Thursday, May 15, 2008

Sinus Update ... or is it?

<---- Not my head.

As requested, here's an update on my sinuses. Yesterday, I had a CT scan at the doctor's office which meant that the results were available almost immediately. The doctor took a look and said, "No infection, your sinuses are perfect." Wow. There's something about my body that's perfect. Who knew? It only took a couple of surgeries, prescriptions, and allergy treatments.

Yet the pain remains. It feels like a sinus headache, but it apparently isn't. So my awesome ENT referred me to two doctors to follow up on more possibilities. Yes, you read that right. Two doctors. A TMJ/facial pain specialist and a headache specialist. The two main possibilities are that I have TMJ or that it's some variant of migraine. It could always be something else, though. I will probably have to schedule the appointments after the end of the school year, but that's less than a month away.

It was neat to see the CT scan images. Nothing cooler than seeing cross-sections of your own head. I apparently still have a bit of extra bone on my septum, but it was too close to my brain to mess with. Oooooh. I also got samples of some neat new prescription that should stop the post-nasal drip I'm enjoying. How's that for gross? That should help with my sore throat and inflamed tonsils as well.

Stay tuned for the next installment of Rachel's Head.

4 comments:

. . . . . . . . . said...

Ooooh. Rachel's Head, part deux. Fascinating dude. Cool about the post nasal drip.

Jan said...

Rachel's Head. I like it. How nice to find a doc who is interested in figuring out why it still hurts. Love that!

Rebecca said...

I hope you can find some relief from whatever is ailing you. Nice Head!

tiburon said...

I hope you get some answers! There is nothing worse than being told everything looks great when you know something is wrong!