The Cats Love it When I'm Sick
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Linguine is in Nap Heaven
Can I just say that I'm tired of having the World's Most Hyperactive Immune System? I'm sick of my chronic sinus illnesses.
I had opera tickets last night, but stayed home with a cold and blinding sinus-headache. What a depressing waste of money.
While I'm grumping away, I need to express my bafflement at the whole neti pot phenomenon. I have sort of managed to get the thing to work. It still feels like water-boarding. I don't see what's so amazing about it. Unlike what many people report, I'm not liberating tons of disgusting material. If anything, my sinuses are too dry. I suspect that there's not a lot to dislodge. According to my ear-nose-and-throat doctor, I'm supposed to use this peculiar torture device three times a day.
Other than the freaky gross-out factor of getting water to squirt into one nostril and out the other, I really don't see what the objective is. Why would any adult person want to do this?
Linguine is in Nap HeavenCan I just say that I'm tired of having the World's Most Hyperactive Immune System? I'm sick of my chronic sinus illnesses.
I had opera tickets last night, but stayed home with a cold and blinding sinus-headache. What a depressing waste of money.
While I'm grumping away, I need to express my bafflement at the whole neti pot phenomenon. I have sort of managed to get the thing to work. It still feels like water-boarding. I don't see what's so amazing about it. Unlike what many people report, I'm not liberating tons of disgusting material. If anything, my sinuses are too dry. I suspect that there's not a lot to dislodge. According to my ear-nose-and-throat doctor, I'm supposed to use this peculiar torture device three times a day.
Other than the freaky gross-out factor of getting water to squirt into one nostril and out the other, I really don't see what the objective is. Why would any adult person want to do this?
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I too try to use the neti pot with no appreciable results... mine won't even go from one nostril to the other.. to gross to even continue.
When you feel up to it, check you AQ-mail, I sent you a link to some interesting bee-reading.... :-)
sojourner
http://www.skeinz.com/Newsletters/spring2011.html
Has your ENT ruled out sinus surgery? I had chronic sinus problems and visual migraines for a year until a doctor finally realized I needed surgery.
-Karen M
Have you seen a good ENT, perhaps at Stanford?