Sinuses: All Clear!
When my friend Boobers (bonus! actual family nickname!) found out I was getting a Neti Pot, he said he really wanted to see it in-action. Well, it arrived today, and, never one to disappoint, I've put together a little video demonstration. (N.B., I do only one nostril in the video. Most people do both.)
posted by Stanley at 20:46
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Sorry, B. I figured the People's Republic of California doled out all the hippie trappings, including neti pots, to all its citizenry. Hope you feel better.
Hippie shmippie. I'm going to send PK to bed and take a decongestant and then go to bed myself.
That's the first substance I've willingly put up my nose... and it was fucking awesome. I needz one a demz! You think it helps with sleep apnea(aka my bear snoring)?
macbook + powernerd + netipot = stanley's latest vlog
jon: I really should have recorded your first neti experience. "This is weird!" Heh.
t(h)om: Don't you use a neti pot, too? If so, how often?
daily!
welcome to the fold.
oh and jon: your bear snoring can be remedied by the cunning use of breath-right nasal strips.
also good for yoga classes and marathon-running.
Didn't you used to mock my neti pot usage?
Beth: It's true. I was skeptical. But no longer! So thanks for being the first person to make me aware of the neti.
Damn! -- I came up with a funny comment but it was dependent on a form of HTML marker which your comments do not appear to allow.
Probably all for the best -- it was not even all that funny, on second thought.
What form of HTML marker, TMK?
Sleep apnea ≠ snoring, and it's a serious condition.
strike thru, Stanley -- my idea, kinda lame in retrospect, was to talk about using a neti pot, with "a neti" struck thru. You can see how that would be kinda briefly funny.
Hmph. I didn't know "strike" wasn't accepted. Stupid Blogger™.
Not sure what ben is on-about w/r/t/ sleep apnea, but then again, I don't suffer from it, nor do I snore. Oh, and my farts smell like roses.
Take a look at the fourth comment in this thread, nose water boy.
Oh, well, yeah. I figured jon was wrong. He's wrong all the time.
I thought you might elucidate the difference between sleep apnea and snoring (which seems to be a symptom), or perhaps tell us an amusing and/or heart-wrenching story about sleep apnea.
sleep apnea is an intermittent cyclic closing off of the airway as the patient progresses into deeper sleep cycles. the problem being that one who suffers from sleep apnea never gets to the deepest, "recharge" stages of sleep, because they are consistently roused from sleep, though they may never regain full consciousness and be aware of it.
the problem is prolific among the obese and can be easily treated with a little bilateral positive airway pressure (BiPAP).
It can be, but is not necessarily concommitant with snoring.
it's treated with CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) and apparently, playing the didgeridoo helps. also, stop smoking, drinking, and taking sedatives before bedtime.
Read more about sleep apnea
Thanks, t(h)om! Your comment jogged my memory: I had read about sleep apnea before—specifically, President Taft's sleep apnea:
On one occasion, Senator Watson told a just-awakened Taft: "Mr. President, you are the largest audience that I ever put entirely to sleep in all my political experience." Taft "laughed heartily and took no umbrage whatever."
the problem being that one who suffers from sleep apnea never gets to the deepest
The other problem being that it can cause you to DIE.
Consultation with my wife reveals that the person she knew who had sleep apnea used nasal irrigation as part of his therapy, and found it helpful. Apnea made him (a) snore loudly and (b) be scared that he would die.
The other problem being that it can cause you to DIE.
Yeah, yeah. B-wo has a point. Move it along, people. Nothing to see here.
hey, your facial hair is looking sharp, killer ! =0) I love the video. Things are good here in Boston; i'll send you an update via email soon.
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