TheCG Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 My husband has the sinus crud. He refuses to take medicine or anything alternative for it, as he insists that it just prolongs it. I can get him to drink chai or mint tea. Is there anything else I can do that he won't think is medicinal? We really can't afford for him to miss work over this. Quote Link to comment
Violet Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 If he is stubborn, then no. You should do a sinus wash several times daily according to my ENT doctor. Even one daily is a good practice to help prevent this. Rubbing diluted peppermint oil and lavender oil also helps. Run a humidifier or a pan of water to steam on the stove. You need to get things moving to get rid of this. Mucinex, too. Lots of liquids. Chicken soup. Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Men...!!! Tell him there's nothing macho about sitting on a bed pan with his hiney bare! Quote Link to comment
TheCG Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 If he is stubborn, then no. You should do a sinus wash several times daily according to my ENT doctor. Even one daily is a good practice to help prevent this. Rubbing diluted peppermint oil and lavender oil also helps. Run a humidifier or a pan of water to steam on the stove. You need to get things moving to get rid of this. Mucinex, too. Lots of liquids. Chicken soup. I have peppermint and lavender oil. He won't do a sinus wash or take Mucinex or eat chicken soup (he has a weird thing with chicken broth). I *might* be able to get him to do a saline spray, but I'm not sure. He does drink a ton of water (and I sent him back to work after lunch with a thermos full of chai tea with honey). I'll set up the humidifier and just not say anything about it. Quote Link to comment
Andrea Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Garlic and echinacea. There is an echinacea tea on the market if the stubborn cuss won't take a capsule. Simply use a couple of echinacea tea bags along with the chai. He probably won't pop garlic pills either, but it is such a powerful antibiotic. Can you make garlic spaghetti tonight? Lightly saute an obscene amount of fresh chopped garlic in a small amount of olive oil and 1 tbls of butter. Then toss it with some cooked spaghetti noodles. Great for fighting infections and keeps the vampires away! For breakfast, scramble an egg or two with an equally obscene amount of garlic powder. For lunch, see if he'll eat some baked garlic cloves spread on toast . . . It works, it really does. Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 ... an obscene amount of fresh chopped garlic..... ..... love it. Quote Link to comment
TheCG Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Garlic does not become obscene. I might do a frittata tonight with lots of garlic and onions...not feeling like what we had planned anyways! Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Garlic! Aha! Wonderful antiobiotic properties! Hope your fella gets to feeling better...just funnin' ya in my previous post. Quote Link to comment
Ambergris Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Pick up some key limes, limes, or lemons (preferably the smaller, paler type with the fruitier scent), and make him mugs of hot lemonade with honey and a pinch of ginger. This stuff is good. Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Good grief. What is it with some people...okay, men. My son will not take anything either. I tell him and tell him to take stuff to knock it out early or lessen the severity and he will not do it. I even buy the stuff for him. First sign of a cold and I'm snorting Zicam and sucking on zinc. Maybe you can hide some meds in a piece of cheese for him. Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 After reading your garlic comment, I overdosed our hot wings last night with garlic. Garlic parmesan with wing sauce poured over. My DH will not go to the Dr. until he is hardly moving. Quote Link to comment
ScrubbieLady Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Something spicy will get the mucus thinning out and flowing. Just have plenty of tissues around. Quote Link to comment
HazelStone Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Is this a recurring thing or is it just a random case of sinus crud? I always got a nasty fall cold, and then an early spring cold. My parents had the same view of doctors as your DH- they didn't take us to the doc until it was constant green slime and keeping everyone up with coughing. Since, as you know, stuff that starts in the sinuses eventually drips/spreads downward. I just thought this issue was my cross to bear. Then a couple years ago it got really, REALLY bad. And it wouldn't let up. Sweetie had been telling me for a long time to see an allergist and so I did...was so miserable that if you told me that dancing outside skyclad at the new moon would help...I might do it. Turned out that yep, I had allergies. Other family members have them (and/or asthma too)... but my parents never got me checked out for them. (oh and the @#$%^! GP our family saw really should've spoken up...). My symptoms weren't as bad as other family members and so, somehow, I just must not have allergies. Thanks a lot, Mom. The allergist did the workup and put me on an inhaler and meds. I hate taking them but if I slack off, (surprise!) the symptoms come back. So yeah...harp on "head of the family," "breadwinner" and "man up, you sissy" if you need to. Sometimes waiting it out won't work. Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Allergies and asthma are nothing to ignore...many times they can lead into COPD and pneumonia. Quote Link to comment
TheCG Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 He was coughing up stuff last night, but after he took cough syrup (small steps, right?) he slept the rest of the night. He stopped by the house this morning (a couple hours into his workday) and I loaded him up with hot chai & honey again. I plan to "garlic" him tonight. I also found a "recipe" where you cover sliced lemons and ginger with honey, then after it sits a bit, you just put the honey in the bottom of your mug and add hot water. Sounds tasty to me! Quote Link to comment
out_of_the_ordinary Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 How wrong is this? I read the thread title and thought it was about a sinus problem and a constipation problem (the stubborn rear end part). :laughkick: Anyway, CG, I hope your DH is feeling better soon! Quote Link to comment
TheCG Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 I'm going to try to convince him to breathe steam for a bit tonight. Maybe that'll keep him from waking up at an ungodly hour coughing tonight. Quote Link to comment
out_of_the_ordinary Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Do you have a Vaporizer? We use that with either Vicks Vap-o-steam or the Kaz brand stuff added to it. I usually have a cool-mist humidifier going in the house in the winter time, but when one of us is sick or is stuffed up, we notice the difference using the Vaporizer. Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I've used the small crock pots with a bit of mentholatum in it also. Quote Link to comment
rootdiggr Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 How wrong is this? I read the thread title and thought it was about a sinus problem and a constipation problem (the stubborn rear end part). :laughkick: Anyway, CG, I hope your DH is feeling better soon! I was wrong the exact same way! Quote Link to comment
Deerslayer Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Maybe you can hide some meds in a piece of cheese for him. This is exactly what I do to get my dog to take meds. Roflmao!!!!! Quote Link to comment
TheCG Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 I've used the small crock pots with a bit of mentholatum in it also. I have a little one made for scents - I'll put some Eucalyptus and Peppermint oil in it. Quote Link to comment
TheCG Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Do you have a Vaporizer? We use that with either Vicks Vap-o-steam or the Kaz brand stuff added to it. I usually have a cool-mist humidifier going in the house in the winter time, but when one of us is sick or is stuffed up, we notice the difference using the Vaporizer. We're having bad luck with humidifiers. They seem to grow things almost instantly in our house. Maybe since the vents have been cleaned, they won't do it as quickly now? Quote Link to comment
HazelStone Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Maybe you can hide some meds in a piece of cheese for him. This is exactly what I do to get my dog to take meds. Roflmao!!!!! *singing* Just a spoonful of cheddar makes the medicine go down... Quote Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 In the most delightful way! Quote Link to comment
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