BD, hope you heal up--- have you tried to horseradish? My Polish grandma would knock back a whiskey with lemon and honey, after a tablespoon of fresh horseradish (raw grated). It's like Nyquil with sinus napalm. Works wonders if you can keep it down. (We have a strong tolerance for horse radish in my mom's family, obviously. Tabasco works too.)

Yeah, fatigue is in the air...

Purrs and healing to you.

It is! I had to go to Ikea today to pick up just a few little organizers for my room and I dread going there knowing I will be exhausted half way through the store because of pain.

I swear by the neil med sinus saline solution. I can tell when I don't use it.

I am also exhausted, without any sinus issues, knock on wood. Have you tried the neti pot? A friend of mine swears by it.

Eating something super spicey sometimes helps me,as alot of the inflamation prevents any drainage.somehow the spiceyness opens up the passages.
I have slept the last 2 days away and i'm kina thankful of that as i'm not feeling so good atm mentally.Usually this kind of fatigue would scare me into the "whats wrong" thinking but just thankful today.
I hope that sinus infection goes away for you real soon and you start getting energy back.....

Funny how that works????

I don't think my sense of humor is that sophisticated. :-\

Another home remedy you available for sinus infection is a rosemary steam. Boil a few good sized rosemary branches in a pan of water and put a towel over you head over the pan of rosemary and breath. Rosemary is a natural astringent. Scrub those sinuses clean with gentle ease.

Yeah...I concur with the whole exhaustion epidemic. So tired since last week.
Sinus trouble....hmmmm....thinking....

Ok...I have sinus issues frequently...probably because I am allergic to fur and dust. I have lots of both.

I have actually used excedrine migraine ( any brand will do) Maybe it is the aspirin in it. Asprin helps with inflammation. If you can take it.

Also in the aromatherapy realm (inspired by Arfie) eucalyptus oil and lemon oil ... I used to heat those oils for my asthmatic daughter.

blue, thanks for getting us tired folks all together in a thread so we could support one another. Yeah, exhaustion's going around. I'm proud of not taking any sick days through this so far. I used too many a couple of years ago and got threatened with being let go from the job to go on disability, so I'd go to work in an ambulance to save my job if I had to.

Today in my second class at the community college I had one of the students be rude and hostile. I've got a thick skin from years as a hospital chaplain at a big city emergency room. I was so tired, though, that I was just disgusted with the juvenile behavior. That even though the student is, well, a juvenile and it's par for the course that someone's going to act their shoe size and not their age. It was more about my exhaustion than about the student that an hour of the student's stink eye in class bugged me.

Then my last class of the day was AWESOME. I was so tired by the end I had to use my cane again (grrr), but one of the students stayed behind and walked me to my CAR. How can one member of the same generation be such a butthead in the a.m. and another member be such an angel in the p.m.?

Then I got home, and a guy at the last church where I spoke sent me the coolest letter to my house US Mail saying I was very "genuine" when I visited his church. Along with the letter came a Grateful Dead CD. I've never heard them, but now I'm gonna give them a whirl.

Ya never know where being tired might take ya.

Hugs to every tired soul here. Thank goodness I have friends here who can speak about being tired, too.

I'm doing aromatherapy with oil, too. Loved coming home to it today.

I think wasabi or whatever the green stuff is that comes with sushi is also a kind of horseradish, in case anyone wants to try that instead.

I'm on the exhausted train too. I am still having issues with the bronchitis and pneumonia. Ugh. I've been so exhausted the only appointment I went to was my therapy. I am supposedly not contagious after this much antibiotics but I'm still wheezing and breathing hard. I may have to have another round of antibiotics to whip this thing.
I hope everyone is getting some much needed rest. It has been a long winter where I am and so we are still awaiting spring. I hope at least some of you are getting some beautiful spring days. Ours are coming yippie. Hugs all

I second the neti pot. May not cure, but it can help. A pinch of goldenseal powder is one treatment...it's a kicker. A daily saline wash (a little salt in the neti pot) is a good habit imo.

Right now I'm using a Neil-med...I need to get another water-pik to irrigate my nose with. They aren't just great for your teeth!

I unfortunately managed to accidentally plug my last one into 220 when visiting Mr Crazypants...thought I had the converter plugged into the 2 adapters and extension cord...nope.

Even the water-pik does not get all of it out, it lurks in the frontals ( behind the eyebrows) and seems not to be willing to leave for any amount of antibiotics.

More surgery needed. Take more stuff out of my head.

a nosbotomy!

I'm on the knackered-out train too Blue. Hope you find some relief from your sinus trouble soon. (((hugs))) best, Manda xx

I love my neti pot and I don't think it stings at all Lilly but everyone is so different. Give it a try. I think you will find you like it. I hope everyone is a little less tired today. I pray everyone get some sleep tonight and with no nightmares Leo. Night all rest well.