Thar she blows

At first I thought the Neti-Pots was a hoax. For those of you who don’t know, a neti-pot looks like a little teapot. When I told Greg that my blogger friends mentioned it, he read my blog and sent me a link saying, “Do you want me to get this for you?”

Click here for Instructions Video.

I watched the instructions and thought, “Oh, but no.” It looked… well, icky!

Greg came home and he bought it for me, insisting that I try it, after all, “Four of your bloggers mentioned it and the lady at the store said that you would really like it.” He even prepared it for me while commenting how “this has been done for hundreds of years.”

Looking at the small plastic pot, I had memory flashes of me when I was a little girl having tea parties. I almost got the giggles thinking, “What if a mother saw her daughter sticking the end of a teapot into her nose?”

Did I try it? If it wasn’t for Greg preparing it and thinking, “Hmm, would be blog worthy.” I mean, how often do I get to write about a mechanism that clears snot? Really.

But here’s a word of advise, make sure that you do not do this in front of your loved one! It’s not an image I’d want Greg to have of me ~ pouring salty water into on nostril, open mouth to breath and then water dribbling out the other side! Afterwards, make sure you have tissue handy. All those “nooks and crannies” are flushed out and “thar she blows.”

One weird part about the experience is that it doesn’t go in one nostril and out the other, it takes a little time for the solution to come back out of the lower nostril. Made me think, “Where on earth did it go?”

No problems doing the right side, but I was a little spastic with the left side. Maybe I didn’t tilt my head enough on the left or my left hand wasn’t use to the position, but I kept swallowing the water. Eww. Finally did manage it.

Oh and for those interested, I’d do it again. Only this time, I’d try it early on instead of waiting to find out I have a sinus infection, once that familiar tickle and scratch in my throat starts I’ll use the neti pot. (Doctor gave me a shot and put me on antibiotics.)

Thanks a bunch for all your well wishes and some great ideas on sinus pressure! You introduced me to the Neti-Pot and I’m also going to try Holly’s idea.