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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -LA Greaves wrote: > [classic history of chronic sinusitis deleted to save space] > . . . . > The ENT was very nice. He examined my nostrils and, finding no discharge, > said that he’d probably just have to clean out and irrigate my sinuses, a > standard procedure. I felt better. Then he looked at the CAT scans. His > mouth dropped. There was a large mass in my right maxillary sinus cavity > with possible bone erosion. The entire cavity is filled with fluids. The > left cavity is also blocked, although less severe. The entire maxillary > sinuses themselves have grown to three times their size. > My surgery is scheduled for this Tuesday, March 27th. The ENT tried to > reassure me, stating that only in the most rare of cases, the mass was a > cancerous tumor (which pinpointed my worst fears) and even in those cases, > there was no malignancy. Still, even though there is absolutely no history > of cancer in my family, I am very afraid.

I know how you feel, because I was getting very nervous just before my sinus surgery.  (Since you’re already nervous, I won’t tell you just what I was worried about, until AFTER you have had your surgery.) I’m not a physician, just a sinusitis patient like you.  But from what you described of your history, it sounds like CLASSIC, good old chronic sinusitis.  There are many people on this NG who have had comparable experiences–that’s why we’re here! So by Occam’s Razor, if it sounds like chronic sinusitis, that may be all it is.  In the last YEAR I’ve been on this newsgroup, I don’t think I ever saw any posts from anybody who found actual malignancy in there.   Is there anything in your lifestyle that would predispose you to sinus cancer?  Are you a chemical worker, or a carpenter who works with solvents and glues, or anything like that? > To make me feel a little better, my 8 year old daughter joked that maybe it > was just a big "booger" that got stuck and when the doctor takes it out, > I’ll be good as new. I’m glad to have my kids and my fianc

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