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example2278@hotmail.com - 15 Aug 2005 23:03 GMT

I want to have a sinus endoscopic procedure to see if it helps me with
chronic sinus congestion. doc says it will be a half hour outpatient
procedure.

so my question is i have a long distance running race coming up in
mid-october.. should i wait till after the race ?

how long will I be decommissioned after the procedure (ie how long will
I not be able to do strenuous excercise afterwards or go to work) ?

will i necessarily need to wear the pernicious packing everybody talks
about ? and for how long ?

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Don Brady - 15 Aug 2005 23:16 GMT

>I want to have a sinus endoscopic procedure to see if it helps me with
>chronic sinus congestion. doc says it will be a half hour outpatient
>procedure.

That is enough time only for an extremely minor procedure (or, I hate to
mention the possibility, a too-rushed attempt at a major procedure)

However, without even knowing what precedure it is (and many are possible) it
is impossible to say much.

Please find out the exact medical names of all procedures that will be
performed (you can say that you need them for the insurance form of a secondary
insurer if you want).

Most of the serious procedures really are usually done under general anesthetic
in a hospital for safety. So I am wondering exactly what this doctor is
planning....

>so my question is i have a long distance running race coming up in
>mid-october.. should i wait till after the race ?

Maybe maybe not (see above).....

>how long will I be decommissioned after the procedure (ie how long will
>I not be able to do strenuous excercise afterwards or go to work) ?

It depends on the procedure and the way it is done so you will have to ask the
doctor. Just call and ask his nurse.

>will i necessarily need to wear the pernicious packing everybody talks
>about ? and for how long ?

It varies - mine was only for 16 hours. Some leave it in longer. A very few
do not use packing......

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Steven L. - 16 Aug 2005 16:58 GMT

> I want to have a sinus endoscopic procedure to see if it helps me with
> chronic sinus congestion. doc says it will be a half hour outpatient
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> how long will I be decommissioned after the procedure (ie how long will
> I not be able to do strenuous excercise afterwards or go to work) ?

Ask your surgeon.

In my case, I was out of action for quite a while, because I developed a
post-operative infection (which happens all too often with sinus
surgery). If I hadn't gotten an infection, I probably could have
started doing exercise in a few weeks or so.

> will i necessarily need to wear the pernicious packing everybody talks
> about ? and for how long ?

Again, you should ask your surgeon.

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