'Lineage'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
My sister does not have all the answers to the health questions I have about my mother. I don't want to call her and bother her with them, nor even harass my father. So, instead, I sit perplexed.
Brenda, you remind me I have a couple books to Bookcrossing. It's been a while since I've done that, but I don't need to own just two of the Harry Potter series, nor the last Octavia Butler.
Oh, here's one. My coworker was informed of a friend's pancreatic cancer yesterday via text message. (From the friend in question!)
Oy, Brenda. I have no words.
Hec! The NYT Dining section today has an article just for you. (Yes, it's about sandwiches.)
New study shows long-term use of neti pots may cause sinus problems:
A new study shows people who used nasal saline irrigation for a year and then discontinued use the following year had 62% fewer cases of sinusitis in the year that they didn't use the device.
The study, presented this week at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Meeting in Miami, followed 68 people who used nasal saline irrigation for 12 months and then discontinued use for another 12 months.
The results showed that the number of cases of sinusitis decreased by 62.5% during the discontinuation phase. Researchers also compared the rates of sinusitis among those who stopped using nasal saline irrigation and another group of 24 adults who used daily nasal saline irrigation for 12 months. Again, they found sinusitis among daily users was significantly higher (50%) than among nonusers.
Celestine Prophecy was the first one I actually threw out rather than leave somewhere or sell to a used bookstore, on the off-chance someone else might be afflicted by it.
I still have my copy, which I think we got from my MiL when she was clearing out her library. That was bad, but I think Battlefield Earth might have been worse. Hard to say, really, at that level of badness.
I vividly remember my dad throwing away Bored of the Rings because he thought it was that awful. It was shocking. A book in the garbage!
A new study shows people who used nasal saline irrigation for a year and then discontinued use the following year had 62% fewer cases of sinusitis in the year that they didn't use the device.
Interesting. I wonder how this is different for occasional use. (I use mine very rarely. I have a lot of sinus problems. In fact, I'm having some unpleasant maxillary sinus pain at this very moment.)
I just started nasal irrigation with NeilMed which is irrigates even more throughly than Neti pot. In the short term it has really helped.
I'm reading Greenwitch by Susan Cooper right now (because Jilli said - and because I bought the copy years ago with the intention of giving it to my mom after I finished reading it, since she loves the whole The Dark is Rising series so much, and it's been sitting on my nightstand waiting for that to happen) and just thanking myself over and over for not going to see the movie they based on that series.
Yeah, no way was I going to see that movie. I actually think Greenwitch is the weakest and/or least interesting book in the series. My favorite is Dark is Rising and I rather like the ones with Bran.
New study shows long-term use of neti pots may cause sinus problems:
Dang, and I just bought a pot.
I use my Neti pot occasionally, also. I've never been able to tell if it helps - sometimes it can be soothing but I don't use it anywhere regularly enough to get any preventative benefits, or extra risk, probably.