[FireBeyond]

I had a 95% deviation to my septum. I spent years basically mouth breathing, because it was so occluded.

Finally went to an amazing ENT (where I got that number, and saw how bad it was on imaging). "Great, so when can we schedule surgery?"

He sighs. "First, I need to prescribe you these two nasal sprays so you can take them three times a day for four weeks and come back to me and tell me that surprise, surprise, they haven't realigned the cartilage in your nose. That way insurance won't deny the authorization of surgery."

[lazystar]

is that why the allergist prescribed that nasal spray... i had to wait 6 more months for the nasal surgery that turned my life around. son of a bitch....

[FireBeyond]

"Almost certainly", I'd say from my experience as a patient, as someone who worked in healthcare, and someone who worked for a company that wrote claims benefit management software for the industry.