Sinus irrigation bottle - do you know about it?

[freakyschizogirl]

Hey all...bit concerned as i am getting a funny taste or sensation in the back of my throat/ post nasal drip from using this stuff...what am i doing wrong?

I heat it to body temp but i dont have the luxury of letting it run from one nostril to the other side because of the hole in my septum it would never get to the back of my nose...So i close one nostril and it comes out my mouth...

[Jack]

Not sure that you can do anything wrong, it is just doing what suits you best. I've never had to flush the stuff through my mouth, but I can well imagine that you would both taste and feel it.

[Sangye]

Hmm... that's a good question for your ENT. I never thought about what to do if you have a hole in your septum!

[DEE]

i have a whole in my septurm which does not cause me any bother other than it makes myy nose whistle sometimes !!
ENT said it can be reconstructed if i wanted and i have a friend who does not have wg who had it done but it did not last long , she said its likke two plastic plugs !! which sometimes come out
so i thinking i might stick with my whistle nose until it really needs doing

[elephant]

Whistle a way Dee.

[Natalie]

I have a big hole in my septum and I cant just block one nostral and squirt up the other because its all one cavity . I have cleverly figured out a way to block off my throat with my tounge... then squirt shake my head around or breath in and this causes the solution to bubble around in there and loosen it up with my head tilted back stightly of course ..(im good but im not that good ) . then just unblock my throat and let the solution run out again over a sink . I do that a few times then give a blow . the bubbling sensation really gets the ball rolling so to speak . reading this back sounds really weird but hey we do what we got to do how Are you going with it all Freak ?

[freakyschizogirl]

Hey Natalie...that does indeed sound weird. I wont be shaking my head about cos i'd probably fall over!
I've been doing it every other day now and that seems to have helped the situation. I used Sterimar inbetween (but only til the bottle runs out then its on a self inflicted ban) Not paying £8 a bottle now i've got the NeilMed which works SOOOOOO much better.

I wont be seeing my ENT for a while...til my Wegs is under control anyway. But i have been told i can have reconstructive surgery. My nose whistles too Dee...maybe we can start a wind orchestra?

[Natalie]

Yes I forgot how unstable I was as first .. Ok dont Shake your head around . good your not paying for the stuff now .
when I go for ENT visits and there are new Doctors on they will say :" so you ARE USING THE fESS SPRAYS FROM THE CHEMIST " I tell them its crap and dosent work and cost to much :P
home solution is the best .

[freakyschizogirl]

Hahahahahaa! Natalie well i intend to have a go when i got back and tell them what i am using and hope to god they tell other people with stuffy noses like mine. I cant believe they told me to use Sterimar when it is about 70% less effective than NeilMed. Shouldnt they know this stuff??