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Sorry, I just realized you were talking about a UK study. My mind just went to the American study.

The study I heard about was for fibro patients. I don't know what happened to it, but I think it showed very good results. My sleep doctor had been very hopeful the FDA would approve the use of Xyrem for fibro after the favorable study, but they declined, infuriating my doctor. I used to have...

I think in the U.S. that eventually money will win out over moralizing. States like Colorado and Washington have made tons of money from their legal cannabis.

I've been lucky enough to control my OI without prescriptions. I drink a lot of water and add salt to every glass. I also take potassium. Mine must be a mild case compared to some others.

I use the transdermal form of LDN and experience no digestive side effects.

@TigerLilea, my ENT does the culture during an office visit. She uses some kind of little device to go into the sinuses to get mucous, I think. Anyway, it is uncomfortable momentarily, but not that bad. And I have a low pain threshold due to fibromyalgia. It's odd your ENT would tell you it had...

When I'm having trouble, my ENT does a sinus culture to see whether I'm having a fungal infection, bacterial infection, or both. If it's bacterial, she can prescribe an antibiotic that treats that specific bug. I use medicines for sinus infections topically by putting them in my Sinugator. The...

I enjoy UK detective books, and all the detectives eat a lot of bacon sandwiches. In the U.S., the most common bacon sandwich is the BLT: bacon, lettuce, and tomato. In recent years, the rude-sounding BLAT has become popular: BLT plus avocado. What do you guys put on bacon sandwiches? If I were...

I also think anyone with chronic insomnia should be checked for apnea. I'm thin and don't snore, so apnea didn't occur to me, but it showed up when I got tested. I have apnea because I have a small airway and a long palate. My ENT thinks problem sleepers should also have an ENT exam to see if...

I just get mine cultured at the ENT's office. It's uncomfortable, but quick. It's odd your ENT would tell you that.

@Webdog, I'm going to try this probiotic. I'll try snorting it first since it works for you, or maybe start off with the Q-tip, as the doctor in the video does. I must say I thought the 80s would be the last time I snorted powder in my nose! Thanks for detailing all this.

I always get cultured before my ENT prescribes treatment. My last culture showed both bacteria and fungus.

@Rosie, I couldn't live without irrigating my sinuses, but I know what you mean about needing to get the water out when you finish. I get the water out afterward by leaning against the bathroom counter and leaning down as if I'm going to touch my toes. I bend my knees so I don't put pressure on...

Interesting, @Jonathan Edwards. My sleep doctor is a neurologist and is retiring. The doctor replacing him is a pulmonologist, so I'll have to find someone else. I had been wondering why a pulmonologist would go into sleep medicine.

I've had a couple of sleep studies in a lab, and I've never been instructed to sleep on my back. I was told to sleep in my usual, most comfortable position, so I slept on my side. Why must these studies be so effing uncomfortable? Can't they just pass you through a pod? I was so uncomfortable...