I just might try snorting salt water off a teaspoon tonight.
Ah the joys of not having insurance.
Can't just run to the doctor every time you get a sinus infection, can you?
I guess I could try drinking apple cider vinegar. Apparently that's good for sinus infections.
Oh wait. It says:
Please remember -- the key to success is to use apple cider vinegar before a sinus infection appears (i.e. during the first stages of a flu or allergy attack, or after you've eaten a bowl of ice cream).
Well darn. I can't ever use it because I never have ice cream in my house.
Maybe I should go and buy some, eat a bowl, and follow it with a apple cider vinegar chaser.
Now THERE'S an idea.
That apple cider vinegar. People think it cures everything. When I had a blood clot in my leg, I thought it was a charley horse at first.
My aunt said, "Drink some of apple cider vinegar! That'll get rid of it!"
Some?
How much is some?
A cup?
Alrighty.
I drank a cup of apple cider vinegar.
Oh yes. I did.
If you think that's bad, I drank a cup of castor oil once.
A FULL CUP.
I read that it's a great cleansing agent.
Heck yes it is.
Also tastes like melted vaseline.
Ever wanted to up and drink melted vaseline?
Me either.
Ever again.
Let me leave you with a word of caution:
This product can burn eyes.
If you are using a curling iron on your eyes (you're stupid), stop now.
I beg you.
There are other ways to entertain yourself.
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I sooooo need one of those. Too. I get a sinus infection almost every other week.
And do not get me started about apple cider vinegar. I heard it can even cure ham.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
LOL @ cure ham ;)
Aw Carrot... I'm so sorry you've got a bad cold... I'd offer advice, but it seems you've had enough bad advice for a lifetime.
Carrot for the cold get Tylen0l Flu relief. It is magic. Even if it is just a cold. Some generics work, too, but the name brand is the best.
My dad used to make us kids snuff witch hazel when we got sick. Yuck, yuck, and double yuck again. I think that's how I turned into a witch.
I forgot to cackle!
Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
You have scoffed before at the Neti Pot, and again, I say, don't knock it til ya try it!
Or, go to Freddy's and get yourself a NeilMed, which is the same principle only easier to use.
Hope you feel better!
That neti pot seems like it would hurt! Isn't it sort of like breathing under water?
I swear by Night-Time Thera flu (if you can stomach it - it's better than melted vaseline)
I feel your pain! I usually get at least 3 sinus infections each year. I've been lucky so far this winter, but it's not over yet. (knocking on wood!)
I had a friend who actually did burn her eye with a curling iron. It slipped out of her hand and landed right onto her open eye. OUCH!
I like the caution label on my curling iron that says "Do not use while sleeping"
Hope you get feeling better,
Jill
A CUP!!! A CUUUUUPP!!!!!??? My gag reflex hasn't stopped "exercising" since I read that. I tried castor oil once. Not a cup though. Your description is so accurate. I seriously can hardly write thinking about the cups of stuff you drank.
Sorry you are sick. I have used apple cider vinegar for various and random things and it always works. But I think I'd stick a genie lamp up my nose before I'd drink a cup of it.
"(you're stupid)" made me laugh out loud.
I have a NetiPot. I have never used it. It was on clearance, and I have bad allergies, and someone told me I should try one yet. I am just not brave enough. But I have it just in case. Come on down and give it a try~!
My husband's grandfather cleaned his barn out with clorox and was so impressed with its cleansing abilities that the next time he was sick he decided to cleanse himself out by drinking two tablespoons of clorox. Later, in the hospital, he had time to think about clorox's limitations, specifically its inability to rid the human body of nasty germs.
I hope you can find a good home remedy for your sinuses. My friend's sister uses salt water- with a straw- up her nose on a daily basis for sinus health. Hmmm, seems only a tad better than flossing your sinuses with spaghetti like Alex does.
Good luck!
Warning labels make me fear for the future of the human race.
Sudafed Advanced Sinus. Seriously. Get some.
:P I'm anti neti pots. There's no way I'm putting nothing up my nose.
Sorry you're sick.
Just stop.
I beg you.
a cure for a canker sore is to drink apple cider vinegar. wow. that stuff is MAGIC.
Very informative post and comment section.
I just received a neti pot last week AND tried it. I AM the BRAVE ONE!!! It's actually GREAT and doesn't hurt at all. So, people... don't be a sissy! It's quite a thrilling experience. You can actually pour warm saline water into one nostril and it pours right out the other. The water doesn't get all up into your nose either. It's not at all like when you laugh while drinking hot cocoa or soda and it comes out your nose. That's usually painful. Nor is it like you're having a bunch of snot pour out into the sink (yuck-sorry). It's just saline water pouring through this passage in your nose that you didn't know you had.
Then, a few minutes after you're done, all that pressure is relieved... for a little while anyway! It's an ancient secret practice... of the Neti... tribe!
Poor Carrot. Smooches to you (which will hopefully have healing powers).
Look on the bright side! Your molded jello wallpaper is adorable and the guy singing "Auld Lang Syne" loves rolling his R's, which is very entertaining.
Come on down here, and I'll put you to bed and let you use my insurance card (which I think is illegal, so I hope you don't mind dishes and laundry for seven... heeeee.)
So you're saying I shouldn't curl my eyelashes with a curling iron... wow, I am SO glad I came over today.
Would apple cider vinegar cure the blister on my toe?
Your post left me in pain. Pain all over. My sinuses to eyelashes. Owowow.
I'm sorry about the dumb sinuses. What you really ought to do is take a vast keg of apple cider vinegar with you to the doctor's office. When they ask if you have insurance, tell them no, then say:
"But don't worry! See--I have a vat of a miracle cure-all that I am willing to trade for some antibiotics!"
The receptionist will be awed, and admit you at no charge. (And if she doesn't, you can drop the keg on her head.)
I never watch Oprah. But, the other day I did. And this interesting gadget was on her show, and apparently has the backing of the medical community. I've been sick lately, and have been half tempted to try it........ Am I that desperate - - that is yet the question I have still to answer.
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