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p.s i know this is a lot to help a stranger, but please help me out, im literally dying because of this, i don’t sleep much maybe 2-3 hours per day if lucky
I’d even award $25 for taking your time

My nasal obstruction is very variable. When I’m upright and NOT taking tadalafil, my nose can actually be pretty clear. My main problem is that my turbinates swell and block my nose when I lie down with and without medications, and tadalafil/PDE5 inhibitors make them swell enough that I can feel congested even while standing.
My ENT has confirmed turbinate swelling(No medications on day of exam), and I’m scheduled for RF reduction.
My concern is: if I happen to be more congested than usual on the day of surgery (because I took tadalafil, allergies, lying down, etc.), could the turbinates look substantially larger than their normal baseline? Could that result in the surgeon reducing more tissue than would actually be appropriate for my normal, non-congested state?
I also have a failed root canal/infection on my upper-left first molar (#14). My dentist says there is an abscess/infection around it, and I’m considering extraction about a week after the RF. I’m wondering if the dental infection could be contributing to my left-sided nasal/sinus inflammation.

So my questions are:

1. ⁠Does the amount of turbinate swelling on the day of RF affect how much tissue is actually reduced?
2. ⁠Is RF normally performed conservatively enough that temporary congestion wouldn’t matter much?
3. ⁠Has anyone had RF turbinate reduction when their turbinate size fluctuated significantly depending on position/allergies/medications?
4. ⁠Would you personally ask the ENT to be especially conservative in this situation?
5. ⁠Could treating an upper molar infection afterward reduce nasal/turbinate inflammation enough that the combination could leave the turbinate functionally too small?

p.s i know this is a lot to help a stranger, but please help me out, im literally dying because of this, i don’t sleep much maybe 2-3 hours per day if lucky
I’d even award $25 for taking your time

My nasal obstruction is very variable. When I’m upright and NOT taking tadalafil, my nose can actually be pretty clear. My main problem is that my turbinates swell and block my nose when I lie down with and without medications, and tadalafil/PDE5 inhibitors make them swell enough that I can feel congested even while standing.
My ENT has confirmed turbinate swelling(No medications on day of exam), and I’m scheduled for RF reduction.
My concern is: if I happen to be more congested than usual on the day of surgery (because I took tadalafil, allergies, lying down, etc.), could the turbinates look substantially larger than their normal baseline? Could that result in the surgeon reducing more tissue than would actually be appropriate for my normal, non-congested state?
I also have a failed root canal/infection on my upper-left first molar (#14). My dentist says there is an abscess/infection around it, and I’m considering extraction about a week after the RF. I’m wondering if the dental infection could be contributing to my left-sided nasal/sinus inflammation.

So my questions are:

1. Does the amount of turbinate swelling on the day of RF affect how much tissue is actually reduced?
2. Is RF normally performed conservatively enough that temporary congestion wouldn’t matter much?
3. Has anyone had RF turbinate reduction when their turbinate size fluctuated significantly depending on position/allergies/medications?
4. Would you personally ask the ENT to be especially conservative in this situation?
5. Could treating an upper molar infection afterward reduce nasal/turbinate inflammation enough that the combination could leave the turbinate functionally too small?

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2 weeks ago we setup cox in our new home. My Cox bill was ~$115 for the internet. After my Internet was disconnected due to a free Mobile line ID verification issue(turns out new agent made a mistake that caused a false fraud to go off), Escalation/Retention restored my services 4 days later and confirmed my bill was back to ~$115, plus gave me a $36 outage credit.
Retention then transferred me to Mobile since its 1 free line I still wanted to see the options.

This is where everything gets interesting and deceptive, The Mobile rep told me my bill would be $230 if I didn’t take the mobile line. I told her that was wrong, I just got off the phone with someone who confirmed multiple times my bill is $115 and I said I wanted to call Retention/Billing to verify again. She told me they would just transfer me back to her.
While I was on the call, Cox sent me a notification showing my bill had changed to ~$230.
I later spoke with another Cox rep who confirmed the Mobile rep had removed the discounts that Retention had just applied.
I have the call recording and the Cox notification showing the change. I’ve since gotten my bill corrected back to $115.
Does this sound like deceptive sales conduct? Should I formally escalate this to Cox or report it elsewhere? Has anyone experienced something similar?

im seriously concerned about other people who have no idea about this and are overpaying this much, and if i didnt know what I was doing, id be paying $230 monthly for 2gb internet which is ridiculously high

i reported her to other agents and looks like she increased my bill from $115 to $230 behind my back while we were talking but fortunately there’s evidence that she did it behind my back and wanted to take advantage of me. I was already so frustrated with the wrong disconnection for a week of no internet and when they reactivated they doubled the monthly bill

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