Hi, I actually had a doctor say that I was just breathing differently and had to get used to it. It's much different than that. I've been ill for 2 years, with fever. My illness was so intense that for the 3 months following surgery I was bedridden, unable to walk more than a few steps around the house. My husband had to learn to cook, shop, do laundry, clean, take care of the dog, etc. I lost half my hair and was euthyroid sick. I've had a fever every day since my surgery and feel the kind of sick you feel when you have any respiratory infection - malaise, exhaustion, achy, altered appetite, etc. So I don't believe it's just a simple matter of feeling air in my nose differently (no shade to you, but shade intended toward the ENT who dismissed my symptoms).

I've had allergies all my life, and never had this amount of thick mucus (nor was it ever colored) go down my throat. In fact, allergies make my nose a watery type of runny. My allergies have always produced itchy eyes, nose and throat, sneezing, and watery runny nose. Allergies never made me feel sick. Nothing like what's happening now.

I don't believe it's empty nose syndrome, as I have no issue feeling air going through my nose, and it feels like the normal temperature as always. While a doctor was trying to help me figure out what's been going on, we discovered that I have a milder form of cystic fibrosis, and that can cause thick mucus, but since I've had CF since birth that wouldn't be the main cause (otherwise my mucus would always have been thickly going down the back of my throat).