My het is fulling bubbly.
After a few days with a scratchy, dry throat, my body went into overdrive in mucus productions. All that running so suddenly combined with the dry recirculated air of this place has not been a good mix. I have wakened several times over the past couple of nights struggling to breathe due to dry throat or congestion. It feels like a hairy caterpillar in my neck and a slug overhead.
Not too thrilled with the slime in my nose, I decided to try to irrigate my sinuses today. At home I use a glass of water mixed with some slat and baking soda. A funnel guides the solution into one nostril and it drips out the other as I hold my head sideways. This process really felt weird the first few times after reading about Japanese neti pots online, which are the proper tools for the job. But, boy! do your sinuses feel great after being washed out clean and clear.
Like at home, I had to rig together a pouring device. My cellie, Alan, had an empty shampoo bottle so I cleaned it out well and borrowed some salt from another friend for the solution. I didn't have any baking soda but, oh well. When I mixed the salt with warm water and shook up the bottle, I saw a layer of bubbles and thought "uh oh, this is gonna hurt." With a brief hesitation, I squeezed the solution into my sinuses.
"Yes, yes, it's cleaning out, but, oh! it stings!" When I looked up, Alan remarked at my red, teary eyes and I told him, "Yeah, it hurts now, but I can breathe and talk normally for some hours now."
Some home remedies translate well into prison life; others, not so much.
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