Nettie Pot

I have recently been introduced to the wonderful world of snot pots. I first saw it on Six Feet Under when the mom's crazy husband (George I believe his name was??) used it in the kitchen and it would totally gross her out. I'm really skeptical about things. In general... I won't just go out and buy something because its the fad. A. because I'm cheap and B. because I'm not a sell-out.


But my sister got one recently also and she kept nagging at me, get one, get one, its great, you'll feel like a million bucks, it helps with allergies, etc. So I hemmed and hawwed and I do have bad allergies in the spring and fall... and then I had my ear surgery and they told me I couldn't blow my nose for at least a week, maybe two. SON OF A MOTHERLESS GOAT! Are you serious people? How am I supposed to get the snot out. The nurse suggested a sinus rinse. After two days of using a handled pyrex bowl full of warm water and a turkey baster... standing over a sink with a towel, tasting nasty salty water, I gave in and bought the silliest little blue snot pot ever, the Nettie Pot.

I am not exactly sure how it does what it does, but I love it. So the general idea is... you fill it with a luke warm saline solution (it comes w/ fifty ready-mixed packets) and lean over a sink, chin down slightly. Pour the goodness into one nostril and without ever hitting the back of your throat or going in your mouth... it comes out the other nostril, POOF... its magic. And this one simple fact that it does not go in your mouth is what delights me to new levels. NO SNOT IN YOUR MOUTH. No salty NASTO in your mouth. It is pure GLORY. In fact, I used it this morning and I'm clean as a whistle in there. I used it yesterday morning also. I suspect I will be using it quite often.

Do any of you use a Nettie Pot? What are your thoughts? Did I make anyone want to go out and get one? How's life?