Monday, February 16, 2009

Where have I been?

Hi I'm back! I was sick for what seemed like forever and then busy getting back on track. I have a new sickness preventer thing. It's called a Neti pot and I just got it today cause my sinuses are still bothering me and I think it's because I was supposed to get a 10 day treatment of antibiotic and I only got 8 days worth. But now we are health insurance-less so what's a girl to do? I heard these things work great and help keep sinus problems/allergies at bay so I went out and bought it. Let me tell you I'm not very good at it yet and because I have such a strong gag reflex it hasn't been pretty. But I will keep practicing until I get it. I guess the technical term for all of this is "nasal irrigation" and it is actually preferred by physicians worldwide over steroids and antibiotics. I prefer the natural way anyway so I'm willing to give it a shot.

2 comments:

geisme said...

suggestions for currently reading- Created to be his helpmeet by Debi Pearl.
Glad you are feeling better. The neti pot is a great thing, and I would think the gag reflex will calm down once you get the hang of it.
You go girl!

Sandy said...

glad you're feeling better Amy! Good luck with the neti! I use a mini tea pot my mom gave me one year. works great. (it is a bleky feeling to get used to though.)