I had my surgery March 19th. Everything went smoothly, including the follow-up, where they clean the sinuses, etc.

However, the medication they gave me (Avelox) caused nerve damage in my elbows, wrists, and ankles (adverse reaction). It took 15 blood tests, 3 EMGs, and several physical exams to conclude that the Avelox was to blame -not happy at all about that! I later learned that there are thousands of people suffering from these ADRs (Levaquin, Cipro, etc)

So I go in last week to get scar tissue removed, and I refuse any additional steroids or antibiotics. Naturally, 2 days later, I develop a sinus infection. I'm now on Augmentin to clear that up -but I'm worried about the Prednisone. I'll see how I feel tomorrow.

I should say, however, that if you have structural problems with the nose, they should be corrected. But insist on Augmentin, and stay away from the quinolones (Levaquin, Avelox, Floxin, Cipro). Don't let any doctor tell you "it is extremely rare to get a bad side effect" -that's a bunch of b.s.

The surgery went fine for me. The drugs ruined my health.

I'm still fighting nerve damage from the quinolone antibiotics they gave me. It's been 3 months since surgery, and still have drug side-effects.

If you have a physical problem (deviated septum, etc.) surgery may be the only way to solve your sinus problems. But make sure they don't give you quinolones or floroquinolone antibiotics (Avelox, Levaquin, Floxin, Cipro, Tequin) in pill form OR IV form following surgery. These drugs are the most dangerous drugs prescribed, causing life-altering, crippling side-effects. 50% of people who suffer an Adverse reaction end up on disability, sometimes permanently, with irreversible tendon, nerve, and central nervous system damage.

Doctors have no idea what they are prescribing, and not even the pharmacutical companies understand the side-effects of these drugs. 60 Minutes did an expose on the drug Floxin in 1998, showing that the "under 1%" of people who suffered a terrible ADR, was actually more like 10%, since much of it went unreported, was covered up, or was ignored.

Class action lawsuits are being formed as we speak, against companies like Bayer. Quinolones will become the next Phen Phen.

If any doctor tells you "side effects are extremely rare" he is either lying or ignorant. There are 8000 research articles pointing to the nasty ADRs of quinolones. Several websites can tell you a lot more. One is fqvictims.org, another is drugvictims.org, and the yahoo group for quinolones.