That's when I got the giggles. The idea of pouring water into my nose, on purpose, was too ridiculous. I laughed until I had tears dripping out of my eyes, which made me laugh even harder, because it looked like the fluid was going in my nostril and dribbling out my eyeballs.
Was an ounce of cheap plastic and some packs of salt and baking soda worth the $14? I don't know if it did much for my sinuses, but the laughter surely was good for my general well-being.
I've never tried an actual neti pot, but what we use in our house are the sinus rinse stuff that you can buy at Walgreen's. Yes, you are (gently) squirting water up into your nose, but if you do it right, you don't get water way back into your nose thereby avoiding the feeling of having "water up your nose." And it really does work.
ReplyDeleteIf you're stuffy and goopy and full of snot, the stuff that comes out via a sinus rinse is pretty gross. But, the plus side is that all that gross stuff is now out of your sinuses!
I swear by sinus rinses when I'm sick, as they always drastically reduce the severity of my runny nose. However, I've never tired a neti pot.