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The change in weather is not being nice to my sinuses. A warm coffee mug against my forehead helps with the pain. Sniffing the wonderful coffee fumes also helps.

More chance of storms on Tuesday. I feel spring transition will be rocky.
Not sure if it’s the weather or that there are plants aware spring is here in Virginia. This year’s festivities start with very dry nose, dry eyes, right side ear ache and a sinus headache that is preventing me from falling back to sleep. When I tried getting up and moving around I could feel my eye sockets. No rain anytime soon. 70’s today and 80’s for a few. I hope I get to enjoy some of this temporary warmer weather I’ve been thinking I was ready for.
 
Not sure if it’s the weather or that there are plants aware spring is here in Virginia. This year’s festivities start with very dry nose, dry eyes, right side ear ache and a sinus headache that is preventing me from falling back to sleep. When I tried getting up and moving around I could feel my eye sockets. No rain anytime soon. 70’s today and 80’s for a few. I hope I get to enjoy some of this temporary warmer weather I’ve been thinking I was ready for.
Check with the nurses here, and I think they will say you have all the symptoms of allergies and inflammation of the sinuses. I am going to repost some suggestions. I need a reminder too.
 
Methods to manage sinusitis:

Hot w wash cloth on hurting areas.

Drink LOTS of fluids! Not just water but also soups and teas.

Take a hot shower and massage both above your eyes and just below the cheekbones. This, combined with the steam, will help loosen the junk in your sinuses.

Sinus rinse or Nettipot


Try gargling with warm salt water if you have a sore throat from post-nasal drip.

REST! Get as much sleep as you can.
 
Home from shooping. Bought some gas for Petunia, too. Here's noticing that it was $0.80 per gallon higher than last time, which was last week. There may be weasels afoot, or motherfuckers. Anyway, stuff is put away. Thanks be to Allah for his manifold blessings and great mercies, and so on, et cetera . . . .
 
Methods to manage sinusitis:

Hot w wash cloth on hurting areas.

Drink LOTS of fluids! Not just water but also soups and teas.

Take a hot shower and massage both above your eyes and just below the cheekbones. This, combined with the steam, will help loosen the junk in your sinuses.

Sinus rinse or Nettipot


Try gargling with warm salt water if you have a sore throat from post-nasal drip.

REST! Get as much sleep as you can.

I found a very full spray bottle of saline yesterday.

w000t!
 
Home from shooping. Bought some gas for Petunia, too. Here's noticing that it was $0.80 per gallon higher than last time, which was last week. There may be weasels afoot, or motherfuckers. Anyway, stuff is put away. Thanks be to Allah for his manifold blessings and great mercies, and so on, et cetera . . . .
I did my groceries also this morning. The old dog got perky hopefully getting a treat. And he did.
 
Methods to manage sinusitis:

Hot w wash cloth on hurting areas.

Drink LOTS of fluids! Not just water but also soups and teas.

Take a hot shower and massage both above your eyes and just below the cheekbones. This, combined with the steam, will help loosen the junk in your sinuses.

Sinus rinse or Nettipot


Try gargling with warm salt water if you have a sore throat from post-nasal drip.

REST! Get as much sleep as you can.
If I get up and take a shower I will be fine. I’m good about drinking water. I like the nettipot, but am lazy. I find getting the water ready annoying. I use a lot of saline even when not all dried out.
If you have post nasal drip or don’t feel it but are losing your voice…. Astelin has been my go to for years. Now it is OTC. The recipe is almost as good as the real thing. Sold as Astepro.
My experience with sleep is get the 8 or 9 hours if you can. You can’t bank sleep. Even when symptoms make you feel like you are already asleep. Realistically no matter how long I sleep I get about 7 hours of real sleep. Most nights it’s 4 or so and I have to pee. If the tv is off I get real sleep after that but 730 I’m partially awake. Sleeping but somehow involved in my dreams. Or asleep but one eye open like a dog listening for the food sounds.
 
It is the Time Changes tonight and I should be in bed...BUt....
Aghhhh…that’s right…the time changed…

Pick one. Just go to one time. I personally like Standard, just because it seems to fit with my bio-rhythms but that’s always a hot topic of discussion. Just pick.

Got some things done yesterday. Not as much as I wanted but it was 82 and I started…melting! 🤣. I thought the Furry little Rodent said six more weeks? šŸ¤”. Lying groundhogs…

Stayed up way too late to watch the race. If’n you’re into it, it was a good one. The new rules nabbed a few who had to drop out. The leaders couldn’t hold position. As soon as they’d use their batteries to pass, the passed car could harvest and retake the lead. Made for some good racing early on, but then the pit stop strategy sorted the whole mess out. Looks like Mercedes may be the class of the field early on, but way too early to tell.

Slept in till SWMBO kicked me out…something about hogging up the bed…

That woman…

——Botanical Z——

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Methods to manage sinusitis:

Hot w wash cloth on hurting areas.

Drink LOTS of fluids! Not just water but also soups and teas.

Take a hot shower and massage both above your eyes and just below the cheekbones. This, combined with the steam, will help loosen the junk in your sinuses.

Sinus rinse or Nettipot


Try gargling with warm salt water if you have a sore throat from post-nasal drip.

REST! Get as much sleep as you can.
As a 70+ 90 lb female Indian doctor told me onceā€¦ā€Neti Pot is good yeah!ā€

Just remember to use distilled water and NOT TAP water…something about some poor doood got a brain ameba or ear wig or someth’n…
 
As a 70+ 90 lb female Indian doctor told me onceā€¦ā€Neti Pot is good yeah!ā€

Just remember to use distilled water and NOT TAP water…something about some poor doood got a brain ameba or ear wig or someth’n…
I remember the CDC bulletin about many years back. The rare ameba was in untreated shallow ground water well. Chlorine would have killed it. It would not have survived a deeper well. Most of the time it’s in the muck of small ponds. Don’t snort the dirty water.
 
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