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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | After struggling with a cold, I fell back onto an old standbye, the Neti Pot. I know its popular with Dr. Oz and Oprah now, but my wife and I have been using it for twenty years. I stopped about three years ago with the cancer TX but the mucous and sinus pain was so much with this cold, I went back to it. It worked. The reason I'm posting this is that when I saw my ENT last week and she reviewed the images in my MRI, she noted that it showed I had had a cold but that it looked much better than she would have expected. I mentioned the Neti pot and she urged me to start doing it daily. She has seen great results with her patients. I have noticed a nice difference also, with an improvement in the flow of the mucous (easier to spit out instead of it choking me) and no pain in the sinus area. Here's a link to WebMD on the NetiPot Do Neti Pots Really work? Here's a link to Wikipedia with a picture of neti pot Wiki- neti pot Everyone is different and it may not help anyone, but it did for me so thought I'd share. When I did a search on the forum, only one post on NetiPot came up and that was in the context that it was too difficult for people. Nonsense. All you do is tilt your head, the rest happens automatically. Charm
65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13
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Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | Right on, Charm! I got a NetiPot for my son way back when he was in Tx and he still uses it to clear his sinus from time to time! For him, it works great! When I first heard about this, I thought it was some kind of potty training thing for small children! 
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | While Neti-Pot is great for the sinus', nothing can clear out your mouth like a Water Pik (I really don't know why the makers of Water Pik aren't paying me big bucks!!!). That will clear all mucous out of your mouth - just keep your eyes closed when you let it all go into the sink - its gross!
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | Charm,
Funny you should mention the Neti pot. Another forum I'm active on (not a cancer forum) has many posters, including a couple of doctors, that LOVE their Neti pots and last fall I bought one while fighting a mild cold. I had to pull it back out again a couple of weeks ago when another nastier cold reared its head. I realized I should be using it far more frequently! Especially when I'm out meeting zillions of people at networking events. The colds have been nasty this winter and I need everything I can throw at them to stay healthy!
- Margaret
Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
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Dx 3/27/09 @ 28 years old with High Grade MEC T4N2M0
Elizabeth, 33, mother of 3 girls (4,7, &8yrs old)
3 rds of chemo(Carbo/Taxol)
Rt Mandibulectomy, rt fibular flap,& rt ND with trach, picc,& g-tube.
30 rds of rads with weekly cisplatin
SCANS ALL CLEAR!
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Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | Yay! for Neti-Pot!! I just love saying that name!
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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