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So, after ignoring our own “simplify” rules for months, both of us continued to have a cough we just couldn’t shake. We had taken all manner of medicine – from OTC to prescribed and back again. Our symptoms would lessen and then come right back. It went on and on and on and on and on and ON.
In a phone call with my brother, we were commiserating over our shared, apparently inherited, tendencies towards sinus and lung issues. He noted that he had spent months last winter unable to shake a never-ending cough. He advised getting an old-fashioned vaporizer. He swore up and down that it was the one thing that actually worked for him.
I was skeptical. Frankly, it seemed too simple. Besides, he lives in the Nevada desert and I live in the North Carolina humidty. Desperation will lead you to try a lot of things though, skeptical or not. We traipsed to the store for a device.
Things have changed a bit since I last used a vaporizer. We were pleased to see the modern version simplifies the use of the menthol with water. Today, you just drop a little pre-treated pad into a special slot or pour liquid in a well on the tank specifically made for that purpose. No more digging that gel substance and out of one container and forcing it into another. And no more accidentally getting it on your hands and then feeling like blindness is imminent when you accidentally rub your eyes!
The best part is that it simply worked! As Willie described it, “You didn’t turn over and cough in my face one time last night!” Seriously, simple is best.