Altitude Sickness or Sinus issue?

[Gatordev]

Sounds like the sinus infection has not cleared up. Completely screwed...nope.

Do you have access to an ENT specialist?

Not sure what squadron he's in, but the I know the -6 and -3 docs can hook him up w/ one. I went through a kinda-sorta similar situation (two sinus infections that would NOT go away my first 6 months back at Whiting as an IP). There's a great ENT down at the hospital that looked me over after getting a simple referral. I also saw the NAMI ENT (probably prematurely...nothing was actually physically wrong w/me). I'm not recommending seeing NAMI yet, but my point is they should be able to take care of you and get you healed, which is the most important part, first.

Feddoc, I know you know most of this (the mechanics of referrals, etc), just using your question as a place for him to start.

 

[XeroJaeger]

Hey all - Again I appreciate the help from beginning to near-end. Update on my situation, though. The vertigo has all-but gone. Its almost difficult for me to get dizzy now, but it still happens on rare occasion. The new act in the circus, though, is the total inability to valsalva. When the Flt. Doc discovered this, he put me on 2 rounds of rx's, and then sent me to get a ct scan when nothing good happened. Well I have an appt with him to evaluate my results on monday, and the report for the scan says I've developed a nasal cyst AND my CRS (sinus disease) is back in evidence. Since I'm on a waiver for CRS as it is....I don't think this is good news.

-X.

 

[slug]

Dude, good luck. Request helos--keep low & slow.