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A ?? to all HT Saline Addicts

LeneSouthAfrica

New member
I know many of you are hypertonic saline fans, so I am asking:
How long <b>after </b>nebbing does the gunk come up or do you have to make an effort to cough?
How much to use: if 3ml is good, is 5ml or 7 ml better, other than taking forever?
Do any of you get sinuses clearing a few hours after nebbing HTS through nostrils (don't even ask how I manage this lol) ?

Perhaps above has been answered before but I couldn't track anything other than the discussions about it being effective, but no real gory details...I am trying to figure out if I'm doing it right...

Thanks
 

LeneSouthAfrica

New member
I know many of you are hypertonic saline fans, so I am asking:
How long <b>after </b>nebbing does the gunk come up or do you have to make an effort to cough?
How much to use: if 3ml is good, is 5ml or 7 ml better, other than taking forever?
Do any of you get sinuses clearing a few hours after nebbing HTS through nostrils (don't even ask how I manage this lol) ?

Perhaps above has been answered before but I couldn't track anything other than the discussions about it being effective, but no real gory details...I am trying to figure out if I'm doing it right...

Thanks
 

LeneSouthAfrica

New member
I know many of you are hypertonic saline fans, so I am asking:
How long <b>after </b>nebbing does the gunk come up or do you have to make an effort to cough?
How much to use: if 3ml is good, is 5ml or 7 ml better, other than taking forever?
Do any of you get sinuses clearing a few hours after nebbing HTS through nostrils (don't even ask how I manage this lol) ?

Perhaps above has been answered before but I couldn't track anything other than the discussions about it being effective, but no real gory details...I am trying to figure out if I'm doing it right...

Thanks
 

LeneSouthAfrica

New member
I know many of you are hypertonic saline fans, so I am asking:
How long <b>after </b>nebbing does the gunk come up or do you have to make an effort to cough?
How much to use: if 3ml is good, is 5ml or 7 ml better, other than taking forever?
Do any of you get sinuses clearing a few hours after nebbing HTS through nostrils (don't even ask how I manage this lol) ?

Perhaps above has been answered before but I couldn't track anything other than the discussions about it being effective, but no real gory details...I am trying to figure out if I'm doing it right...

Thanks
 

LeneSouthAfrica

New member
I know many of you are hypertonic saline fans, so I am asking:
How long <b>after </b>nebbing does the gunk come up or do you have to make an effort to cough?
How much to use: if 3ml is good, is 5ml or 7 ml better, other than taking forever?
Do any of you get sinuses clearing a few hours after nebbing HTS through nostrils (don't even ask how I manage this lol) ?

Perhaps above has been answered before but I couldn't track anything other than the discussions about it being effective, but no real gory details...I am trying to figure out if I'm doing it right...

Thanks
 

LeneSouthAfrica

New member
I know many of you are hypertonic saline fans, so I am asking:
How long <b>after </b>nebbing does the gunk come up or do you have to make an effort to cough?
How much to use: if 3ml is good, is 5ml or 7 ml better, other than taking forever?
Do any of you get sinuses clearing a few hours after nebbing HTS through nostrils (don't even ask how I manage this lol) ?

Perhaps above has been answered before but I couldn't track anything other than the discussions about it being effective, but no real gory details...I am trying to figure out if I'm doing it right...

Thanks
 

robert321

New member
i'm offically on 4 cc of the HS but the syringe it comes in is 5 cc so i just do all of it, no sense in wasting it and the extra won't hurt me. When i've got a bunch of the stuff down there i cough starting nearly immediately when i start (but that might be a gag reflex because it tastes so salty) and i'll cough all the way though it and for a while after. i get more nasty up during the HS than during anything else, vest etc. espceially when i've missed a dose or am sick. my concentration is 7% and even though its the most simple med, its the most productive
 

robert321

New member
i'm offically on 4 cc of the HS but the syringe it comes in is 5 cc so i just do all of it, no sense in wasting it and the extra won't hurt me. When i've got a bunch of the stuff down there i cough starting nearly immediately when i start (but that might be a gag reflex because it tastes so salty) and i'll cough all the way though it and for a while after. i get more nasty up during the HS than during anything else, vest etc. espceially when i've missed a dose or am sick. my concentration is 7% and even though its the most simple med, its the most productive
 

robert321

New member
i'm offically on 4 cc of the HS but the syringe it comes in is 5 cc so i just do all of it, no sense in wasting it and the extra won't hurt me. When i've got a bunch of the stuff down there i cough starting nearly immediately when i start (but that might be a gag reflex because it tastes so salty) and i'll cough all the way though it and for a while after. i get more nasty up during the HS than during anything else, vest etc. espceially when i've missed a dose or am sick. my concentration is 7% and even though its the most simple med, its the most productive
 

robert321

New member
i'm offically on 4 cc of the HS but the syringe it comes in is 5 cc so i just do all of it, no sense in wasting it and the extra won't hurt me. When i've got a bunch of the stuff down there i cough starting nearly immediately when i start (but that might be a gag reflex because it tastes so salty) and i'll cough all the way though it and for a while after. i get more nasty up during the HS than during anything else, vest etc. espceially when i've missed a dose or am sick. my concentration is 7% and even though its the most simple med, its the most productive
 

robert321

New member
i'm offically on 4 cc of the HS but the syringe it comes in is 5 cc so i just do all of it, no sense in wasting it and the extra won't hurt me. When i've got a bunch of the stuff down there i cough starting nearly immediately when i start (but that might be a gag reflex because it tastes so salty) and i'll cough all the way though it and for a while after. i get more nasty up during the HS than during anything else, vest etc. espceially when i've missed a dose or am sick. my concentration is 7% and even though its the most simple med, its the most productive
 

robert321

New member
i'm offically on 4 cc of the HS but the syringe it comes in is 5 cc so i just do all of it, no sense in wasting it and the extra won't hurt me. When i've got a bunch of the stuff down there i cough starting nearly immediately when i start (but that might be a gag reflex because it tastes so salty) and i'll cough all the way though it and for a while after. i get more nasty up during the HS than during anything else, vest etc. espceially when i've missed a dose or am sick. my concentration is 7% and even though its the most simple med, its the most productive
 

AnD

New member
I do between 4 and 5 cc's of the 7% too, and I start coughing up gunk almost immediately. I also get more up during my vest time since I started the HTS. I tried the HTS in the nose thing, but it was too much for my nose! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">
 

AnD

New member
I do between 4 and 5 cc's of the 7% too, and I start coughing up gunk almost immediately. I also get more up during my vest time since I started the HTS. I tried the HTS in the nose thing, but it was too much for my nose! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">
 

AnD

New member
I do between 4 and 5 cc's of the 7% too, and I start coughing up gunk almost immediately. I also get more up during my vest time since I started the HTS. I tried the HTS in the nose thing, but it was too much for my nose! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">
 

AnD

New member
I do between 4 and 5 cc's of the 7% too, and I start coughing up gunk almost immediately. I also get more up during my vest time since I started the HTS. I tried the HTS in the nose thing, but it was too much for my nose! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">
 

AnD

New member
I do between 4 and 5 cc's of the 7% too, and I start coughing up gunk almost immediately. I also get more up during my vest time since I started the HTS. I tried the HTS in the nose thing, but it was too much for my nose! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">
 

AnD

New member
I do between 4 and 5 cc's of the 7% too, and I start coughing up gunk almost immediately. I also get more up during my vest time since I started the HTS. I tried the HTS in the nose thing, but it was too much for my nose! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">
 

hbollotte

New member
i'm not very productive in coughing up stuff, but i do find the 4ml of 7% saline helps. i cough the first few times i inhale, but after that i'm good. i tend to make myself cough to see if i can bring anything up. i don't have a vest i just do my acapella after.
 

hbollotte

New member
i'm not very productive in coughing up stuff, but i do find the 4ml of 7% saline helps. i cough the first few times i inhale, but after that i'm good. i tend to make myself cough to see if i can bring anything up. i don't have a vest i just do my acapella after.
 
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