Neti Pot that is!!! But let me digress.
So I broke down and went to the doctors yesterday. I knew what she was going to say, "Because you’re pregnant, there’s really isn’t much we can do for you. blah blah blah." I see my primary care doctor every couple of years and I feel like she never can really do anything for me. However my throat hurt SOOO bad that I was afraid it was going to be something really bad like strep. Well I was right, not about the strep but about the doctor saying there was nothing she could really do. She gave me a list of home remedies she wanted me to try and sent me on the way. Telling me to call her back if it’s not better in 7 to 10 days. SEVEN TO TEN DAYS??? I couldn’t live like this for that long! So last night Dr. Ichiro and I were on a mission. One of her remedies was to “breathe warm, moist air from a steamy shower, a hot bath, or a sink filled with hot water.” Well you know we like to do things to the extreme so Ichiro made me a steam “room.” I didn’t think it was working last night because every time I stopped I seemed to be more stuffy but I have to say I feel so great this morning. Not 100%, my throat still hurts and I’m a little stuffy but not nearly as bad as yesterday!
Yup, that’s me in there!!
So another item on my doctor’s home remedies list was “use an over-the-counter saline nasal spray to irrigate and drain the nasal cavity.” She said the nasal decongestant spray that I was using was making everything worse by over drying. Huh who would have thought! Anyway of course we didn’t have a saline spray HOWEVER we did have the neti pot Ichiro got when he was sick. I hadn’t tried it yet, something about pouring saline water into your nose just really turns me off. But last night I was willing to try ANYTHING! The neti pot didn’t really work like it was suppose to, I was so blocked that it couldn’t make its way out the other side but I could tell it was still working. I know it’s a lot of gross info but it was clearly breaking things up and don’t worry I didn’t take a picture of me trying it out! I plan to try it again tonight! I might be a new fan of the neti pot!!! (Kerry you MIGHT have been right!)
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