OMG I'm snotty.... again!

[lighter]

OK, this isn't an emergency but...... I was just sick a couple weeks ago and my nose is just getting over being a peeling mess from all that fun. 

NOOOOOOOO! 

I have a big week. 

I have to be able think clearly! 

I have things to do that I can't do well if I can't THINK!

::squirting nose full of Zicam, again::

::sneezing 3 times like a very very loudly, lol::

WHERE IS MY OCEAN!

[Ami]

Dear Lighter,
   I can see that it is the middle of the night. You are probably worrying and feeling panicky. I bet that  you will feel better in the morning. Feeling sick is very hard on our emotions. You have so much to deal with right now. Feeling sick  seems overwhelming on top of everything else.I will be waiting to hear from you
  My prayers are that the morning finds you better                   Love  Ami
   ((((((((((((((((((Lighter))))))))))))))))))))))))

[Certain Hope]

Dear Lighter,

I'm over here praying that you'll awaken refreshed and un-snotty!

((((((((Lighter)))))))) 

Molds and allergens are abounding around here... and yesterday I mowed, so...
with one clear nostril and one up-stopped, just wishing you a smiley day 

Love,
Hope

[isittoolate]

There a little pails you can buy now that clip onto your nose to catch the drips

voila no red nose from blowing.

[bigalspal]

Lighter,
Oh no...I'm sorry your're sick 
The only thing that ever makes a stuufy head & runny nose better, for me, is Vick's VapoRub!
'The Love Rub".
Nice grandma remedy!
Feel better, soon!
Love,
Bigalspal

[lighter]

Thanks for all the concern and advice, guys.

::adjusting thimbals under nose..... slathering on Vapo Rub::::

I'm HUNGRY! 

I'm going to get clean, eat another Benadryl (Allergy Sinus and Headache) then share the wonder, that is me, with the world, lol. 

::Sigh::  It could be worse; )

[Hopalong]

Neti

pot

will

help

you-choo...


Hops

[WRITE]

I take 'airbourne' and vitamin C powders every day, or I seem to pick up everything going.

Get well soon!

[Ami]

How are you doing,Lighter? Better I hope .                        Love Ami

[lighter]

Hops..... I have a lovely little netti pot sitting in a brown bag on my bathroom counter.  Purple.  Looks handmade. 

Yes..... I'm stalling.

Not quite able to bring myself tto read the instructions..... how does one get the water to......

flow?


:::trudging toward the bathroom::


OK! 

Got it figured out. 

Kinda sorta.

It's not a fast flowing type thing but it did make me feel like I was drowning.... twice. 

My brain was quite certain that there was a wrong way passage in there that let water into it's cavity.... not a good thing.  Brain stinging but willing to consider it's just my vivid imagination, correct posture and wait and see.

Backed up down my throat once. 

Very (french) salty.

Didn't taste any different than regular salt stripped of all the minerals and such.  ::shrug::

Better flow from left nostril to right.   Why do we have to do both directions?  Seems redundant, somehow.

Not to mention all that reinserting and snugging up of the little spout. 

Directions say I must remain awake for at least an hour to allow mucous drainage.  Hmmm....

::going to fetch towel::

After all was said and done.... I was left standing at the sink feeling like I'd just thrown up sans the tummy discomfort.

And food. 

Left ear popped back to just about normal. 

Does this sound right, Hops, lol?

Ami, I'm feeling better.... now.  Had a really nice dinner with a friend and we ordered salt and pepper squid,
Chow Fun with big fresh shrimp baby bock choy and carrots,
Lettuce Wraps and
Dungeness Crab with Green Onion Ginger sauce and oh my God....
it was an hour long non stop feast where I thought about nothing but food. 

Eating meditation.  ::nodding::

Write:  Thanks for reminding me to hit the vitamin C, and all the other stuff I have to busy myself, if not make me feel better, lol.
Golden seal........ and ya,

Chocolate; )

[Hopalong]

 
 

Lighter! 
That was priceless. Thank you!

Ummm...
keep it up.

Just use a little bit less salt.

You'll get used to the invaded orifices feeling.

It's like being nasally deflowered...eventually it feels GOOD. (Sometimes!)

Or maybe a better image is swimming?

Just a couple times a week...and use kosher salt, not iodized.

I swear, keep it up for a month or six weeks and your mucosal passages will begin to heal from years of chronic inflammation and then you'll thank me, I swear...(I hope).

hugs
Hops

[lighter]

Hops, I think I come from nasally inflamed people, lol.

I hope this thing actually helps, past making me feel better just because I don't have pool water invading my passages... which is sorta like.... ummmmm.... drowning, lol.  Yup yup yup.

I can't say that I do feel much better and it's time to sleep now but nothing works miracles in one ::shudder:: invasion. 

The towel I've been clutching,
 in anticipation of some ominous mucoidal (yes I made that word up, seemed right somehow ::nodding: drainage is being tossed aside. 

But not too far aside, lol. 

Haven't needed it so far

Maybe I'm tipped too far back?

 ::sitting up straight:: 

::sigh::  I am so tired and so ready for sleep. 

I have a big day tomorrow, not sure how things will go but I have something to help keep my mind off worrying about it now..... ::gently blowing wetness around in sinus cavity::

::pushing bottles of vitamin C, Zican and golden seal over on bed... pulling chocolate closer::

Nite Hops.  Nite guys. 

[lighter]

Hops:
I found Varcho Veda Neti wash plus in that little brown bag on my br counter this morning.

My Zen Buhhdist friend did all the picking out of Netistuff yesterday....

 while I was immersed seeking banana bread comfort foodstuffs, lol. 

So.... this mornings foray into sinus surfing included zinc for sinus and immune support.

It wasn't quite so traumatic this morning. 

Much better when have to keep moving and don't have time to stand there and drool between nostrils while contemplating all possible meanings of the word 'invaded.'

[isittoolate]

I hope this thing actually helps, past making me feel better just because I don't have pool water invading my passages... which is sorta like.... ummmmm.... drowning, lol.  Yup yup yup.

 

And are you really on the mend? I hope so.

xx
Izzy

[Hopalong]

 

Lighter, why do I have the feeling you'll milk this for all it's worth?

PLEASE DO!

 (((Lighter)))

Hops