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Cleita

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4. I fought with my doctors for years who wanted to give me nasal sprays as a treatment.
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 05:29 PM
Feb 2014

I kept getting bouts of walking pneumonia every time I got a cold and my sinuses were chronically clogged.

Since I'm on traditional Medicare I finally went to a nose specialist on my own without a referral. He diagnosed me with polyps and a severely deviated septum. This could only be corrected with surgery. I won't say it was a picnic recovering from it, especially with packing in my nose and drainage tubes. I was very uncomfortable for a week until the healing set in. But it's such a relief to be able to breathe normally for the first time in my life. Also, my allergies and sinus problems have almost disappeared with just some seasonal discomfort.

Don't give up. Make them do what you need.

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