I’m a little teapot
I go up Brian’s nose
I’m filled with salt water
And flush out the gross
I got myself a neti pot today! Although I understand, conceptually, how they work and have seen it demonstrated, this was my first time actually using one. The first nostril was a little tricky, what with the whole breathing thing, and I think I ended up getting water up my nose… errr… further up my nose. Something. The second nostril was a breeze because I then knew what to expect.
This is awesome. I posted about them a few times on my blog – http://fightingtalk.tumblr.com/post/626038 and http://fightingtalk.tumblr.com/post/13385446 but despite living in London, I have not yet found one in the shops and haven’t quite got round to ordering one off the net. Post some updates about how you get on – the PDF linked to in that first post makes it sound like some kind of miracle cure-all! 🙂
Wow, that is an amazingly detailed PDF! I’m saving a local copy for future reference.
I can’t say that neti (for me) is the miracle panacea that everyone proclaims it to be, but it certainly helped out with some blockage and sinus pressure from being sick. I did not have to blow my nose for quite some time and breathed easier at bedtime, and that’s good enough for me.