http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/05/000519064214.htm
Of course the bit about mast cells is rubbish, but the technique
evidently works if the sinus is opened up so the phenol can get at
it.

I am also concerned about turbinate trimming and aggressive bone
cutting, and will ask those questions, along with antibiotic treatment
during and after surgery.

He does not appear to be cut happy, but I saw him today and he said now
both my maxillaries are completely sealed shut.

He said I'm not a candidate for balloon, must cut openings for at least
both maxillaries and "clean out the ethmoid cells or you'll be
continuously reinfected."  I asked if he thought it was in the bone, and
I think he said it's possible, particularly the maxillaries.

He's very acquainted with biofilms, isn't sure he knows exactly what
role they play but says his patients are having very good results, that
irrigation is important once things are open, too. Told me to stay on
abx for now.

Before surgery, I'll ask to speak to him about my questions.  He wants
instructions from the endo first about stress dosing for adrenal
insufficiency during surgery, from my allergist about my allergies being
treated (something he does for sinus patients, too), which ones.

I also forgot to ask about what kinds of anesthesia, to make sure I get
the least HPA suppressive sedation.  I don't even know if it's general
or heavy sedation, but either could lower my ACTH and cortisol.

This is really bad timing; I don't know if my mother is going to have
curative surgery to remove a MRSA infected mitral valve, or die, with a
DNR in place, of her medical mistreatment and the effects of severe
chemo toxicity.  I don't know if I can fly to FL after a sinus surgery,
or if I can withstand it before one.

Susan

Well, I could be wrong.  I've heard another theory that it's really
*artificial light* that causes breast cancer:

Lights at Night Are Linked to Breast Cancer
Study Bolsters Theory About Interference With Production of Key Hormone

By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 20, 2008; Page A04

Women who live in neighborhoods with large amounts of nighttime
illumination are more likely to get breast cancer than those who live in
areas where nocturnal darkness prevails, according to an unusual study
that overlaid satellite images of Earth onto cancer registries.

The finding adds credence to the hypothesis that exposure to too much
light at night can raise the risk of breast cancer by interfering with
the brain's production of a tumor-suppressing hormone....

Scientists have known for years that rats raised in cages where lights
are left on for much of the night have higher cancer rates than those
allowed to sleep in darkness. And epidemiological studies of nurses,
flight attendants and others who work at night have found breast cancer
rates 60 percent above normal, even when other factors such as
differences in diet are accounted for.

On the basis of such studies, an arm of the World Health Organization
announced in December its decision to classify shift work as a "probable
carcinogen." That put the night shift in the same health-risk category
as exposure to such toxic chemicals as trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride
and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

The mechanism of such a link, if real, remains mysterious, but many
scientists suspect that melatonin is key. Secreted by the pineal gland
in the brain, the hormone helps prevent tumor formation. The body
produces melatonin primarily at night, and levels drop precipitously in
the presence of light, especially light in the blue part of the spectrum
produced in quantity by computer screens and fluorescent bulbs.

In keeping with the melatonin hypothesis, mice in cages with night
lighting have normal cancer rates if they get shots of the hormone. And
blind women, whose eyes cannot detect light and so have robust
production of melatonin, have lower-than-average breast cancer rates.

http://tinyurl.com/2n9due

And airline flight crews are always drenched in artificial light.  They
sleep at all odd local times because of their flight schedule.

So buy light-darkening window shades or eyeshades, and NEVER fall asleep
with the lights on.  And NEVER fall asleep in front of your computer screen.