I think my tastebuds are comatose

[dawgcrazy]

I promise you I didnt just look at one site - really I was quite safe
I have a degree in science ( 2 actually lol), I made sure I researched it properly. I do however, agree that having looked more closely at the neti pot it seems a much better delivery device.

Yeah, it's so much more simple. They also make the ones that are a bottle and you squeeze it into your nostrils, but I like the flow of the neti...you can control it quite easily by how far you tip your head. Also, seems like the bottle one would be hard to use all the water..once you get towards the bottom of the bottle..I dunno tho, never used one of those. I also like the premade packets of stuff. They dissolve very quickly, and if you get the water just warm enough so that you can't feel it with your fingers, you can't even hardly feel it in your nose.

[dawgcrazy]

What type of stores sell them? I also went online last night and read up on how to do it without one, but I agree, it seems like a better delivey devise.

I got mine at Kroger actually (a grocery store, it was back by the pharmacy stuff). Walmart should have them, any drug store, etc.

[redgirl]

What about saline nasal spray? My doc recommended it for congestion.

[CaptJay]

Saline spray was mentioned in all the articles I read but almost all said while it CAN have an effect it doesnt reach up high enough into the sinuses to be of equal benefit to the Neti Pot and similar devices.

[dawgcrazy]

What about saline nasal spray? My doc recommended it for congestion.

The saline spray is good for really DRY sinuses, but it won't help in cleaning them out.

[redgirl]

Hmm, maybe it's Neti Pot time!!!!!

[Katattack]

Yeah any drug store will have them (Walgreens, CVS, Walmart pharmacy area). It is an odd sensation to say the least but should not be painful.

[scheherezade]

Right there with ya, Kat. I placed my first order of extra-flavored juice from MFS tonight, expressly for the purpose of overcoming this increasingly frustrating problem.

Who's MFS?

[Katattack]

Who's MFS?

http://www.myfreedomsmokes.com/

I didn't know they offered extra flavor though. Is very very good to know.

[bestthingever]

I think I can handle an 'odd sensation'. Probably only odd at first, anyway. Hey, once you have to have your sinuses irrigated by an ENT (rubber hosing is involved), you tend to think you can handle pretty much everything else.

I got my Neti pot at Walgreens, along with the premeasured packets.

I have absolutely no excuses for not at least trying it. Well, except for the odd sensation, that is....

I don't seem to have a problem tasting food, and I haven't noticed having a constant taste of anything; I just can't get no dang flavor from these juices, or when I do, it's not a pleasant flavor (TV tobacco, Halo Freedom). I really think it's my pv, since I tried the 'nasty' tobacco in my husband's 401 and it tasted perfectly fine; really nice, actually. (I like tobacco flavors !) And it's not just the atty, since I swap mine around a couple times a week.
What I do have is a very poor sense of smell (thanks, analogs !)