Griffo
Contributor
Hi Scubaboard.
My name is John, and it is 54 days since I last went for a dive. This is the longest time I have been dry since my first tentative taste of the sweet sport of diving. I need your help.
In the beginning of July I got the seasonal flu. It's been a particularly bad year this year, with everyone complaining that the flu took a very long time to get over. I think it took me a good 4 weeks to feel normal.
Since that time however, I have been unable to return to normal sinus function. I've had a slight nasal drip on and off, but a pretty constant "bad smell" which I am assuming is a sign of some kind of infection.
I've had two rounds of anti-biotics, but still whenever I fly, it still feels like someone is stabbing me above and behind my left eye. I am able to stop the pain with constant clearing on ascent, and valsalva on descent, but the fact it occurs has been keeping me out of the water.
Apart from time and another go on the drugs, is there anything else I should be trying? Neti pots or Saline squirts? Do those things work? My GP seemed dismissive, but she's also not a diving doctor.
Desperate and willing to try anything..
My name is John, and it is 54 days since I last went for a dive. This is the longest time I have been dry since my first tentative taste of the sweet sport of diving. I need your help.
In the beginning of July I got the seasonal flu. It's been a particularly bad year this year, with everyone complaining that the flu took a very long time to get over. I think it took me a good 4 weeks to feel normal.
Since that time however, I have been unable to return to normal sinus function. I've had a slight nasal drip on and off, but a pretty constant "bad smell" which I am assuming is a sign of some kind of infection.
I've had two rounds of anti-biotics, but still whenever I fly, it still feels like someone is stabbing me above and behind my left eye. I am able to stop the pain with constant clearing on ascent, and valsalva on descent, but the fact it occurs has been keeping me out of the water.
Apart from time and another go on the drugs, is there anything else I should be trying? Neti pots or Saline squirts? Do those things work? My GP seemed dismissive, but she's also not a diving doctor.
Desperate and willing to try anything..