OMG I'm snotty.... again!

[isittoolate]

Hopsy

heh heh heh

That gave me a chuckle
 

Izzy

[lighter]

Izz and Hops....

I wish I hadn't taken the benadryl so I'd know how much the neti pot helped.  \

I do feel much better. 

My old self, in fact. 

Can't tell exactly why but I'm going to do the little pot thing bc Hops says so, lol. 

I was planning on making it a morning ritual, right before flossing. 

It's good to know you only do it a couple times a week and it helps so much, Hops. 

The little pot directions  do say to do it daily

I'll play it by ear..... but I really had a good day yesterday, in all ways.  Not just my nose. 

I handled stress better than ever. 

I asserted myself and really paid attention to what I wanted other people to hear. 

I concentrated on my goals and mindfully chose my communication style to address them.

It was an excercise in pulling back and observing those around me before I spoke. 

I understood how much my posture affects the way I'm responded to (No, I don't think I'm all powerfu, lol... yet; )

But I'm learning: )

[Hopalong]

Heck, yep, if you have sinus probs, daily is better....

 

So proud of your openmindednesssinusness, Lighter.

 
Hops

[lighter]

Heck, yep, if you have sinus probs, daily is better....

 

So proud of your openmindednesssinusness, Lighter.

 
Hops

Heeeeee!  You're having waaaayyyy too much fun, Izzy, lol.     

I wasn't feeling all that well with my nose today so I decided to show my youngest how it's done.

She filled the pot and then we sat down to discuss how this wasn't any fun but that I did it bc it was good for me,  just like the shots she'll receive soon. 

She was riveted, lol.... esp after I told her she was lucky to get the shots, some children couldn't get them in some countries ::nod:: 

Wide eyed and standing a bit to the side, well out of the way of any crazy spraying her little mind conjured up (she didn't exactly know how this nose pot thing would go ) I inserted and tried to flooowwwwwww. 

::breath through mouth.... relax , fight urge to blow and run::

One look at her face.....

 and I laughed.....

effevtively creating some kind of weird suction thing that cut off my flow. 

Darnit.


This time it felt more like catching an ocean wave in the face while breathing in through my smeller. 

Very unpleasant. 

Too unpleasant.

I tried the left side and it flowed better. 

I was doing well with it when dd stuck her hand under the water coming out. 

She was so seriouse, lol..... I had to laugh again. 

This slowed things down, of course, and it was just too slow for me to keep going. 

I poured out about half the pot and shot my nose full of Zicam: /

::sigh::

Hops.... does it ever flow really really fast, lol?

 CAN I get it to flow faster? 

Some inverted snort thing?



 

[teartracks]

lighter,

A good alternative to using the neti pot daily might be to use a saline spray in between.   My ENT suggested that I use saline spray daily.  It has helped clear up my pipes including my bad ear that collects fluid with micro bubbles that go pop.  I make my own with distilled water and kitchen salt. 

tt

[lighter]

Oh tt, bless you, lol. 

I snort OCEAN and that isn't nearly so bad! 

I feel so much better now that I have actual ENT permission to do that more and neti pot less.

I'll still do it but I plan on choosing those times where I'm running behind and can't slow down to feel to sorry for myself; )

Correction... and a surprise.... that little horned devil was from HOPS!?!? 

I was sure it was from Izzy, lol; )

[Hopalong]

 

Now, Lighter...
You can't give up on the Neti, noooooooooo!

Okay, here's the thing. It might be easier to do it in the shower. When you bend forward over the sink I think it's harder. Stand up straighter, anyway. You don't have to force it to pour, that's the thing. It just flows. You can hold your head relatively straight and normally, and just lift the Neti pot...let it flow.

You LET it enter your nose, rather than trying to "push the water".

Jeez. I will sorely miss these marine adventures, but if you hafta...

Ocean. Piff.

 

 
Hops

[lighter]

I wasn't going to give them up entirely

Ya ya, that's it.... I was gonna wait till I had NO time to fiddle about and do it when I was

1)running behind

2)was frantically looking for panty hose

Ya ya... that's it.

No, really...... I'll shoot for 3 times a week and settle for 2 in the shower, lol.

I wasn't going to give up on your fun....rrrr..... my neti routine.

Flow sounds so much better than force though

Thanks for that bit of advice. 

Most people would just give the pot to their children for teatime, but not me

[Hopalong]

Most people would just give the pot to their children for teatime, but not me

 

 

I tell you, I LOVE the way this board can tackle everything from decomposing Ns to constipated sinuses!

 

Hops
 
 

[lighter]

:::Popping up from sofa::::


Where's the thread on decomposing Ns, lol!?!?!?

[isittoolate]

YA!   WHERE?

[lighter]

Oh great....


if I can't sleep..... I'll end up paranoid and head snapping at shadows I think (but realize aren't) N zombies around every corner: /

Thanks guys, lol. 

[isittoolate]

Most people would just give the pot to their children for teatime, but not me

 

 

I tell you, I LOVE the way this board can tackle everything from decomposing Ns to constipated sinuses!

 

Hops
 

Wait until we get to constipated Ns and decomposing sinuses.!!!!

BOOM

[lighter]

Most people would just give the pot to their children for teatime, but not me

 

 

I tell you, I LOVE the way this board can tackle everything from decomposing Ns to constipated sinuses!

 

Hops



 

Wait until we get to constipated Ns and decomposing sinuses.!!!!

BOOM

::rubbing nose:::

You're sick Izzy, lol. 

Now I'm hungry, lol! 

What does that say about me, lol?

[isittoolate]

Hungry?

but this morning tho'