Who Knew?
Friday, February 4, 2011 at 8:51AM It has been almost two weeks since I began this battle. This has been one heck of a cold and I still fighting it, but at least I am on the mend.
When it first started it was just my throat but that progressed into a full on sinus infection that made the left side of my face feel like it had been hit by a baseball bat.
OUCH!
I have been on antibiotics for a few days now and they seem to be working. Hopefully I will be back to my ninja star throwing self soon enough.
When I mentioned that I had a sinus infection on twitter, I had two very good friends of mine, Kelly and Jenny, tell me to try a Neti pot.
A neti pot is a device used for irrigating the nasal passages.
Eww right?
I am not one who does well around mucus or snot or anything gross like that. Eww. I just grossed myself out. Eww.
So when the Neti pot was suggested I said, “No way!”
Guess what? I caved. I was in so much pain that I asked my wife to head to CVS and find me a nasal rinse thing-a-ma-bob like a neti pot to try. I was willing to try anything.
As terrified and grossed out as I was I tried it and friends, I am a believer. It was amazing. IT IS AMAZING. It was so refreshing and cleansing that I will not hesitate to use one in the future. The sensation was not as weird as I thought it would be and the gross factor was minimal. If I could handle it I am sure most of you can. Trust me on that.
The relief while I was doing it was fantastic and I wish I would have been brave enough before to try it. I will say that soon after I was done the pain in my face was just as bad as it was before but it did provide for some relief for a little while and all and all, it seems so cleansing and refreshing.
It almost creeps me out how much I liked it. But I just wanted to tell you all that sometimes, you just have to take a leap of faith and try something new and you may find something great!
Who knows, maybe what you need is a good nasal irrigating.
Eww.
