Published Mar 14, 2009
snoopy1
1 Post
Hello! everyone,
I have a question. I have suffered serious allergy and chronic sinusitis for
20 years. Allergy shot has not helped a lot after I have it two years ago. Since I
will graudate soon in June, i realize that I easily get sick and inflammatory
episodes after my clinical duty. I will get stuffy nose and tremondous headache
in sinus area.
I now realize maybe I choose the wrong career as my illness has no cure yet.
But I need work to pay back my loan and my hubby just lost his job. Can some
one gives me suggestion? I really want to do nursing as I like to help others in
need. Thanks for your input.
Sincerely
very confused,
morte, LPN, LVN
7,015 Posts
we cant offer medical advice, but if i were you....i would see the most highly regarded ENT doc that i could access........and while you are at it, check out sinusiti+celiac disease
RNDreams
73 Posts
I currently am an M.A. for an ENT and I have seen the miracles that this man workes with the majority of his patients corrected by sinus surgery. The majority of his patients that have suffered for years from sinusitis and allregies and didnt know there were options. I am not giving medical advice just a thought on what you may want to do next, I have suffered for alergies (terribly) for many years and before working for this Dr. I didnt know there were options, I just thought allregies and chronic sinus problems were just something I would have to deal with for the rest of my life, but I have seen what an amazing E.N.T. can do with as little as finding the right combo of prescription nasal sprays that you take as a preventative measure rather than something to try to relieve once you have symptoms and although sinus surgery sounds very major it really isnt if you have a good Dr. that knows his stuff and could honestly do your surgery in his sleep, another great thing is that the majority of sinus treatments and even surgeries ARE covered under most major medical insurances and WITHOUT precert. Most people dont know that as well becasue they think anything to do with the nose is cosmetic, which a lot of poeple will do rhinoplasty if they want to correct the appearance of their nose but if its just functional correctional (sinusitis) then they can do that without changing your appearance at all unless that is something you want becasue it is a completely different process (which is not covered by insurance) but any good ENT's office will be able to work it out so that if you want both you can file half insurance and do the rest self pay.
Good luck, I hope this helps, let m eknow if you need any other info.
Since I am suffering working in an area I really dont prefer since plastic is my backround and whne I took this position I thought the Dr. did more of it than he does but he is too well known for correctional so that is the majority of what he does and I have worked in some pretty specialized areas of the body as an esthetician and M.A. and ENT is by far the area that is the grossest to work in, but the results of the treatments provided are life changing for people and I like that about it.
That is why I am about to go fo rmy R.N. becasue after woking at this office I know I can do anything!
I hope I have been of help!
Christine:up: