Thursday, May 22, 2008

The Nasaline and my Continuing Saga of My Nose!


I am so sick of dealing with nasal sprays, saline mists, pills, and my doctor shoving lights and instruments up my nose!! I decided enough is enough, if traditional medicine was not working I would try alternative medicine. I am a Massage Therapist for gosh sake! I know massage works better for most people than "here take this pill for pain and this pill for inflammation and I want you to come back in a month!" Anyway, I went out and bought a Nasaline, nasal irrigator which is a giant syringe with a rubber tip on the end. Here is the blurb from the manufacturer's website:
Nasaline is a unique, patented, drug-free nasal irrigation system designed by a team of Swedish ear, nose, and throat specialists. With the simple use of saline solution, Nasaline effectively washes away unwanted mucous, crusty secretions or allergens and provides relief from symptoms associated with allergies, colds, or the flu. I decided I would add essential oils to the saline solution to try and get a grip on my allergies and stuffy nose and it worked great! I can breath and I am not blowing my nose and sniffing every five minutes. There is a downside, because of the way our sinuses are situated in our head the saline solution can get trapped in the sinuses. You are told to blow your nose lightly after using the Nasaline but still some saline solution can be left. Sooooo... imagine this; I use my Nasaline in the morning, blow my nose, get ready for work, drop my kids off, arrive at work, drink some coffee and I get a call one of the women in the office has a computer problem. So I head down to the office and work on her computer as I am finishing someone else has a problem so I stop at her cubicle. She explains her issue and I said no problem easy fix and as I bend over to restart her computer, SALINE SOLUTION POURS OUT OF MY NOSE! OMG, how gross!! What do you say when you have just dumped nasal juices all over someones chair mat? Lucky for me she has three boys so she just laughed, thank you Jesus!

2 comments:

Iris Took said...

HAHAH! Is your nose running? Better go catch it!

Iris Took said...

PS Cute pic of you taking a pic.