Breathing made Hard

If you are reading this, please follow the instructions below:

Close your eyes.

Take a deep breath through your nose, all the while keeping your mouth closed.

Hold the breath for roughly 5 seconds and exhale through your nose.

Now plug your nose and repeat.

The process goes from simple to impossible.

Welcome to my life.

I suffer from chronic sinus congestion. I decided to write this blog post for two reasons: 1. I am frustrated with my situation and am really hoping to find a remedy ASAP. 2. I am made aware of those everywhere who suffer and struggle with problems far worse then mine. To those, I praise and applaud you for being amazing to keep smiling and to keep going despite your ailments. I am also grateful to not have problems of such magnitude.

So.

Here is what I have tried:

and this is how it is used:

I have also gone through the magical experience of squirting water up my nose and having it come out the other side.

So to try and facilitate drainage:

Which leads to an irritated throat that causes a cough, so now i'm puffin this:

Oh, and i've been drinking this:

In conclusion:

I'm going to try and schedule an appointment with an ENT ASAP.

I miss the easy to breathe Dominican air.

I don't like Utah's winter air.

My mouth is tired of doing all the work: Talking, eating, and breathing. Time to give the nose the breathing duty back.