Where to begin? Lol.

September 15th I went in for my first tooth extraction (first anything dealing with a dentist actually, besides cleanings here and there.) which was all 4 wisdom teeth. The top right tooth broke when being extracted so the dentist had to go back in and remove the pieces. Somehow during the whole process my sinus must have been punctured. Ended up going to the ER the following Sunday (after I called the dentist on his emergency number 3 times and also left a VM) because the pain was so unbearable. Er prescribed me more Hydrocodones and some penicillin because they suspected an infection had developed. Had to get a shot as well of some generic pain medication they give people with migraines.

14 days later after the penicillin was all gone I went back to the dentist (in case you are wondering, he still hadn't returned my phone call) to see what was going on and what needed to be done. The nurse came and saw me and took some x-rays and then went and showed the dentist, she then came back and said everything looks good here is some antibacterial mouthwash. (and no the dentist never saw me lol) I went home and called my mom to let her know what happened and I found out my sister had some pretty strong antibiotics left over from a few months ago so I got them and they seemed to help quite a bit (2 twice a day for 11 days) .

Shortly after they ran out (about a week later) this sinus infection came back and was worse than before. I went and saw my family doctor (plot twist, its the dentists wife) who said her husband broke his phone that weekend, blah, blah. She prescribed me some amoxicillin (white count was at about 14k) that I took for about 2 weeks and it did absolutely nothing to make it go away, it wasn't getting any worse but I wanted something stronger. (Also got my 2nd round of rocephin 1000mg shot)

Called the following Monday but my family doctor wasn't there so I saw someone else. She said my white count was down to about 10k and nothing looked wrong but she could order a CT scan if I thought I needed one. She also prescribed me cefdinir. So a week later I get this CT scan and the doctor says its an abscess and was referring me to an ENT specialist to drain it.

She never sent the CT over as the nurse asked me if I had a CT scan done yet and I told her I did, who had done it, and that was the reason I was there. She told the ENT specialist and he looked at it and came back and got me to go look at it and explained some of it to me. Whole right side of my face besides about a half inch portion is infected including my maxillary sinus, right frontal sinus and is also spreading to the left side. I now have to have surgery on December 18th to have a sinusotomy, balloonplasty? and something else that involves removing a portion of the infected sinus and a portion of bone. Can't remember the other medical terms as my mom has the paper it's all on.


I have had horrid sinus drainage over the past 2 months, seems to be better throughout the day lately as far as drainage goes but that's when the jaw pain and now lately, headaches near the right eye going throughout the right side of my head. My face is a tad swollen on the right side and I feel a popping sensation or bubbling sensation when I laugh, sneeze, lean forward, even driving on the highway at 55mph I start to feel it. My face feels really warm and blowing my nose generally results in foul smelling yellowish/ greenish mucus that tastes absolutely horrendous. These past few months have taken alot out of me and I am constantly just exhausted feeling.

I do smoke cigarettes but did not smoke until after the first 48 hours as recommended by the dentist and even then, I didn't smoke much. If anything the good that has came out of this infection is I don't smoke nearly as much as I did.

Sorry for the long story, figured I would type it all out rather than having to type more out in a comment if a question is asked.

My question is has anyone ever had anything like this done? If so what was the end result? Is the ENT headed in the right direction? My mom says from the sounds of it he is thinking I have chronic sinusitis and that it's complete overkill. Has anything else gotten infected and that's why he is removing a portion of my bone? It has been almost 3 months, 4 rounds of oral antibiotics, 2 rounds of 1000mg injections, just wondering if maybe the bone is infected and that's why he is removing bone and sinus?

25 years old and have never had anything like this happen.
Any help/ advice would be appreciated.

Thanks everyone, again. Sorry for the novel. Lol