Posts by Jack Price5

Seriously, does nobody here actually have experience with this? My doctor says I should just go ahead with the surgery since it’s already getting pretty bad—so yeah, I'd love to hear from someone who's actually dealt with this before... because clearly, I don't know anyone in my own circle who has

Anyone here gone through frontal sinus osteotomy surgery? Looking for some real talk on what it's actually like...

Please, I'm begging... 😳

thanks a ton 😘

hopefully it’s not too bad—though I’ll probably need surgery, which is honestly my worst nightmare... we'll see what the doctor says tomorrow

Thanks so much for digging this up—I tried Googling it myself, but I couldn't find anything in that massive pile of search results... though could you double-check that link? It seems a little glitchy

Angela Wright said:A septal sinus—I'm assuming that's just a derivative of the term "septum," meaning a partition or divider.
Look, an osteoma isn't actually a malignant tumor. It’s more like a slow-moving nuisance that can cause all sorts of headaches if it starts ballooning in size. The real danger zones are when they grow inside the skull and start putting pressure on the brain—that's when things get serious. If you're dealing with any breathing issues because of it, you're likely looking at surgery. I had a buddy who had one on his scalp; out of nowhere, it just surged in size and started causing him intense pain, so he had to go under the knife. The bottom line? Doctors told him those types of tumors can recur, meaning they might pop up again somewhere else down the road.

Honestly, first time I've even heard of a frontal sinus osteoma...

thanks a ton for the info

Anyone know how sketchy a sinus osteoma actually is? And what’s the deal with a septated frontal sinus?

Thanks in advance... 😳