TMI

[plumtreeblossom]

Somewhere way up inside my sinuses...is a small snip of lo mein noodle that I inhaled while eating. I haven not been able to blow it out. It will be the only thing I can think about until I can dislodge it.

Comments

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

OMG THIS HAPPENS TO ME. ARRRRRRGH.

Saline spray? Neti pot? :-} Hot tea sometimes helps me.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've just fixed myself a nice cup of lemon tea at work on your suggestion. Hope it works!

I'm scared of neti pots. Mightn't I drown?

[dabroots.livejournal.com]

I think sucking warm salt water up your nose might help dislodge it. In the meantime, lots more of that hot tea.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Today is not my day. My first swallow of this tea went down the wrong pipe. Just now recovering from that, and the lo mein is still there. The tea is tasty, though.

[dabroots.livejournal.com]

Yuck. Yes, try that thing with sucking warm salty water up your nose--definitely over your bathroom sink--when you get home. The salt might not even be necessary, but the water should be warm.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

You won't drown. They're good for you! :)

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Seconded. There is also a squeeze bottle kind, whose name I am spacing right now (Neti-med?) that i find easier to deal with than the pot. Because I am a klutz.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

NeilMed. And yep very beginner-friendly. :)

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I do have a turkey baster....

[wellstar.livejournal.com]

I was so scared of neti pots. Now I am grateful for them. Start with quarter- or half-packets worth of the saline and work your way up to the full dose. And keep breathing through your mouth. It can be a bit unsettling at first, but totally worth it once you're comfortable.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

once when I was a kid, I threw up after eating some spaghetti, and some....went up there, and no one would believe me until I blew it out.

it's a *freaking* freaky feeling.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

TRU FAX: The first time I ever got drunk, I was 14. I threw up chili and beer all over the bathroom and was put to bed. The next morning, I blew my nose and out came a flattened kidney bean.

It was almost worse than the 2-week grounding I got.

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

Christ! After that I can't believe you ever went near alcohol again!

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

It was a good, long time before I tried that stunt again. The next time was a year and a half later. One nipper-size little bottle of Southern Comfort and I was hurling in the bathroom mop sink of the town Rec Center. I still can't even smell southern comfort. That moment comes right back!