or does someone out there know
what I mean and suffer the same? And what have you done to fix it that
has worked? If you can reply here and to my email address that would be
great...

Symptoms:

Real minor facial pressure, I only noticed it after reading the FAQ and
posts here, just thought it was normal.

Ears - My ears don't really feel congested, but they feel stuffy.. In
other words, if I block my nose and blow through my nose, my ears feel
horrible (as expected), once I swallow and clear they feel better, but
I still don't feel as clear as they should.. Every day I have a moment
of clarity when for some reason my ears have "popped" and I actually
feel like I can hear for the first time (its like washing your
windshield after driving 15 miles with a little dirt/salt on it, you
could see before but now it's amazingly clear). Hearing tests are
normal, the otoscope the Family MD does with the blowing of air and all
reveals nothing abnormal. When I am not snorting, trying to clear my
nose into my throat so I can feel like I am getting better air, I am
constantly opening my mouth fast and wide (I must look like a fool) to
try and clear my ears.

Also Ears - Whenever I yawn or close my eyes tight, or sometimes just
swallow iwth my eyes closed, I hear this "wooshing" sound in my head,
from both ears it seems.. I liken it to putting very deep seashells
tightly to each ear, sounds like blood flowing.

Nose - I wake up every morning with a stuffy feeling, but I can blow
and blow and blow and all I get is a couple dried up tiny pieces of
darker green mucos.. Not runny at all.. Throughout the day I am
constantly clearing my nose backwards, blowing it isn't effective, but
if I "snort up" (someone knows what I mean i hope, basically I clear my
nose backwards into my throat) I actually get more.. For lack of a
better descriptor it feels like all of my snot is backed up above my
nostrils, so it is stuffed but blowing it doesn't do anything.. what I
can produce into my throat is greenish or yellowish.. has been for
years.. I feel like I can't get great breath in my nasal airway.. that
sucks when running and makes me overtired.. I hardly ever sneeze..

Sinus Areas - I can percuss the areas around my sinuses all day and I
don't feel any real pain or pressure.. I have a constant pressure
throught my face (under my eye orbits, and around the cheekbones in
front of the ears) but it is such a low pressure (maybe 2 on a scale of
0 to 10) that I feel stupid complaining about it. Every so often I do
get a sharper pain along the sinus areas, almost like a quick sting
that can water my eyes, but that is less common.

Mouth - Chronic bad breath.. I can drink plenty of water and water
only, eat nothing but bland foods, and I still have a nasty taste in my
throat and bad breath.

Mouth - I wake up and can tell I've had post nasal drip quite often,
and I snore a bit lately, (not sure if related).

Head - I feel like I have head pressure constantly, but really low
grade like the face pressure. .I feel like my jaw is always clenched,
but it isn't.

The biggest pain in the butt is the ears never seeming fully open, and
the nose never seeming fully open.. I can breathe through the nose, but
it just doesn't seem like its enough.. If I block one nostril, I can
inhale lightly slowly through it, but exhale even slower, like I have
an upper blockage..

Sorry so long, but man this is getting annoying! The Doc just gave me
NasalCrom, told me much more safe than a steroid, not as effective, but
he asked me to give it 3/4 weeks (that is time to peak effect of
cromolyn sodium apparently). I will, but someone out there must
understand me..

Thanks!!