Spidra, I know it's gross, but have you tried saline water, or a neti pot? Sucking salt water up your nose isn't the most delightful thing ever, but it's the only thing that stopped the persistent pain in my sinuses.
I second this idea, and would expand on it. When I was a kid, I didn't have a pediatrician, I had an ears, nose and throat man. One of the times I was particularly miserable with a sinus infection, he said to mix 1 Tbs. Baking Soda, 1 tsp. salt, and 1/2 c. hot water - and snort the mixture. If you do this, I can guarantee two things: A. You will HATE me for 3 or 4 minutes; and 2. Your sinuses WILL get cleaned out. The third thing is, that if you were experiencing major nasal congestion, about five minutes after you snorted this stuff, you would start to love me again.
Simple, inexpensive saline nasal spray is gentle and is often very helpful when used consistently. While not nearly as explosively effective as the above method, it may be a good choice.
Thanks for the advice guys. I have no nasal congestion, which is the weird thing. Just loads of sinus pain. I will try taking your advice, but when I'm getting close to bedtim. I don't want to be dripping for hours while I'm trying to work.
Everyone should live their life the Guinea Pig way. [link] Animated, dancing GP with a philosophy of life.
I have invited Wallybee over for dinner on Wednesday (on the grounds that next weekend seemed a long time to go without seeing her). She seems to like the idea. Who'da thunk it?
I listened to an NPR piece by Bartlett. It was fascinating.
Whew, for a minute there, I thought I'd killed the thread with the Guinea Pig thing. Yay for middle-of-the-week date-age, bt.
I listened to an NPR piece by Bartlett. It was fascinating.
I heard an interview with him about the book on NPR Friday or last night. I remembered the title.
Today sucked SO BAD. I'm still shaking and I'm going to have an emotional hangover tomorrow. I can't explain the reason, but tomorrow, please remind me that there are good things in life. Someone - please?
Betsy, I think that it's overpriced by about a hundred dollars, but I'm fairly cheap, shop around a lot, and am going in large part by how overpriced the other things that seller has offered in various places have been, compared to how much I'd spend at one of the local antique malls.
However, if you like it an awful lot, sometimes a little more is worth it for something unique.
