Thanks for the replys guys. Bill, it began as a minor head cold, sniffles, etc. Then the telltale signs of a sinus infection sent me to the first doctor, who put me on anitbiotics--they didn't work.

Keep in mind there is only a very thin layer of bone between your sinus' and your meningae, which surrounds your brain. When the infection became severe, it began eating away that thin layer of bone, which is what caused the pain. Had the infection made it all the way through the bone, which it would have done in just one or two more days without surgical intervention by the second doctor, it would have resulted in meningitus. Most folks do not survive infectious meningitus. I dodged a big bullet!

Gary