May 17, 2007
I HAS A NETI POT
Allergy season is here in the worst way and I recently was hit hard enough that I had to stay out of work for a day to recuperate. I've been miserable for four days and a visit to the doctor offered the same remedies as it always does: antiallergins, steroids to lower swelling and a promise of antibiotics when the inevitable sinus infection comes. I'm making an appointment to get an allergist and I will take the battery of medicines but it's time for something new.... something... neti...
Allergy season is here in the worst way and I recently was hit hard enough that I had to stay out of work for a day to recuperate. I've been miserable for four days and a visit to the doctor offered the same remedies as it always does: antiallergins, steroids to lower swelling and a promise of antibiotics when the inevitable sinus infection comes. I'm making an appointment to get an allergist and I will take the battery of medicines but it's time for something new.... something... neti...
Some background: I have severe pollen and dustmite allergies and have had them ever since I was a small child. Allergy season knocks me out pretty much every year. Nothing ever completely works and I'm ready to do just about anything to save myself now... including pouring salty water into my skull.
Spurred on by discussion in this ILX thread, I decided to buy a neti pot. I'll be using it for the first time tonight and am committed to trying it at least once a day for the next two weeks. I'll chronicle the experiment here.
Monkeys with Neti practice? Curious Neti Monkeys? Folks who want to laugh as I jam this in my nostril?
Get on board for neti fun!
should reveal yourselvesshould join thelonelyparty. Right now, it's just Koko and four guys, which is good for her, but for us, a bit of a sausage-fest.forcedasked nicely by hillbillyswamp to crawl under the house and investigate what she insisted was a weak air vent in the nursery. This turned into a couple of hours of sweaty, nasty, claustrophobic work while I rigged up a conduit out of sheet metal and duct tape (turns out it's also good for ducts!) to fix a gap in the ductwork that can only be described as "WTF." It works beautifully, and you will be happy to learn that I rule. My sweat mixed with the dirt I was slithering around in to create a nice head-to-toe mudcrust. After I showered it off of me, I dutifully partook of the potsnork. NAS. TY. Oh, dear God, the brown. This has become more than personal hygiene. This has become a bright spot in my day, a game that I have dubbed What's In My Head? Thank God I'm married. No one would want to have sex with me now.