1 year post Balloon Sinus surgery (still having issues)
Hello! I just came to share my story (rant) maybe get some advice if anyone has a similar situation!
Im a 22 yo female. I was getting chronic headaches and stuffy noses, I ended up going to the ENT and was told I had very enlarged turbinates, deviated septum, sinusitis, and overall very narrowed nasal passages.
I got the balloon sinus plasty, septoplasty and turbinate reduction. 1 month after surgery it was amazing. I could finally breathe through my nose without relying on my mouth. I did notice my right nostril would always whistle and told ENT during my check up but he just said its probably bc of dried blood or other things causing weird airflow.
I feel like my nose is constantly dry because now i get constant sore throats, i snore at lot at night and I feel like I have been getting sick like every other month. I feel like its bc if the turbinate reduction.
After a year, my ENT does another scan and finally tells me that my septum has a perforation ( a hole in my septum connecting my nostrils), which is the cause of my loud whistling nose. He says he cant fix it and now i have to go to rhinologist and i really hope that this is going to be the thing that fixes my nose.