Last week I had a killer sinus infection. Upon returning to work, a few of my friends started talking about their “Neti Pots” and how they never get sinus infections anymore because of them and they can’t live without them. I was like – uhh, what the hell is a Neti Pot, some kind of toilet or drug?!!?!?! It was explained to me that Neti Pots are little pots (go figure) that you fill up with warm salt water and flush your sinuses with. EHHH? Apparently, they have been used for 200 years or something like that to cure the ailing sinuses. This I gotta try.

First – research. I found this great (and painfully hysterical) video on YouTube on using a Neti Pot. The best part of the video is the exercises the woman does after “Netting”. Haha.

Next – attain a Neti Pot. I hurried over to the Duane Reade without delay! I was told that they probably wouldn’t carry them, but after hearing that these pots had been featured on Oprah – I figured they had to be everywhere. Sure enough, right next to the nasal douches – there it was. The Neti Pot! Little and plastic and blue. Sigh. Just what I needed and only $11.99!

Final – use it! My fiancé was thoroughly intrigued with this device. He watched me closely as I filled it up, added the salt pack and shook it up. I went into the bathroom (he followed me of course) and assumed the position over the sink. I put the pot into one nostril and started tipping it. It took me a moment to get my head in the right position, but when I did, low and behold, water started flowing out of the other nostril! It was weird and made my eyes water like mad at first. After I had completed my task I did the weird little exercises shown on the video, as my fiancé laughed his ass off. Ahh, relief! My sinuses felt weird, but good. I blew my nose for a bit and felt…clean. Of course, once I had done it, my fiancé just HAD to try it for himself!