Should I be this excited that I can breathe...?
My allergies have officially morphed into a summer cold or something. Well, about two days ago, they did, anyway. Which means my decongestant is only working about half the time now. My ear started hurting early this morning, fluid and all that nonsense, and I've always had trouble with my Eustachian tubes draining properly. So my mom's solution? Ear candles. Which normally work wonders, but not today, even though we sucked a crap ton of earwax and other assorted fluid-like substances out of me. Her next suggestion was a neti pot.
Don't know if anyone has ever actually used one, but it's weird. You put the spout of this pot up to your nostril, turn your head, and start pouring a saline solution up your nose. It then swishes about up in your sinuses, loosens up all the mucus and drains out the other side of your nose. It washes out your sinuses first and foremost, so you can breathe, but it also relieves the pressure up in your head, which should help with my ear pain. I kind of feel like I'm on a plane or something, because every time I swallow, my ear pops a little.
So, yeah. Today hit about an 8.5 on the Weird Things I Never Thought I'd Do scale.
Don't know if anyone has ever actually used one, but it's weird. You put the spout of this pot up to your nostril, turn your head, and start pouring a saline solution up your nose. It then swishes about up in your sinuses, loosens up all the mucus and drains out the other side of your nose. It washes out your sinuses first and foremost, so you can breathe, but it also relieves the pressure up in your head, which should help with my ear pain. I kind of feel like I'm on a plane or something, because every time I swallow, my ear pops a little.
So, yeah. Today hit about an 8.5 on the Weird Things I Never Thought I'd Do scale.