Pseudomonas Sinus Infection

@lindabreathless
Thank you for your comments. Are you able to offer how long you have had the pseudomonas and if it happened after the sinus surgery. Have you had many outbreaks and have you been able to recover from a cold without medicine? I have had repeated cultures and there is always something there, if not pseudomonas, (4 times), then heavy growth candida, as well as heavy growth bacteria that the ENT and infectious disease doc had never heard of: chryseobacterium indologenes and citrobacter koseri. What drugs have you taken to get rid of the pseudomonas. I have used: citro oral twice, levoflox oral once, gentamyacin compound twice and tobramyacin compound once. (all during the last 15 months, which have taken a tole on my overall health)It has been a life changing experience at 67 to have been otherwise healthy and now ridden with bacteria, difficulty smelling and oral medicine side effects.
Thank you for any additional insight you may want to provide.

@irenea8
Thank you Irenea; I posted comments under @lindabreathless, but if you have any follow-up I would be in appreciation.

Just to mention that you will never "get rid" of pseudomonas. But knocking it back is possible for most people. Sounds like you need to give your system a rest from treatments but you could ask your Dr about IV options that might help with pseudo in sinus area (Ceftazimine or?). Certain ones might be better for sinus infections.

@irenea8 How interesting that I just came across this . I feel like the crud I have in my throat in the morning is coming from behind my soft palate. I have pseudomonas and Absessus. I nebulizer 3% usually once a day. Sometimes a mix of 3 and 7. Already been through PIC lines and antibiotics 3 times. On a whim, I started exhaling through my nose. I also cup my hand over the mouthpiece and inhale through my nose on occasion. My thought being the same as yours, to knock back whatever is going on up there. I'll have to investigate the Pari Sinus Star. I've been considering going to an ENT, but ....
Thanks for sharing what makes my experiment make sense

@bamaqueen
It gets a bit complicated since Pari has a Sinustar 2 and the older model Sinustar. The nose piece is different in each one. The older model send the mist up both nostrils while the newer system sends it up one nostril at a time. So far it does nothing for my large amounts of purulent mucus that seems to be mostly coming from my throat area. But I suppose that could be bubbling up from the upper respiratory system?

@toujours I’m sorry your having this issue. We’re about the same age. To answer your questions; I have had pseudomonas for about 35 years+. I was prescribed Colistin (Colistimethate) which I’ve been using for many years. I started with tobramycin, but slowly lost some hearing. When I had exacerbations I took Cipro or Levaquin to clear it up. Sometime I’m prescribed augmentin to clear up other bugs I’ve picked up. The sinus surgery came just a few years ago long after having pseudomonas. I do saline nasal rinse twice a day to keep bacteria at bay. I exercise, do airway clearance and make sure all of my apparatuses are clean. I work closely with my pulmonologist as things start to go off track. I hope this helps as we’re all different in what works for each of us. I hope you feel better. Feel free to reach back out.

@irenea8 with the new sinustar2 does it mean you need to do two separate inhalations one for each nostril? I thought I would buy it for my husband

@lilianna
I watched a video (cannot remember where sorry) and yes two separate with the sinustar2. I concluded after reading up on the difference between the sinustar (older model) and the sinustar2 that I personally would prefer the original sinustar. But as stated earlier it did not seem to do much for me.