This is me.

[XmasCarol52]

Oh yes especially if you get a lot of mucus in your throat.it feels like it is choking you then it develops into a major panic attack,allergies can make u very anxious because you feel like you cannot breathe

 

[janemariesayed]

I used to get real problems with sinusitis. It started because when I was a toddler my dad used to give me snuff up my nostrils to make me quiet. They used to sell snuff for children back then. Lovely! Ground up tobacco stuffed up my nose lol! I remember one time sticking my own finger up there to sort the snuff out and I ended up pushing the bone skew whiff in my nose!

After that, it was always awkward when I got a cold. My nose and head would get bunged up and it was awful. Then years later I went to the doctor and he said that my nose bone had grown broken somehow. He sent me for an operation on my nose. They cut away a bit of the bone in my nose that allowed me to breathe normally.

It was the worst operation I've ever had in my life! Afterwards, they stick up like a Tampax up each nostril to catch the blood then they pull them out when the bleeding has stopped.

Oh, my golly, because of these things up my nose, it was making me sneeze constantly, even the bright sunlight was making me sneeze constantly. It was awful. I had to sit in the dark till I had mended. Then when they took the Tampax like things out of each nostril I was pulling strings of dried blood out for days after.

Yuk! yuk! yuk!

I am so happy to have been reminded of this pleasant time in my life and share it with you! I hope none of you needs this op.

Ever since though, I've hardly had any colds or influenza. I've been fit as a fiddle so the operation was really worth it.

 

[XmasCarol52]

oh my god you poor thing that is just awful.I can get a ct scan but there is no way I can do it because it is enclosed.

 

[janemariesayed]

I've never had a CAT scan, but I have had an MRI scan. I don'[t know if it is the same thing or similar but5 the MRI wasn't very nice either. That made me feel enclosed even though my feet and head were sticking out the ends. It was so very noisy with the workings of the machine that I hated it. I hope I don't have to have one of them again.

 

[XmasCarol52]

From what i see a Ct scan is enclosed to and I did have a MRI done it was awful I felt trapped they had to strap my chin so I wouldnt move when they told me only a minute more it felt like and hour I will never ever do one of those again,no way in hell.The second your head goes into that big tunnel it makes you feel trapped aND it was very scary,they will have to figure out another way to check things out should something come about that I may need a MRI. I cannot do any kinds of test not even a boob test lol,I just get to darn nervous,the last time i just went to go to the shrink my legs were shaking so bad i felt like I was going to collapse.

 

[janemariesayed]

These tests can be scary. We don't know if they will hurt or what to expect in advance. I didn't find the MRI too scary but it was horrible. I couldn't bear the noise and that was making me anxious. I'm glad my head didn't have to go all the way in because that would have made me claustrophobic instead of agoraphobic! lol