OMG I'm snotty.... again!

[NoMoreMindGames]

see, look:  this is what i use for my chronic post nasal drip.  it also works to help stop colds when you feel one coming on.  it's very similar to a Neti-pot, which i googled btw:

[lighter]

If the saline nasal rinse kit 'flows' then I guess it's very similar to the neti pot: ) 

If it sprays, it's more like OCEAN saline nasal spray.

If it 'squirts' I believe it's more like eye saline which I've never had the pleasure of squiring in my nose. 

Yet. 

Hmmmmmm

[NoMoreMindGames]

yes, it definitely "squirts", although very smoothly, so one could compare it to a sort of "flow".....

[lighter]

yes, it definitely "squirts", although very smoothly, so one could compare it to a sort of "flow".....

Honestly NoMore.... I think you'd have to be stading at the sink with a teapot stuffed up your nose to make that judgement, lol; )

[isittoolate]

[Hopalong]

But...but...the Neti pot is more ECO FRIENDLY because you just wash it and use it for the next 50 years, eh?

Hops who cannot beleeeeeeeeeve she started this

hee

[isittoolate]

Instigater, Hops

but we all need a good laugh now and again-- really!!!!

...Like lighter thinking that old picture of my 16-yr old granma had married the old guy, my ½ uncle--------------and I am still alive??????????????????????????????????   

Land o' Goshen I loved lighter finding a knee slapper in that!

[lighter]

But...but...the Neti pot is more ECO FRIENDLY because you just wash it and use it for the next 50 years, eh?

Hops who cannot beleeeeeeeeeve she started this

hee

Ya.... and you guys are laughing BECAUSE standing at the sink WITH A TEAPOT STUFFED UP ONE'S NOSE IS EXACTLY what is going on here,lol!

::muttering under my breath::  If I can get the same relief from a bottle of saline eye wash....... HOPS is in trouble!

hee

[lighter]

OK... I know you guys aren't doctors or anything but.....

I had a bit of an ear popping thing yesterday..... and when I went to scratch my ear last night it hurt light heck.  It's better now but... it wasn't good last night.

Can an outer or middle ear infection come and go in a day?

has anyone else had that experience before?

[Hopalong]

Hmm. Something's sure irritating a nerve. So sorry, Lighter...ow.
Can you ask a pharmacist for some OTC drops?

Step
away
from
the
Neti
pot!

Hops

[finding peace]

Did you feel any fluid come out?  You might have popped an ear drum.

I've had this happen with colds and it really hurts.  I had one once where it was a real quick pain - lasted about a minute or so, and another time where it was excruciatingly painful for a couple of hours, the ear drum broke open, and the pain stopped - once the drum tears, the pain goes away.

You should have it checked.  If you popped the drum you may need some medicine to prevent infection and accelerate the healing.

[Certain Hope]

Lighter,

I dunno, but some of the fluid from sinuses may have backed up into the eustachian tube?

ENT used to tell my kids to pop their ears to reduce pressure, but never when the sinuses are plugged.
(By holding nose and mouth tightly closed and blowing hard, puffing out cheeks)

Is it better this morning?  Hope so!

Love,
Hope

[lighter]

All better today!

No tenderness when I touch da ear,lol.

When I first noted something going on..... I had sucked up some Ocean and grapefruit seed extract that never bothered me in the past.

It felt like I was getting an ear infection or something that usually leads to pressure that bursts my ear drum.  Happened twice before.

When I touched my ear later that evening..... it felt like it was swollen on the inside and would be bright red if I could see it... so painful!

The next day it was better.

Today it's fine.

Hops.... remember when I said it felt like the neti pot was finding secret wrong passages to my brain, lol?

Maybe it was into my ear? 

I have no idea how all that stuff connects and I'm going to build sandcastles and not think about it for as while.

Neti pot is safely stowed back home, where I can't hurt myself with it, lol; )

Next time I try it..... it'll be in the shower and see if that doesn't help.

[Hopalong]

Yoickers, I am sorry, Lighter.
I wouldn'ta been so pushy about the pot if I'd realized it could make yer ears hurt...

but you're right, the sinusbone is connected to the earbone

I went to see a church lady today who had brain surgery on Friday and she's up in bed cracking jokes.
And going home tomorrow! Lawsy.

Hops

[lighter]

Ahhh Hops...

::wiping water off computer screen::

The earbone is connected to the nosebone, lol?

I was eating leftover seafood cheesy grits earlier.   

Could have been a lot worse, lol