Comments on: TKOG Whose nasal hygiene is a marvel of prestidigitation (TMI Thursday)

By: Kelly L

Kelly L — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:06:36 +0000

I swear these neti pot contraptions were all the rage on Twitter this winter. I felt like I had missed out on a memo somewhere because everytime someone was all “I have a cold” about six people would simultaneously be all “get a neti pot!” and I’m all “what the crap is a neti pot and where would one find one if one knew what it was?”

Anyway. It’s interesting to hear you describe it. I’m not sure how I feel about it or if I am up to finding one next time cold season rolls around in these parts. We shall see, we shall see.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:40:41 +0000

I love my neti pot. I used to get two major sinus infections a year. Since Neti came along, I haven’t had one. The trick is to use it the second you feel a cold coming on. Because once you’re plugged…game over. (Then it just goes down your throat and it turns into a very bad ie: gagging Neti experience.)

I was extremely grossed out by the concept at first, but hey, it beats overpriced, OTC drugs.

By: The Expatresse

The Expatresse — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:10 +0000

I do what I can. ;-)

By: Paprika

Paprika — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:43:43 +0000

Baha you sound like a sales man. “You want geysers? It gives you geyser.”

By: The Naked Redhead

The Naked Redhead — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:59:28 +0000

I heart the neti pot with all my, uh, heart. I use it all the time during allergy season and it seems to really help. But yes, it’s totally gross…I don’t even want to talk about the first time I did it. Nasty.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:39:12 +0000

heh. i am prone to sinus infections of epic proportions twice a year, like clockwork (spring and fall) and have actually cut waaaay down on them by giving the ol’ sinuses a rinse when i feel things start to go south. i too have been at that exciting stage of congestion where you can’t even get the salt water to trickle its way out the other nostril, which always horrifies me somewhat (and netipotting doesn’t seem to do any good if i’m that far gone, anyway).

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:31:57 +0000

Why I insist on reading TMI Thursdays while eating breakfast (oatmeal the consistency of snot, of course), I have no idea. This is the first TMI Thursday that actually grossed me out. I’ve heard that chronic neti pot useage is bad and you can get sinus infections if you don’t wash it out properly.

By: maureen

maureen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:33:13 +0000

oooooh yeah i have seriously chronic allergies and congestion (as in, spent ten years or more not breathing through my nose and without a sense of smell). i finally went to a doctor and got a nasal inhaler but i’ve always sort of wanted to try the neti pot but am too scared, i guess, or weirded out. i think i shall give it a shot. thanks for the post!

By: Clevelandpoet

Clevelandpoet — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:53:04 +0000

its worked pretty well for me the majority of times I’ve used it.

oh and “with my luck, I’d transform every inch of visible skin into a salinated snot Pollack.” is like one of the best sentences ever by the way.

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:38:36 +0000

I’m also on the NeilMed train. I have chronic sinus issues, and that little stinker works like a hot damn. No awkward tilting, no need to disrobe and set up a spatter guard. It’s an over-the-sink operation.