Tips on dealing with sinus pain?

[Daisy and Delilah]

Where do you get a Neti pot? I have the same problem. What exactly is it?

[Laura's Babies]

http://www.walgreens.com/store/store..._pot_walgreens

http://www.sinucleanse.com/mainvideo.htm?link_id=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neti_pot

[catnapper]

Thanks for the tips -- I tried the Neti pot to no results. I think my sinuses are so bad right now that nothing is going to work.

I went to pick up my new prescription yesterday. The lady told me "One Fifty Six". Ok, so I handed her two dollars, thinking it was $1.56. Nope.... it was $156!!! I went back to see my doctor last night. She rolled her eyes, and promptly sent over the generic of it. Now, WHY didn't my pharmacy simply substitue generic for that prescription? Urg!

I feel marginally better today, so I'm hoping this new antibiotic is working.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Thank you, Laura. That is awesome. I need to make a trip to Walgreen's. I have one within walking distance from here.

I must be living in the dark ages. I've never heard of it. I do use a saline spray but this Neti pot has to be so much more refreshing and cleansing.

[Cataholic]

J is finished with round 2 of the antibiotics, to no avail. He also took a course of steriods and rx nose drops. Not working this time. Anyone think a 5 year old could handle a neti pot? We go to the ent, again, next Saturday. I think surgery is the plan.

[Laura's Babies]

Cataholic- For a 5 year old, I would only let a ENT doctor flush them out. You have to know how to block off the drain down into your throat or it could choke you. If the nose it stopped up, it could send some fluid into the ears canal..

catnapper- For an infection, I hope you tried it more than just a few days as your sinus cavities must be inflamed and while it will flush out the infected mucus, it would take at least 3 days of regular flushing to get the inflamed tissue to start settling down.. I have had mine so inflamed by the time I would do it that for the first 3 days flushing would set mine on fire, then it would start to settle down and start feeling GOOD!