Soko,
you seem (naturally) very confused and the tons of information you have to digest seems to confuse you further. Let me try to suggest a few things that will help straighten up your priorities:
People here have given you lots of information, which is all good and true, but might be confusing as it is not listed from "more important" to "less important", and you may think that the only way to improve your condition is if you do all their recommendations at once... and that doesn't help with your stress levels and possibly prompts you into thinking of doing desperate things - like quitting grad school (which if you do you'll be very sorry about in the future).

The Facts:

1. ENS is caused when too much turbinate BONE and tissue are resected. In cases when only the soft tissue of the turbinate was cauterized the symptoms are milder and some tissue will grow back, although never to what it was like in quality. Therefore when bone is involved - the loss is permanent - IT WILL NOT GROW BACK - no matter how much you distress, eat organic foods and take all the supplement in the world. Just like an amputated limb won't grow back.
Once such a mass is missing the only solution is surgical intervention to rebuild back the volume of the partially resected turbinate or to fabricate the volume of a look alike turbinate in cases of complete IT loss or in cases of MT resections. The best known way to do that today is through Alloderm implantation.

2. Cymetra cannot be used for increasing the volume significantly the way Alloderm does. Cymetra can be used only to top off an already existing Alloderm implant and/or for fine adjustments and improvements after the main implant has incorporated. The main bulk of improvement is achieved through Alloderm not Cymetra.

2. All the other stuff - eating well, taking supplements, exercising, distressing etc', is all good for improving your general health and boosting your immune system, but it will not cause any tissue regeneration; it will just improve the function of your remaining tissues.

3. Out of all the flood of information on diets, supplements and alternative therapies my own experience and the reported testimonies of many other ENS veterans point to this:
Sticking to a regular routine of life which includes regular exercise and regular hours of sleep is the most important thing. Other than that there is nothing you can do to spontaneously make your resected turbinates grow. This is harsh perhaps and difficult to swallow, but it is crucial to internalize and understand.
Yes, those who have had very small resections (up to 15%) of their turbinates (middle or inferior) from the posterior part only, can expect their symptoms to improve somewhat over the years and might get to a point where they feel they do not need implants. But, those who have had more than that resected, especially when it's from the anterior side of their turbinates, will need some form of implantation to significantly improve their symptoms.

Go to Dr Houser, it's the only significant thing you can do to get on the right track towards a better future. I am sure all members here who have gone to him will concur.

Good Luck,

TE.
[An eleven years ENS veteran, the editor and research assistant of Dr Houser's recent series article on ENS, and a co-founder of this forum and ENS association].