hi irma and welcome to sleepguide how are you do on your respironicsmachine we like all the info as to how you like/dislike so that others can compair
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Hi Irma,

I live about 100 miles or so east of KC.

I am so glad you jumped in and started asking questions. I hope we are helping you and you keep coming back for support.

Actually we are the home of the State Fair. I live in Sedalia about 100 miles east on highway 50. When I travel I almost always use 50, not as much traffic and then once I am in the city I can cut over to whichever highway I need.

How is your treatment going?

I have been to Powell Gardens. It is beautiful there. In fact, my son's graduating class had their senior pictures taken there. He graduated from Otterville High School (where I teach) in 2000. Geez, it has been 10 years!! Where does the time go?

Irma!, thank you SO MUCH. Omigod, I'm going nuts with this. You're the first person that's had something, intervention-wise, that I can try.....I haven't even been able to go out for days 'cause it's soooo cold and I just can't tolerate frigid air with this--can't breathe. I'll be going out tomorrow to get this stuff to try though, or maybe I can get my kids to go for me. But I AM gonna try your tips and I'm so, so grateful. I've been dealing with this crap for months now, and no one but you has seemed to really understand how awful it is......

Thank you, so much.

Susan McCord :-)

Hi Irma--you were right about the Ayr-nasal gel spray. I found the other two, but couldn't find that particular product. I'd really like to try it--would you let me know when you get yours, and how it works. Wondering if it's better than regular saline which is what I'm using.

Thanks! Sure do appreciate you input and support!

Susan :-)

Hey Irma!! I found it!! There's a Meijer store within 4 miles of where I live. I called down there and they have it in stock!!

Wow!, I'm so excited I can just go get it. Thank you so much. I would have NEVER thought to look at Meijer. Also hadn't occurred to me to check the internet. DUH!

Will let you know how it works for me! YOU are my angel.....

Susan McCord :-)

Hey Irma! I got the gel "spray". Does yours have this weird top on it? Also, after I pumped it, per directions, I test "sprayed" it just to see what it would do. It shot straight up in the air!! That kind of intrigued me, so I put one "shot" up each nostril. Jeez, it never touch the side of my nose, just shot straight into my sinuses! Weird feeling--not bad, just weird. I've been very congested all day--no faucet at all. Had to go out tonight to get the gel, and to get more groceries 'cause we have a huge snowstorm coming in tonight or early a.m. I noticed, while i was out, that it seemed like my head was opening a little. It's really cold outside (I haven't been out for days), so I don't know if this is happening because of the cold, or because of the Rx, or whatever else it may be. Things are changing again though so I'm just waiting to see.

I DO wanta know if your spray does what mine did. I think I pumped it enough, but it certainly doesn't "spray" in the true sense of the word, and maybe it's not supposed to. (?)

Thanks for all your encouragement. It means a lot to me.

Susan :-)

Hmmmm....I'll bet it has something to do with the pumping. I'm gonna try it again and see what happens. Do I need to pump it every time or just the first time?

You're right about SleepGuide. There's so much (cyber) friendship going on and people are really sincere in wanting to help. I've had kind of an odd but funny thread running about this whole sinus infection thing. Out of character, but Jeff (jnk) and Tim just pissed me off, sounding cavalier initially (couldn't POSSIBLY be that I felt like crap and was more than touchy!! lol )--anyway, there was some sparring going on last night. Now today, after a couple of apologies between Tim and me, it's all back to normal, helpful, interesting stuff. Almost like a family of sorts sometimes.....I love it. And I'm really happy you showed up on here, for sure!

Okay, I'm gonna go pump. OMG, that's the first time I've said that since I was breast-feeding my younger son!!!!!! LMAO

Talk to you soon, and thanks again.

Susan :-)