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anyone? have sinus/drainage after sleeve?

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MeMeMEEE    206

MeMeMEEE
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Nothing is cutting it, I am on a nasal spray from the Dr and Zyrtec and I am just full of allergy mucous! I don't know what to do - it is affecting my eating and drinking as I am literally full from it and it is gagging me to the point of vomiting bile. Help :(

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FloraBama Girl    116

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Mine was severe too. I take 2 Benadryl capsules at bedtime and it helped me more than anything.

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DoOver    17

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Can you take old fashion sudafed? The kind you have to show your license and swear on an oath to not take your 24 pack and turn it into meth. (Yes, it irritates me to death that people so abused the med that it takes an act of congress to buy it now.)

I have had sinus issues for years. No worse now than before but I still use sudafed to decongest. Doctor said it was fine. In fact, the one negative before was that it raised my blood pressure but now it's so low, that's no longer a problem either.

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MeMeMEEE    206

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Well I guess I'm just not sure how sudafed or benadryl might help more than zyrtec? I am not congested in my head or chest, they did an xray, it is clear so it leads me to believe allergy. I do have tylenol sinus and other such things in the cabinet - do you really think it will help? And can I take it on top of the Zyrtec I took this morning?

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RebaC    0

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I was sleeved two and a half months ago. I did not really have any sinus issues before surgery, but I got a lot of drainage afterward. I am still getting some sinus drainage. I don't know what may have changed, but my dry mucous membranes are suddenly not dry any more. I also had super smell sensitivity afterward. That has gotten better, but I still get runny nose and post nasal drip a lot now. I am learning to live with it. I have a follow up in a month with my doctor and intend on asking him about it. Things that I have noticed changing since the surgery. unsure.gif

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MeMeMEEE    206

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Have you taken anything for it?

I was sleeved two and a half months ago. I did not really have any sinus issues before surgery, but I got a lot of drainage afterward. I am still getting some sinus drainage. I don't know what may have changed, but my dry mucous membranes are suddenly not dry any more. I also had super smell sensitivity afterward. That has gotten better, but I still get runny nose and post nasal drip a lot now. I am learning to live with it. I have a follow up in a month with my doctor and intend on asking him about it. Things that I have noticed changing since the surgery. unsure.gif

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Deevah    3

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I, too, am having excessive drainage issues. I am 1 week out and thought I was alone wiu this! I have always had allergy issues, and this is the time of the year that is really bad for me, but this is the worst it has been. I don't have the headache or sneezing (thank God) but the post-nasal drip and excess spit is ridiculus. I didn't think about allergies until I saw this post, though, but, now, I will make an appointment with my PCP to figure out a way to handle this. Thank you everyone for making see that I am not going crazy!

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Jinjin    21

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YES!! I TOO AM HAVING SINUS ISSUE!! I am almpst 3mths post op and have always had allergy issues but nothing like this.. My nose is runny, throat itchy, then I wake up in the mornings with complete nasal blockage. Its driving me nuts!! Im currently not taking anything for it, but after reading these posts will start. Need to find what will work for me?!

THANKS FOR THIS POST!!

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wishes    125

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I have horrible allergies, and sudafed is always my go to if nothing else works.

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HDubSleevery    25

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For my bronchitis, they gave me Flonase and it completely dried up my nose for a few hours. It may be something you want to check into?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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