Saturday 28 December 2019

' flegum in the tubes'

a line from Cabaret. A German girl is learning English. When asked how she is,thats the reply
Of course, she had just read ' phlegm in her throat ' or the literal translation

I use a nasal rinser < squirt bottle > w/ saline solution to clear my sinuses. 
A problem that has remained from my early teens

In the last 15 years or so, I've basically needed to wash out my sinuses daily starting in late October - straight thru til March.

I discovered the impaired sinuses after getting massive headaches. Sharp blockbuster head bombs.
Reduced to tears, I was shopped around to specialists.
Diagnosis - poor vision or more accurately inability to focus.
Until - Dr Setsu < female opthamolgist > spoke up and said " does your nose drip like that when you have a headache "
Yes, mostly
A prescription for nasal spray - that subsequently became OTC - now called Otrivin
I gave up on nasal sprays when father said that he got a nosebleed. Dad was using Otrivin < I wonder where my blocked sinuses came from, says he >. Dad was inhaling saline to clear his sinuses
I started and someone gave me a squirt bottle to try
Thats where we are now

BTW, blockbuster headaches never returned.
Touch wood - just did

The day is now 36 -> 40 F Winds WNW light
Partly cloudy. We see patchy skies but plenty of blue

Segue from the title, do not use Vick s VapoRub for toenail fungus. Nor is it recommended for hair conditioning pre-washing your hair.

On te flavour front, wintergreen is found in the original double bubble and root beer.

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