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I want to have a sinus endoscopic procedure to see if it helps me with chronic sinus congestion. doc says it will be a half hour outpatient procedure. so my question is i have a long distance running race coming up in mid-october.. should i wait till after the race ? how long will I be decommissioned after the procedure (ie how long will I not be able to do strenuous excercise afterwards or go to work) ? will i necessarily need to wear the pernicious packing everybody talks about ? and for how long ?

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On 15 Aug 2005 15:03:32 -0700, example2…@hotmail.com wrote: >I want to have a sinus endoscopic procedure to see if it helps me with >chronic sinus congestion. doc says it will be a half hour outpatient >procedure.

That is enough time only for an extremely minor procedure (or, I hate to mention the possibility,  a too-rushed attempt at a major procedure) However, without even knowing what precedure it is (and many are possible) it is impossible to say much.   Please find out the exact medical names of all procedures that will be performed (you can say that you need them for the insurance form of a secondary insurer if you want). Most of the serious procedures really are usually done under general anesthetic in a hospital for safety.  So I am wondering exactly what this doctor is planning…. >so my question is i have a long distance running race coming up in >mid-october.. should i wait till after the race ?

Maybe maybe not (see above)….. >how long will I be decommissioned after the procedure (ie how long will >I not be able to do strenuous excercise afterwards or go to work) ?

It depends on the procedure and the way it is done so you will have to ask the doctor.   Just call and ask his nurse. >will i necessarily need to wear the pernicious packing everybody talks >about ? and for how long ?

It varies – mine was only for 16 hours.  Some leave it in longer.  A very few do not use packing……

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example2…@hotmail.com wrote: > I want to have a sinus endoscopic procedure to see if it helps me with > chronic sinus congestion. doc says it will be a half hour outpatient > procedure. > so my question is i have a long distance running race coming up in > mid-october.. should i wait till after the race ? > how long will I be decommissioned after the procedure (ie how long will > I not be able to do strenuous excercise afterwards or go to work) ?

Ask your surgeon. In my case, I was out of action for quite a while, because I developed a post-operative infection (which happens all too often with sinus surgery).  If I hadn’t gotten an infection, I probably could have started doing exercise in a few weeks or so. > will i necessarily need to wear the pernicious packing everybody talks > about ? and for how long ?

Again, you should ask your surgeon. — Steven D. Litvintchouk Email:  sdlit…@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.

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