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Some things which may or may not be related

07.01.05 | No Comments
  1. The other day, I was feeling around my mouth with my tongue in an idle moment (What? Doesn’t everyone do that?)

  2. I discovered a strange ridge on the backmost tooth on my top right side
  3. I made an appointment with the dentist
  4. I tried to avoid eating on that side
  5. It didn’t hurt
  6. It was just a little weird
  7. I went to the dentist on Thursday
  8. He’s nice: he gives me happy gas when I have to have something done, because he knows I get a bit tense
  9. There wasn’t time for that on Thursday
  10. Turns out a small filling had fallen out
  11. He anaesthetised thetop right hand side of my mouth
  12. He stuck another filling in: bosh
  13. It was all done in ten minutes
  14. When I stood up, I realised I was having a funny reaction to the adrenaline in the anaesthetic
  15. I was all wobbly and jittery and my heart was racing
  16. I’d assumed it was because I hadn’t had any breakfast
  17. I had to sit down for five minutes before I could go into the office
  18. Time passed
  19. The anaesthetic wore off by lunchtime
  20. I had a bagel (roasted peppers and goats cheese, since you ask)
  21. By the time I got home that night, I had toothache
  22. But not in the tooth that had the new filling
  23. In fact, weirdly, in any one of several around and underneath that one
  24. I took some Nurofen Plus
  25. Nurofen Plus make me stupid
  26. I feel asleep, hurting but not caring so much
  27. Woke up with toothache
  28. Got to work: toothache
  29. Picked at staff breakfast: toothache
  30. Called dentist, who said I should make another appointment
  31. Next appointment is the last week of July
  32. Made it anyway
  33. Dentist advised me to call back on Monday if it’s still painful
  34. Monday is a long way from Friday morning
  35. Spent the day working on a presentation: toothache
  36. Missed lunch: toothache
  37. Was very crabby: toothache
  38. Faceache might be more accurate, actually
  39. Wondered if it would be possible to self-extract
  40. Felt like all I wanted to do was bite down on something
  41. Looked for something to bite down on
  42. Considered finger
  43. Decided finger was more valuable on hand
  44. Early evening, went to Boots and bought Clove Oil
  45. Got home: toothache
  46. Applied Clove Oil
  47. It works! Pain is forgotten!
  48. But only because Clove Oil tastes vile and makes me want to vomit so much that my mouth waters with bile
  49. Rinse mouth out
  50. Pain returns
  51. Watch dumb movie which distracts me from the pain until it ends
  52. Take more Nurofen Plus
  53. Play with cat, who is grumpy because I am grumpy
  54. Wonder if it’s actually toothache at all, or earache, because my ears are also hurting inside
  55. And behind my nose
  56. My head is hurting
  57. Wonder if I could do anything to remove it
  58. (pain, not head)
  59. Think Monday is a very long way from Friday night