Alkalol

KTeacher
KTeacher Member Posts: 1,103 Member
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

No, not alcohol!  I have had sinus issues since my orbital exenteration and following sinus abcess last year.  I have been on antibiotics just about monthly for sinus infections.  A few months ago ENT wanted me to try something else so I wasn't on antibiotics so much.  Alkalol is an old formulation that is over the counter.  I add it to my salt, baking soda nasal rinse.  It seems to be helping me get rid of the gunk in the sinus, haven't needed to get meds for 2 months.  Thought this might help others with sinus issues.  (Funny, after my first go around with 'c' I had an uncontrollable runny nose that I was not aware of because of loss of feeling in upper lip.  I kept tissues with me constantly.  I felt like one of the 5 year olds that I taught!)

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  • CivilMatt
    CivilMatt Member Posts: 4,724 Member
    #2
    Alkalol not Alcohol, got it!

    Bev,

    Well now you are teaching the 50, 60, 70, and 80 year olds, we never stop learning. 

    I thought my (occasional) runny nose was from my BP medicine, I hate to give all credit of my failings to rads.  I am going to pass on your information to my wife, it sounds too good to sneeze at.

    Matt

  • phrannie51
    phrannie51 Member Posts: 4,716
    #3
    I knew there was no

    possibility that you'd misspelled alcohol....but you certainly got my attention....LOL. 

    I have perpetual post nasal drip....I thought it was from radiation aimed at the nasopharnyx.....I might give this a try, for all I know it's my sinuses that are doing all that dripping (I carry a tissue in my back pocket at all times, myself)....and...it's OTC!  I don't have to ask a Dr. for it!

    p

  • KTeacher
    KTeacher Member Posts: 1,103 Member
    #4
    phrannie51 said:

    I knew there was no

    possibility that you'd misspelled alcohol....but you certainly got my attention....LOL. 

    I have perpetual post nasal drip....I thought it was from radiation aimed at the nasopharnyx.....I might give this a try, for all I know it's my sinuses that are doing all that dripping (I carry a tissue in my back pocket at all times, myself)....and...it's OTC!  I don't have to ask a Dr. for it!

    p

    Boil the water first

    If you make your own saline rinse, boil the water first and let it cool.  We make it by the quart here as I use it daily.  I can't use the dispenser that comes with the Alkalol.  I use SinuSense by Waterpic, it could be used in Netipot also.

  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    #5
    thanks for the tips

    I have had chronic sinus stuff since my last rads.  Lately quite a bit worse, lots of poserior drainage.  Can't blow very well, can't swallow very well, so I spit spit spit.  Its even annoying to me, can't imagine how my wife puts up with it, lol.  And in the last four months, it has a very distinct odor.  So I need to do some irrigating, or it will keep irritating,.....

    And to think, I used to be perfect.

  • j4mie
    j4mie Member Posts: 218
    #6
    This is so interesting...thank you for posting!

    Pat has been having a horrible time with drainage since about two weeks into rads. It still bothers him and he is almost two months out of treatment. We will definitely give this a try!

    Jamie

  • hwt
    hwt Member Posts: 2,328 Member
    #7
    j4mie said:

    This is so interesting...thank you for posting!

    Pat has been having a horrible time with drainage since about two weeks into rads. It still bothers him and he is almost two months out of treatment. We will definitely give this a try!

    Jamie

    Nasal drip

    My husband had this wierd thing start where his nose wanted to run if he ate. The ENT said his own Dad had the same issue and he wrote him a script for Ipratopium Bromide Nasal Solution 0.06%. It does work for him.

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