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[yagathai]

At work. Throat still hurts and my sinuses are an everfull pitcher of snot. Send throat spray and a small but powerful vacuum cleaner, stat!

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[yagathai.livejournal.com]

So you're saying I should waterboard myself?

[lawbabeak.livejournal.com]

My mom resisted using her Neti pot for years, positive she would think she was drowning herself. She called me last winter, to proudly crow she had flushed her sinuses and not died.

You want to use salt that is not iodized. It is also helpful to add a touch of baking soda - it seems to make the water flow more comfortably, and was in the recipe my nose doc gave me. Water should be warm but not hot. Hot/cold hurts like a bitch - especially since you're top sinus's top is your brain pan's bottom. If you've got radiator heat, mix up water, salt, and baking soda in a plastic bottle and leave it on the radiator, then fill your Neti pot from that. Otherwise, careful nuking will also work.