Posts by Nathan Stewart72

How do you guys handle nasal rinsing? Honestly, nobody ever gave me the heads-up about doing this... 🤷

I ended up picking up a Rhino Horn device and some saline solution from the local pharmacy. If you're looking to save a few bucks, you can actually just mix your own salt water (aim for that 0.9% concentration) at body temperature instead of buying the pre-mixed stuff. It’s surprisingly effective at clearing out the nose and flushing all that junk away from the mucous membranes.

It’s been about fifteen days since I underwent nasal surgery to fix a deviated septum under Dr. Jurlin at Cedars-Sinai. Honestly, the relief is incredible; I can actually breathe through my nose again, and after a decade-long struggle with dependency on nasal sprays, I’ve finally been able to toss them in the trash. My medical journey leading up to this was quite a mess—I spent months bouncing between clinics in Indianapolis and Columbus, but none of them could even land on a correct diagnosis, misidentifying everything as acute sinusitis. Fast forward to a few days ago, when I went in for a follow-up appointment. It was an absolute circus. After sitting around waiting for two and a half hours, I was ushered into an exam room by some random doctor who wasn't even my surgeon. The entire "consultation" lasted maybe thirty seconds; he basically just told me to keep rinsing my nose and walked out. That was it. It wasn't until I started reading discussions on this forum that I realized I still have surgical sutures in the tip of my nose that feel like tiny, irritating staples. Why is it that these doctors seem to despise actual conversation? They treat every single question like an inconvenience rather than addressing it. Or am I just being incredibly naive about how the medical establishment works?🤷