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Luka Doncic scored 32 points and the Dallas Mavericks overcame the return of Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard to beat Los Angeles 96-93 and tie their Western Conference first-round playoff series at a game apiece.

Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton said a fan directed a racial slur at his younger brother during Game 1 of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Phoenix Suns guard Grayson Allen appeared to aggravate the sprained right ankle he suffered in the playoff opener.

Pascal Siakam scored 37 points and the Indiana Pacers overcame another fantastic first-half performance from Damian Lillard to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 125-108 and tie their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series at one game apiece.

Julio Rodriguez hit his first home run of the season, Cal Raleigh added a two-run blast and Logan Gilbert shut down the Rangers’ offense as the Mariners moved into first place in the AL West with a 4-0 win over the defending World Series champs.

Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points for a career best in the playoffs and spearheaded another stifling defensive performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 105-93 victory over the Phoenix Suns to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.

Elijah Jackson endeared himself to UW fans forever when he made the game-winning pass breakup on the final play of the Sugar Bowl. Now, after choosing to stay with the Huskies, the cornerback is ready to create more special moments.

Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and an assist and the Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers held on to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky might have had the save of the year.

Before Tuesday's series opener in Texas, Mariners DH Mitch Garver was presented with the World Series championship ring he earned with the Rangers last season.

Kawhi Leonard scored four points in the first half of his return for the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 2 of their playoff series against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks.

The WSU secondary provided some hope with big plays during Tuesday's spring practice, while the offensive line adjusts to a new coach.

The Minnesota Timberwolves ownership dispute is moving into mediation.

Philadelphia’s Tyrese Maxey was fouled twice before his turnover that led to the go-ahead 3-pointer by Donte DiVincenzo in the New York Knicks’ victory over the 76ers in Game 2.

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Introduction

This will be a long post and I will attempt to break it down into digestible sections. I am very grateful for you taking the time to read my story and potentially provide whatever help you can. I am based in Seattle and starting my own business so I don't have access to health insurance unfortunately, but when I was working in a corporate environment I had the opportunity to see an ENT specialist and I'll share those findings below.

Sections:

1. Overall Health & Lifestyle
2. Daily Symptoms
3. Medical History
4. Conclusion

Overall Health & Lifestyle

I consider myself to be a very active individual. I'm engaging in some level of physical activity everyday:

• Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 90 min strenuous gym session
• Tuesday, Thursday, sometimes Saturday - 60 min of yoga
• Weekends - Hiking, Snowboarding, playing sports, long walks, etc.

I am currently on no medications, and my body fat% is between 15-20% I would say. I try to eat as healthy as I can, lots of whole foods and proteins, but I do occasionally indulge in sweets and "unhealthy food" here and there. I would say I'm probably eating fast food maybe once a week, but that is paired with a pretty high intensity activity such as snowboarding or going for a very long hike.

I try to exclude dairy from my regular diet as I'm fairly lactose and tolerant, and out of the 21 or so meals we eat in a week (7 days a week X 3 meals a day) I would say I maybe eat out 2 or 3 of those meals on a weekly basis.

I would say that I'm very emotionally stable, my mood is generally quite high, and I feel good about the place I am in life. Great friends, great partner, awesome living situation all around and I feel very blessed and grateful to be where I am in life.

Daily Symptoms

For as long as I can remember, I've had issues with breathing through my nose. Ever since my highschool cross country coach told me how you're supposed to breathe while running - in through the nose, out through the mouth, and me feeling like drowning whenever I tried and employ that technique, I knew something was off.

I snore quite explosively (many friends have shared this with me) and there have been certain instances where my friends/partner check to see if I'm still breathing because it sounds like I'm choking in my sleep or something. I'm 99% certain I have some level of sleep apnea because I never feel like I feel totally rested whenever I wake up. Of course I feel rested when I get like 10 hours of sleep in, but I feel like there's another level of "restfulness" that I have not had the opportunity to experience yet in life due to my sinuses.

Every morning, I'm coughing up phlegm to a certain degree and trying to clear out my pharynx/throat and everything feels quite clogged and backed up in the morning after waking up.

I have also been experiencing tonsil stones quite frequently over the past year and I read that that was a potential symptom of sinus issues.

Overall I feel like breathing through my nose definitely requires more deliberate effort than it should.

Medical History

My first time encountering this issue with doctors was actually with an orthodontist initially. They were doing a scan on my jaw to see if I needed to get some kind of surgery to move my jaw back to better fit my bite or something. And during the scan, the doctors said they saw a large blockage of some sort and they emphasized that they typically wouldn't be able to see something like that on the kind of scan they were doing.

This was back in high school and heaven knows what in the world I was thinking not getting it addressed at the time, but here we are.

Last year I had the opportunity to see an ENT specialist about my sinuses. He prescribed me the following routine for 3 weeks:

Twice a day (AM/PM)

• Doxycycline
• Mucinex DM
• Afrin Spray (3 days on, 3 days off)

This routine didn't really do much for me other than give me diarrhea for a couple of days. The doctor was very confident this would succeed, but it did not work.

Conclusion

What should I try and do from here on out? I've tried the nose tape, it sort of helps a little bit but not much. I haven't tried mouth taping yet, but I'm open to any potential solutions that are available based on my situation.

I've been trying to mitigate this issue by living a healthy lifestyle, but sleep is definitely something I would love to have a healthier relationship with. Thank you very much for reading through this, have a great day!

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