Not even close! It has been two years since I kissed my best friend good night for the last time. The second year has been more difficult in many ways than the first. The first year was so hectic with moving, renovating, selling and just recovering from more than four years of intense, hands on, nursing.
My Aunt would call often just to chat and comfort me, but I kissed her good bye on June 27. So this week I am missing her too. Maybe I should stop kissing people. Not seriously! This year has helped my heart to heal. I'm finally getting in touch with my feelings. I miss my best friend, the Father of my children. I know tomorrow will be better, because I know the One who holds tomorrow. He has great plans for me. My kids say I have changed. All I can say is I hope so!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Neti Pot
This may sound quite disgusting, but if you are in pain, you are willing to try anything. Many years ago I was watching a medical show that showed how Doctors in India treated chronic sinus problems. In North America, we take antibiotics, and spray everything from sailine to steroids up our noses. When this fails to bring healing or even a little relief, we resort to decongestants, antihistamines, and nasal sprays which seem to multiply in variety like guppies.
A couple of weeks ago a friend in Victoria mentioned she had used a Neti Pot for years. As I often do I tucked this tidbit of info in the back of my cluttered mind. I had been on antibiotics again for a sinus infection nearly 2 weeks and was doing well. No sinus headaches the whole time.
Two days after the antibiotics were finished, I had another headache, and two days later I was back on decongestants. My day ended and began with headaches. I got up at 5:am the next day with a pain behind my eye, and decided that running back to the clinic was not going to bring any lasting relief, so I googled Neti Pot.
This is available in the US and Canada, and coupons are easy to down load. I didn't even check out White Rock, because we aren't known for variety in anything here beyond geritol. I zipped right over to Rite Aid and bought a Neti Pot. I also discovered that our new WalMart also carries it. This little "tea pot" is easy to use, and after four days of flushing my sinuses, my headaches are gone. The method is the same as used in 3rd world countries where antibiotics are not always available.
Sometimes we are too sophisticated for our own good.
I found a wonderful Proverb that I hadn't read before: 25:11-12 A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear.
A couple of weeks ago a friend in Victoria mentioned she had used a Neti Pot for years. As I often do I tucked this tidbit of info in the back of my cluttered mind. I had been on antibiotics again for a sinus infection nearly 2 weeks and was doing well. No sinus headaches the whole time.
Two days after the antibiotics were finished, I had another headache, and two days later I was back on decongestants. My day ended and began with headaches. I got up at 5:am the next day with a pain behind my eye, and decided that running back to the clinic was not going to bring any lasting relief, so I googled Neti Pot.
This is available in the US and Canada, and coupons are easy to down load. I didn't even check out White Rock, because we aren't known for variety in anything here beyond geritol. I zipped right over to Rite Aid and bought a Neti Pot. I also discovered that our new WalMart also carries it. This little "tea pot" is easy to use, and after four days of flushing my sinuses, my headaches are gone. The method is the same as used in 3rd world countries where antibiotics are not always available.
Sometimes we are too sophisticated for our own good.
I found a wonderful Proverb that I hadn't read before: 25:11-12 A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear.
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