Friday, September 9, 2011

Waterboarding Myself (My first experience with a Neti pot)

As it turns out I'm pregnant and I also have a very mean case of the sniffles.  I'm a teacher, so this is not at all surprising; my husband and I frequently bring home nasty stuff.  My point, though, is that I'm sick and I can't take any actually effective meds because evidently everything is harmful.  So, as is my custom, I complained to my Facebook friends and they immediately responded with several surefire methods for safely easing my misery, and the most frequently recommended idea was the use of a Netipot.  Not wanting to waterboard or drown myself, I was hesitant, but they were very insistent, so I finally yielded and gave it a shot.  Here's the resulting post:

Yeah, so I was using the sinus rinse bottle and maybe I should have made a video of that, or taken a picture or something, because it was really, truly memorable, even though it was also really, really gross.

So a miserable version of myself, still in 80s rocker wear from school today, after receiving instructions from Vince (who made it clear that I was NOT going to enjoy this process), tied back my mess of crimped and teased hair and began rinsing out my sinuses. I was busily not enjoying it, but was at least entertained by the boogers drifting down the drain before my very eyes, when I felt the urge to sneeze. I stopped for a moment so I wouldn't drown and then, as promised, I sneezed. Far more sneeze than my sink basin could hope to catch. It was epic in its mucous and saline-spraying ability. Needless to say, I now need to wash these jeans and disinfect the entire bathroom because I'm not sure a single surface was spared. But my sinuses feel clearer, as well they should because I SAW what came out of them.

I think this definitely qualifies as a "WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION" kind of Facebook post, but I know someone will be amused, and my mom will be a little embarrassed for me, but secretly just a little proud.