OUR VIEW IN GALVESTON.
CHECK IT OUT.
THE SUNSHINE.
>>> FROM HEADACHE, FACIAL PAIN
AND MORE, INSTEAD OF MEDICATING
TRY SOLVING THE PROBLEM.
>> MAYBE SO.
SHERRY AND ASHLEY ARE JOINING
US TO SHARE THEIR STORIES ALONG
WITH PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
JAYSON WILLIAMS WITH AMERICAN
HI, EVERYONE.
>> HI.
>> WE WERE CHATTING BEFORE THE
SHOW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THIS, THIS TIME OFYEAR.
MYSELF INCLUDED BECAUSE I'M
HAVING WEIRD BREATHING PROBLEMS
THIS IS HOUSTON.
THE AIR IS A LITTLE DIRTY.
BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT
YOUR STORY IS YOUR SYMPTOMS.
LET'S START WITH YOU.
GROWING UP.
AS I GOT OLDER, LIVING IN
HOUSTON, OUT OF THE BLUE I
STARTED GETTING TERRIBLE
ALLERGIES.
I STOPPED BEING ABLE TO BREATHE.
LIKE 100%.
I USED TO SLEEP AT NIGHT WITH
ONE NOSTRIL OPEN.
I WOULD ASK MY HUSBAND TO HOLD
IT FOR ME.
>> THAT IS NOT GROSS AT ALL.
>> SHE IS A MOUTH BREATHER.
NOT FUN.
>> WE LIKE TO TRAVEL A LOT.
SO LIKE EXOTIC PLACES.
YOGA AND WORKING OUT.
IT TOOK A TOLL ON MY LIFE.
>> BESIDES YOGA AND WORKING
OUT, SEEMS LIKE AT NIGHT WHILE
YOU ARE TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP
PROBLEM.
>> I WORK A LOT.
GETTING SLEEP.
I WAS TIRED IN THE DAY.
IT WAS TAKING A TOLL ON MY LIFE
AND MY HUSBAND'S LIFE.
COULDN'T.
>> HE WAS HOLDING YOUR NOSTRIL.
>> I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T BREATHE.
THAT IS A COMMON SYMPTOM.
>> MANY HAVE THAT ISSUE.
THEY SNORE.
MOVE A LOT ON THE BED.
>> YOURS WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE
YOU WERE HAVING SEVERE
HEADACHES?
>> AND A LOT OF FACIAL PAIN.
I SUFFER, LIKE SHE DID, FROM
ALLERGIES.
TWICE A YEAR EVERY YEAR FOR
MORE THAN TEN YEARS I WOULD GET
REALLY BAD HEADACHES.
TIME.
EVERY DAY FOR THREE, FOUR WEEKS.
>> WAS IT LIKE THIS DULL,
THROBBING PAIN AND GET WORSE?
>> BY THE END OF THE DAY ALL I
SLEEP.
FELT BETTER.
I WOULD TAKE MEDICATION.
IT WOULD HELP ME GET THROUGH
THE DAY BUT DIDN'T MAKE THE
HEADACHE GO AWAY.
>> HOW DOES ONE KNOW WHEN THERE
IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM?
IT SEEMS LIKE IF THE HEADACHES
PREVENT YOU FROM WORKING, OR
CAN'T SLEEP OR DO YOGA --
>> IT IS A COMPROMISE.
>> EXACTLY.
IF SOMEONE IS EXPERIENCING
SYMPTOMS AT WHAT POINT DO THEY
DO SOMETHING?
>> IF THE OVER-THE-COUNTER
MEDICINES ARE NOT GETTING YOU
TO WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.
YOU HAVE GONE TO YOUR PRIMARY
CARE DOCTOR AND HAVING TROUBLE
GETTING YOUR SYMPTOMS UNDER
CONTROL, THAT IS WHEN YOU NEED
TO COME SEE US.
>> WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON?
SINUSES.
BECAUSE OF ALLERGIES,
EVERYTHING IS GETTING ULTRA
INFLAMED?
>> THKEY TO THE SINUS IS AIR
FLOW AND VENTILATION.
YOU WANT THE NOSE TO BE OPEN.
THERE ARE DOORS TO THE SINUSES.
THOSE NEED TO VENTILATE.
IF THAT CAN HAPPEN YOU DON'T
HAVE SYMPTOMS.
>> WHEN YOU WENT INTO AMERICAN
SINUS INSTITUTE AND HAD THIS
PROCEDURE, AND ASHLEY YOU HAD
THE SIMILAR EXPERIENCE, WHERE
THE PROCEDURE IS FAST.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU FEEL --
>> I LEFT THAT NIGHT.
LIKE LEAVING THE CLIP IK I
COULD GO HOME.
>> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE?
>> THEY TOLD ME 15 MINUTES.
THEY GIVE YOU ANESTHESIA.
THAT.
THE PROCEDURE TOOK 15 MINUTES.
I COULD BREATHE THAT NIGHT.
THE NEXT DAY I WAS IN A
STRATEGIC MEETING FOR A CLIENT.
>> I THINK WE HAVE VIDEO TO
SHOW HOW IT WORKS.
ESSENTIALLY THEY GIVE YOU A FEW
LITTLE DRUGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL
BETTER.
WE ARE SEEING VIDEO ON THE
SCREEN.
MAYBE JASON YOU CAN DESCRIBE.
>> SO THE PATIENT IS ASLEEP.
WIRE.
IT FINDS THE SINUS OPENING.
A BALLOON WILL TRACK ALONG THAT
WIRE INTO THE SINUS OPENING AND
WIDENS.
THAT PERMANENT.
>>> SIX MILLIMETERS.
WE WATCH OUT THE SINUS AND
REMOVE THE ENTIRE APPARATUS.
REPEAT THIS ON ALL THE SINUSES
THAT ARE APPROPRIATE.
>> WHAT IS THE FULL EFFECT
AFTER THE SURGERY?
TWO OR THREE.
IN A FEW WEEKS MOST EVERYONE IS
RECOVERED.
>> ACTUALLY I UNDERSTAND AFTER
YOUR PROCEDURE WHEN THEY TOLD
YOU TO GO HOME --
>> I COULDN'T TAKE A NAP.
PEOPLE WERE CHECKING ME TO MAKE
SURE I WAS OKAY.
GETTING TEXTS.
I LAID DOWN.
WELL, NOT GOING TO TAKE A NAP.
NORMAL LIFE.
IT WAS SO SIMPL
>> I WOKE UP EXPECTING A SLIGHT
HEADACHE OR FACIAL PAIN.
I HAD NOTHING.
>> THAT MUCH OF A CHANGE.
>> THAT FAST.
THEN.
MADE IT THROUGH RODEO SEASON IN
>> WOW.
BREATHE THROUGH MY NOSE.
>> I HAD THE PROCEDURE TWO
YEARS AGO.
THE 15-MINUTE PROCEDURE.
LONG.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
STOPING TO CHAT.
SO GLAD, SHERRY, YOUR HUSBAND
NO LONGER HAS TO HOLD --
[
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YOUR MARRIAGE.
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