since the list of antibiotics i can use without having an allergic reaction is getting smaller and smaller, i am learning to cope without antibiotics (unless, of course, i am deathly. and one day, some stupid little minor bug might kill me. but let’s not dwell on that unpleasantness right now and instead place our faith in the gods at Merck and other pharmaceutically-inclined places.)
i’ve got a nasty sinus infection. the nurse practitioner at my hematologist’s gave me a sample of neilmed’s sinus rinse. not to be confused with cream rinse. basically, it’s a saline solution you mix at home and then squirt through a nostril until it runs right out the other and/or your throat! see what kind of fun you can have when you try homeopathy, boys and girls? so i gave it a whirl. or a squirt, to be more exact. i wasn’t sure it could penetrate my nose, which is in awful shape at the moment. but magically, salty water came out the other nostril (note: stand OVER the sink when you try this at home, friends.)
i don’t know if it will work, but i learned a little bit about anatomy today. how things are connected. that sort of thing 😉
Sarah used to suffer from chronic sinus infections until she started using the Neilmed rinses. I was anti-push-warm-salt-water-up-your-nose until I tried the Neilmed product and now I use them at the first sign of congestion. I can’t believe how much of an evangelist I have become now. Geez, I sound like a damned infomercial. What can I say? It really seems to work.
Good luck and feel better soon, Wreke!