Hello, I'm new here, but not new to sinusitis, nasal polyps and a
complete loss of smell. I've had two endoscopic sinus surgeries and
countless courses of antibiotics over the past 13 years. When I went to
my ENT in March he referred me to Mayo Clinic. Mayo did another CT scan
and said image guided surgery would be a good option. All my sinuses
were packed with polyps and the bone surrounding my Sphenoid sinus has
a gap in it. Like a *hole*. This makes me a little nervous. What does
it mean to have a hole in a bone so close to the brain? And is imaged
guided surgery expensive? What is the recovery time for this? Is the
pain about the same as what I've had with my other two surgeries? The
first was extremely painful. The second was painful. Neither was
effective for more than a few months. All that pain and misery for
nothing. Dr. Friedman at Mayo didn't lie to me. He said he believed
this surgery would give me nore time of feeling healthy, especially
with the nasal rinse and steroid injection he would prescribe, but it
wasn't a cure.

Eek!  I'm looking forward to feeling better and being able to smell
again. But like I said, I'm nervous about it. Help!! Anyone else had
this surgery or know anaything about bone loss?

Maddy from North Dakota