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Sinus Infections Suck

by John Cole|  April 1, 20152:10 pm| 50 Comments

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Your daily PSA.

Also, for some reason, the puppies have decided that the BEST time to play is on top of me as I try to fall asleep. I had to grab them both by the collar and hold them in place as I went to sleep last night.

I’m sitting here chuckling about the fact that GEG6 is seeing this beautiful angelic puppy in all the pictures, and HAS NO FRIGGING IDEA that I am unleashing an energy bomb in her household. Heh.

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  1. 1.

    Hilfy

    April 1, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    Where are the pictures? Please. Not that I don’t believe you. But I NEED photos, please.

  2. 2.

    srv

    April 1, 2015 at 2:22 pm

    > unleashing

    Maybe Oliver will come back to compensate. Probably running low on mustard.

  3. 3.

    jibeaux

    April 1, 2015 at 2:22 pm

    My lovely late mother in law got a puppy once after years of adult pets. “Lord, puppies are such airheads!” was her frequent refrain. It’s always true, too.

  4. 4.

    JPL

    April 1, 2015 at 2:25 pm

    Well she sure does now, but you have given her a few hints before, also.
    Sorry that you are ailing.

  5. 5.

    raven

    April 1, 2015 at 2:29 pm

    @JPL: Cole is the one that never seems to have had a puppy before.

  6. 6.

    Amir Khalid

    April 1, 2015 at 2:30 pm

    Because Böhner’s stunt with Bibi worked out so well, Mitch McConnell decides he’ll have a go himself. In some countries, undermining the national leader like this is considered treason. Just saying.

  7. 7.

    Punchy

    April 1, 2015 at 2:30 pm

    Sinus Infections Suck

    So do vacuums.

  8. 8.

    Mike J

    April 1, 2015 at 2:33 pm

    Congress should support the reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act only after completion of an audit to ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus. Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.

    (emphasis added)

    Mike Pence for Congress web site, 2001
    http://web.archive.org/web/20010519165033fw_/http://cybertext.net/pence/issues.html

  9. 9.

    Amir Khalid

    April 1, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    Uh-oh. Tom Levenson has just bigfooted this thread.

  10. 10.

    ixnay

    April 1, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    Re: sinus infections – have you tried a neti pot? Sterile water, appropriate saline/bicarb addition, a bit warmer than comfortable, a bit more saline than comfortable. Might need to work up to the temp/hyperosmotic deal. Use a decongestant spray (e.g. Afrin) about a half-hour before.

    A lot of people hate the very idea of using a neti pot, but it can be magic.

    I am not a physician, only a lowly veterinarian, and am only speaking from experience, not as a medical adviser.

  11. 11.

    Mike E

    April 1, 2015 at 2:46 pm

    @ixnay: Sinus infection + air travel = “Sure, irrigate my head, what else do I have to lose?” One of the worst trips ever, and I wish I had used a neti pot…it was a wildlife advocacy junket to Congress, so, oh well, no pleasure was missed because of my miserable condition.

  12. 12.

    geg6

    April 1, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    You haven’t met Koda. If I can handle her, I can handle anything.

    And these people with their neti pot fetishes? I’ve had sinus and allergy problems for years. No doctor has ever advised the use of one and my current ENT guy gets apoplectic at the mention of them. He says there are way more cons than pros for them. They get rid of good mucus along with the small amount of bad they clear. Most people don’t use the required distilled water in them. Most people don’t clean them properly and don’t toss them every three months as recommended. He HATES neti pots. And I have no desire to try them anyway. ClaritinD works fine for me. No cleaning needed, no risk of infection and no disgusting pouring water in one side of my nose and letting it run out the other. I have no idea why people love this so much. Disgusting.

  13. 13.

    Pogonip

    April 1, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    Pictures? What pictures?

    Sorry you’re sick. Pupdate requests will be suspended till you are better.

  14. 14.

    Pogonip

    April 1, 2015 at 2:58 pm

    @raven: I don’t believe he has. He got Lily from the pound as an adult, and Rosie was an adult when he found her.

    The Lord made puppies, kittens, and toddlers cute because he knew that otherwise the 3 species would become instinct as the adults strangled all the puppies, kittens, and toddlers.

  15. 15.

    lymie

    April 1, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    Get a CRATE for goodness sake. It works and keeps everyone safe.

  16. 16.

    p.a.

    April 1, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    @ixnay: you new here? ;-) check the archives.

  17. 17.

    kindness

    April 1, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    Could be worse John. You could be giving her a modern American teenager.

    Should be against the Geneva Convention but isn’t.

  18. 18.

    Jebediah, RBG

    April 1, 2015 at 3:50 pm

    @Hilfy:

    Where are the pictures? Please. Not that I don’t believe you. But I NEED photos, please.

    This is not the pup you are looking for, but if Cole isn’t going to come through, Juno will have to do.

  19. 19.

    Josie

    April 1, 2015 at 3:53 pm

    @kindness:

    I feel very lucky that my three are all grown and no one was ever arrested or badly injured. (Well, except for that one Minor in Possession charge and the midnight arrest for peeing on a tree in the middle of a college campus.) But, other than those incidents, we are good.

  20. 20.

    Germy Shoemangler

    April 1, 2015 at 3:54 pm

    Just found out Cynthia Lennon died.

  21. 21.

    Betty Cracker

    April 1, 2015 at 3:55 pm

    @kindness: Oh yeah. My soon-to-be 17-year-old is on a school trip right now, though, and I miss her sulking and complaining and dramatic expressions of soul-crushing ennui terribly. No, really! She has kept up the wheedling for money via text messages, though, so at least I still have that. [sniff]

  22. 22.

    Germy Shoemangler

    April 1, 2015 at 3:57 pm

    Here’s Julian Lennon’s tribute:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsyYqJxf9Qk

  23. 23.

    WaterGirl

    April 1, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Do you already have a plot for how you are going keep her from going away to college?

  24. 24.

    Violet

    April 1, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    I had a terrible sinus infection last year. Someone recommended Xlear to me. It’s a xylitol-based sinus spray. Not steroid so you can use it frequently. Turns out a lot of sinus problems are fungal related, not bacterial like people usually think. The xylitol attacks the fungus somehow, or maybe it attacks the biofilm in which the fungus or bacteria are hiding, but you have to use it like every half an hour. it worked for me last year and worked again for me this year.

  25. 25.

    Betty Cracker

    April 1, 2015 at 4:27 pm

    @WaterGirl: We’ve dashed her hopes of a quick escape from Florida by enrolling her in a pre-paid program — she has to go to a state school now, muhahahaha! But she does plan on exiting the family home ASAP, and I can’t really blame the poor thing. I had my bags packed when I was her age too.

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    April 1, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    @Betty Cracker: i knew you’d have a plan!

    Yep. It’s their job at that age to learn to separate. I wonder if she knows just how lucky she is to have you as her mom. I’m guessing she does.

  27. 27.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 1, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    @Germy Shoemangler:

    And Joni Mitchell is in intensive care after being found unconscious (although, good news, she is apparently awake and alert now).

  28. 28.

    Germy Shoemangler

    April 1, 2015 at 4:57 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Joni said heavy smoking ruined her voice. I hope it’s nothing too serious.

  29. 29.

    Roger Moore

    April 1, 2015 at 4:57 pm

    @Betty Cracker:

    But she does plan on exiting the family home ASAP, and I can’t really blame the poor thing. I had my bags packed when I was her age too.

    Here also. Everyone in my family took off to distant places for college. I think the closest any of us came to staying home still involved a drive of just under 1000 miles. It’s hard to grow up into an independent adult if you’re still staying in your parents’ home.

  30. 30.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 1, 2015 at 5:00 pm

    @Germy Shoemangler:

    Heavy smoking, and for a very long time. She started when she was nine years old. She is now 71.

  31. 31.

    EthylEster

    April 1, 2015 at 5:17 pm

    @p.a.:

    @ixnay: you new here? ;-) check the archives.

    yes, i thought the same thing, having fond memories of that discussion….has to be more than 8 years ago.

    Interestingly i started do the nasal irrigation drill just recently and saw a doc this weekend for breathing distress from a bad cold.
    he recoiled in horror when i told him about the rinsing.
    my allergist, however, has recommended it so i’m gonna just ignore the doc-in-a-box.

  32. 32.

    Mrs. Skink

    April 1, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    Mr. Cole, puppies have energy! Please, take them out on leashes for a spell and they will sleep better, I promise.

  33. 33.

    muddy

    April 1, 2015 at 5:22 pm

    While John struggles to contain the pups, his cat has gone online in the thread below to troll us. Get your household under control, man!

  34. 34.

    Pogonip

    April 1, 2015 at 5:32 pm

    @lymie: I suggested confining and controlling the pups. Maybe he thinks grabbing their collars as they romp all over his supine body IS controlling.

    Puppies are no problem at night if you’re not Cole. The problem is kittens. Your choice is between the pounce-on-owner’s-feet-all-night game, or shutting the little fiend out of the room and wondering what destruction will greet you in the morning.

  35. 35.

    Pogonip

    April 1, 2015 at 5:33 pm

    Hey, what happened to the other person who had to shave the cat’s ass? Did he (the owner) survive?

  36. 36.

    ixnay

    April 1, 2015 at 5:39 pm

    @p.a.: I don’t keep track of where I post; been lurking for a long time. Other people have been discussing neti pots? And it seems like a lot of work to check the archives. ;-)

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    April 1, 2015 at 5:42 pm

    @Pogonip: I’m not sure the owner will survive the exorbitant price she/he was going to be charged for the ass-shaving service.

  38. 38.

    Pogonip

    April 1, 2015 at 5:43 pm

    @muddy: Steve’s been itching to get back at Cole ever since that unfortunate shaving episode.

  39. 39.

    Pogonip

    April 1, 2015 at 5:44 pm

    @muddy: Wait till the dogs start typing.

  40. 40.

    germy shoemangler

    April 1, 2015 at 5:54 pm

    Now if a tom cat walks in to the ass-shaving place and requests a trim, and the proprietor replies “Yes, immediately!” But then another tom cat walks in wearing a pink collar and requests the same ass-shave, and the proprietor shakes his head solemnly and points to a fish symbol on the door…. that’s discrimination.

  41. 41.

    J R in WV

    April 1, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    @ixnay:

    Google search string: site=www.balloon-juice.com “neti pot”

    That didn’t hurt too much, did it?

    Now hoping I didn’t leave something out / mess something simple up!!!

  42. 42.

    muddy

    April 1, 2015 at 6:09 pm

    @Pogonip: The big girls are probably already doing it.

  43. 43.

    ixnay

    April 1, 2015 at 6:19 pm

    @J R in WV: Thank you, and I mean that sincerely. Wasn’t following Cole back then*. I do like the Balloon Juice commentariat, even if it’s sometime difficult to tell if the snark tags have been left off.

    *well, I did actually see the brain-eating amoeba thing, but as noted, best start with sterile water.

    And, John, I do truly sympathize with your sinus infection. Few things worse than that sloshing/painful sensation when you move your head. Hope somethings works soon.

  44. 44.

    WaterGirl

    April 1, 2015 at 6:32 pm

    @ixnay: Just like we always say, come for the politics, stay for the neti pot information!

  45. 45.

    burnspbesq

    April 1, 2015 at 6:51 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    The rule of thumb in my parents’ household was that any school that was close enough so that going home to do laundry was a viable option was off limits. That ruled out half the Ivy League, plus a bunch of other pretty good schools.

  46. 46.

    Woodrowfan

    April 1, 2015 at 7:27 pm

    pics, or it didn’t happen

  47. 47.

    Pogonip

    April 1, 2015 at 7:39 pm

    @Woodrowfan: The cat shaving, which I might pay to see, or the neti pot, which I would pay not to see?

    Speaking of home remedies, did anyone see the news story about the 1100-year-old recipe for a concoction that kills MRSA?

    Mr. Celebrity Trivia, aka my son, informs me that today is Ali McGraw’s birthday.

  48. 48.

    Hilfy

    April 1, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    Thanks, WoodrowFan.
    @ Jebediah, RBG Juno looks to be a great post-surgery nurse, as well as a winning wrestling partner.
    Thanks for filling my pup-pix need.

  49. 49.

    Jebediah, RBG

    April 1, 2015 at 11:51 pm

    @Hilfy:
    Yeah, she is pretty awesome!

  50. 50.

    Cermet

    April 2, 2015 at 5:48 am

    John,
    if you want to clear up your sinus infection, try using an Erythritol (a sweet sugar that has a very tiny caloric value; similar to Violet’s xylitol suggestion, which also is said to work in a similar manner – I’d thick either is a good choice) solution to clean your sinuses – as a “rinse” it will clean and kill most bacteria and fungi (they cannot process this sugar so it kills them – or so the claim is made.) Worth a try – can order it online or make your own. Then take vitamin D (3000 IU) every day and after four months, not only will your chances for sinus infections go down, but you will reduce your chances of getting a cold. Scientifically proven for Vit D relative to cold reduction and help against bacteria infection. Erythritol appears to help some people (helped me) but has not been scientifically tested so is hit or miss …

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