Calling all you smart medical glpers...I need help with a sinus infection

Okay, so it started well over 20 years ago. At first it was a fungal infection in my sinuses. I had surgery to open up my sinuses and it got better for a while.

It started again, but this time it was cultured as staph. I don't know what kind. It's probably the same kind that caused my head infection after my chiari surgery, which means it could be in my brain by now, but MRI says it isn't (7ish yrs ago).

I had another sinus surgery and it got better again (about 3 years ago). Then I lost my health insurance because I have rheumatoid arthritis and can only work part time.

It's back. I have taken antibiotics. I have been doing the rinses with saline and sometimes also with budesonide. I cant get rid of it. I thought maybe I could just live with it but now I'm so sick I can barely function.

I don't know if it is the sinus infection causing it, the RA causing it, or maybe anxiety and depression due to the current state of the world, or a combination of all of it. Whatever it is, I am so sick.

You guys, I can barely move. In the past 3 days, I have been asleep for all but maybe 10 hrs total. I'm exhausted. I'm nauseous. I can't function.

I don't know what to do. I refuse to go to the hospital. They won't treat me well because I'm not vaxxed. I'm out of ideas.

I eat mostly raw veggies out of my garden because I don't trust grocery food anymore, but I do still eat some grocery store food like rice and beans. It's not my diet causing the trouble.

I get plenty of properly filtered water so I'm not dehydrated.

I regularly take vitamin D, C, zinc, quercetin, magnesium, calcium, l-lysine, and elderberry supplements.

I'm not overweight.

I am just so sick and out of ideas.

I know you guys are really good with this sort of thing. I hope you can help me come up with some way to fix it.

First of all, I need to get rid of this infection. I think it will help the most to be rid of that crap in my head.

Any ideas that aren't crazy expensive or just...crazy?

I am so sick: (

Okay, so it started well over 20 years ago. At first it was a fungal infection in my sinuses. I had surgery to open up my sinuses and it got better for a while.

It started again, but this time it was cultured as staph. I don't know what kind. It's probably the same kind that caused my head infection after my chiari surgery, which means it could be in my brain by now, but MRI says it isn't (7ish yrs ago).

I had another sinus surgery and it got better again (about 3 years ago). Then I lost my health insurance because I have rheumatoid arthritis and can only work part time.

It's back. I have taken antibiotics. I have been doing the rinses with saline and sometimes also with budesonide. I cant get rid of it. I thought maybe I could just live with it but now I'm so sick I can barely function.

I don't know if it is the sinus infection causing it, the RA causing it, or maybe anxiety and depression due to the current state of the world, or a combination of all of it. Whatever it is, I am so sick.

You guys, I can barely move. In the past 3 days, I have been asleep for all but maybe 10 hrs total. I'm exhausted. I'm nauseous. I can't function.

I don't know what to do. I refuse to go to the hospital. They won't treat me well because I'm not vaxxed. I'm out of ideas.

I eat mostly raw veggies out of my garden because I don't trust grocery food anymore, but I do still eat some grocery store food like rice and beans. It's not my diet causing the trouble.

I get plenty of properly filtered water so I'm not dehydrated.

I regularly take vitamin D, C, zinc, quercetin, magnesium, calcium, l-lysine, and elderberry supplements.

I'm not overweight.

I am just so sick and out of ideas.

I know you guys are really good with this sort of thing. I hope you can help me come up with some way to fix it.

First of all, I need to get rid of this infection. I think it will help the most to be rid of that crap in my head.

Any ideas that aren't crazy expensive or just...crazy?

I am so sick: (

Did you rule out allergies?

Maybe there is something you are allergic too in your house?

snort a few drops of colloidal silver until you feel it reach your drainage into throat. do that couple of times a day, you will turn the corner in a day or two.

I should probably mention this since it has come up. We have had the ducts cleaned out and a mold inspection, but that was a few years ago. Luckily, that isn't it. I have had this problem since long before we even moved into this house, so it isn't environmental (at least not indoors). It could be an outdoor allergen. I really don't know. All I know is that after 2 sinus surgeries, I still can't get rid of it.

I'm going to try colloidal silver and hydrogen peroxide first.

If anyone has any brands they swear by, please let me know.

Also, I'm going to start eating even more garlic. I can slice those up and mix them in with my salads and I will eat the heck out of it. I'm fortunate in that I love garlic.

That seems like the cheapest and easiest plan of action to start with. I will still incorporate other ideas from this thread and I am going to update you all with the results of my various attempts to get the heck rid of this dang infection.

I really think that most of my yuckiness is from the infection rather than the RA. I don't have very much joint damage (except my fingers and toes), so I really do think it's the chronic infection that has caused me so much grief.

Okay, so it started well over 20 years ago. At first it was a fungal infection in my sinuses. I had surgery to open up my sinuses and it got better for a while.

It started again, but this time it was cultured as staph. I don't know what kind. It's probably the same kind that caused my head infection after my chiari surgery, which means it could be in my brain by now, but MRI says it isn't (7ish yrs ago).

I had another sinus surgery and it got better again (about 3 years ago). Then I lost my health insurance because I have rheumatoid arthritis and can only work part time.

It's back. I have taken antibiotics. I have been doing the rinses with saline and sometimes also with budesonide. I cant get rid of it. I thought maybe I could just live with it but now I'm so sick I can barely function.

I don't know if it is the sinus infection causing it, the RA causing it, or maybe anxiety and depression due to the current state of the world, or a combination of all of it. Whatever it is, I am so sick.

You guys, I can barely move. In the past 3 days, I have been asleep for all but maybe 10 hrs total. I'm exhausted. I'm nauseous. I can't function.

I don't know what to do. I refuse to go to the hospital. They won't treat me well because I'm not vaxxed. I'm out of ideas.

I eat mostly raw veggies out of my garden because I don't trust grocery food anymore, but I do still eat some grocery store food like rice and beans. It's not my diet causing the trouble.

I get plenty of properly filtered water so I'm not dehydrated.

I regularly take vitamin D, C, zinc, quercetin, magnesium, calcium, l-lysine, and elderberry supplements.

I'm not overweight.

I am just so sick and out of ideas.

I know you guys are really good with this sort of thing. I hope you can help me come up with some way to fix it.

First of all, I need to get rid of this infection. I think it will help the most to be rid of that crap in my head.

Any ideas that aren't crazy expensive or just...crazy?

I am so sick: (

I was scanning the comments if anyone had mentioned Silver Sols, someone mentioned Colloidal Silver, I know it's controversial, but I have used it with success against infections.

Look for silver sols, there's one brand that I recommend, hope is not considered spam, I am in no way related to this company, just happen to know it since around 2004.

[link to www.lifesilver.com (secure)]

I appreciate your post! I was wondering what brand I should try because I do want to try it. I'm so tired of this infection.


For an update: I did try the peroxide for a few days, and so far nothing has improved :(

Silver is my next step.

Okay, so it started well over 20 years ago. At first it was a fungal infection in my sinuses. I had surgery to open up my sinuses and it got better for a while.

It started again, but this time it was cultured as staph. I don't know what kind. It's probably the same kind that caused my head infection after my chiari surgery, which means it could be in my brain by now, but MRI says it isn't (7ish yrs ago).

I had another sinus surgery and it got better again (about 3 years ago). Then I lost my health insurance because I have rheumatoid arthritis and can only work part time.

It's back. I have taken antibiotics. I have been doing the rinses with saline and sometimes also with budesonide. I cant get rid of it. I thought maybe I could just live with it but now I'm so sick I can barely function.

I don't know if it is the sinus infection causing it, the RA causing it, or maybe anxiety and depression due to the current state of the world, or a combination of all of it. Whatever it is, I am so sick.

You guys, I can barely move. In the past 3 days, I have been asleep for all but maybe 10 hrs total. I'm exhausted. I'm nauseous. I can't function.

I don't know what to do. I refuse to go to the hospital. They won't treat me well because I'm not vaxxed. I'm out of ideas.

I eat mostly raw veggies out of my garden because I don't trust grocery food anymore, but I do still eat some grocery store food like rice and beans. It's not my diet causing the trouble.

I get plenty of properly filtered water so I'm not dehydrated.

I regularly take vitamin D, C, zinc, quercetin, magnesium, calcium, l-lysine, and elderberry supplements.

I'm not overweight.

I am just so sick and out of ideas.

I know you guys are really good with this sort of thing. I hope you can help me come up with some way to fix it.

First of all, I need to get rid of this infection. I think it will help the most to be rid of that crap in my head.

Any ideas that aren't crazy expensive or just...crazy?

I am so sick: (

Essential Oils:
2 drops of Clove oil
2 drops of Cinammon oil
2 drops of Thyme oil

in a face steamer reservoir; let it steam then inhale 6x.
Do this 3x a day until they clear up.

My hubby had chronic sinus issues and this did the trick for him. First time took 10 days, 2nd time it took a week, and if you catch it soon, a few days to get over it.