[Pam P]

Neti pot - Chelee, you mentioned the neti pot. I do use that. Lately I've been doing it daily but before that it's been inconsistent. My ENT doctor highly recommends it daily. But he said that my sinuses are so blocked that the neti pot rinse probably only gets around my nose at this point and not back into the sinus areas where it needs to go. Hopefully this current antibiotic will help open things up enough so the solution will eventually get into the sinuses. I'm going to do it daily from now on. The ENT said 2-3 times a day okay too when I'm feeling cold symptoms.

Are there any other neti pot users? I always just used tap water with the saline packet. The ENT said to only use distilled water to avoid the bacteria in tap. I hadn't been doing that.

I can't remember if I mentioned before my nausea/diarrhea issues. (My list of complaints is long these days!) I don't know if this is caused by the tykerb or the antibiotic. Anyway I spent much of the night in the bathroom, but still feel I managed to get a long nights sleep and I think I feel a little more "zip" this morning so hopefully the new blood is going to help.

Thanks all for all of your support and suggestions - I am taking them all in.