Dentistry...

[fajrdrako]

I spent an hour and a half in the dentists' chair, but now I have a shiny fixed tooth and all is well - I can chew again.

When I came in, Dr. Barnes said sympathetically, "What was it, an olive pit?"

"Peanut butter," I said.

I got a lot of teasing about that.

Then I went home with a part-frozen face and slept for about 14 hours.

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[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

"Peanut butter," I said.

LOL. Well, you have to admit it, it is funny.

PS I posted two DW fic recs this morning. One Ten one, with Mickey and another one, a Firefly crossover, that's predominantly, but not only, Nine. Go read!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

you have to admit it, it is funny.

Yeah, it's funny. Dr. Barnes actually said I probably cracked the tooth months ago, possibly even years, and the crack has been steadily growing. But still. It had to be peanut butter that did it in.

Thanks for the recs, I'll look! (This reminds me that I want to make my own such list. Maybe tonight.)

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Glad it's over!
My 2 front teeth (already weakened by a filling) broke on an over-baked, under-soaked piece of Golden Oatie breakfast cereal when I was 17. I finally got rid of them - after years of gum inflammation caused by the caps, root-canal work & c - about 3 and a half years ago.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Teeth can cause such trouble, can't they? I broke a front tooth sliding on an ice rink when I was ten. Every couple of decades, it causes me grief - though it's been almost twenty years now since it last broke. Fingers crossed.

[ceruleancat.livejournal.com]

Glad tooth has been sorted.

Teeth are such a hassle. Pity that doing away with them is even more so, and awfully expensive. ;)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

When I lost my teeth at the age of six, it was all much simpler than this. And I didn't have to pay the dentist - in fact, the Tooth Fairy gave me a nickel each. I came out ahead on the deal!

Let's hope no more teeth break, on peanut butter or anything else.

[ceruleancat.livejournal.com]

Awww.

We don't have tooth fairies, so nobody gave you anything when you lost your teeth, at any age. My sister did get one of her teeth from the dentist, all nicely cleaned, and hung it round her neck for ages. Which I found gross!

Presumably the dentist checked that no other teeth showed signs of buckling under the potential immense pressure of future encounters with peanut butter. If he didn't, he didn't do his job right.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

My sister did get one of her teeth from the dentist, all nicely cleaned, and hung it round her neck for ages. Which I found gross!

Is is gross! But I'm sure she enjoyed it. Probably all the more so, if it grossed you out.

My dentist did check the rest of my teeth. And yes, he found another crack - not a new one - one of my molars has been cracked for years. He says there's no point doing anything about it since if it's been hanging on by a thread and a miracle all these years it will probably hang on by a thread and a miracle for many more years. Or not. The crack hasn't even got bigger, it just sits there.

I'm not in favour of getting unnecessary dental work done, but I'm going to be careful around peanut butter in future.

[ceruleancat.livejournal.com]

Yes. It was gross and she loved it that I was grossed out. When she found it among her assorted 'stuff' a few years later, it grossed even her out. So there.

I try to be careful what I eat and how I eat for years, since my braces came off. It was painful and expensive and I really don't want to damage the work. It's a good idea not to have unnecessary dental work done.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

she found it among her assorted 'stuff' a few years later, it grossed even her out

That's the price you have to pay for growing up a little!


It's a good idea not to have unnecessary dental work done.

And necessary work is usually the most painful kind.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

I used to clean my teeth and keep them in a jar when I was little. I liked them; some of them had seams down the middle, which was odd, and something my grown-up teeth don't have (I've no idea if that's common in baby teeth or not, I never looked it up, but it was very distinct, and odd... some of them even split in half eventually-- maybe something to do with drying out? It was neat to see the inside, all layed out perfectly like a diagram.)

My parents thought it was hilarious, though, that at the tender age of six I didn't want the Tooth Fairy to take my teeth away because I was afraid she'd accidentally lose them and someone would sympathetic-magic hex me. *grin*

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I used to clean my teeth and keep them in a jar when I was little.

How long did you keep them? You must have had a nice set.

I've no idea if that's common in baby teeth or not, I never looked it up, but it was very distinct

After all this time I don't remember what my baby teeth looked like. A quick google search didn't get me anything about tooth shapes (mostly charts of when the teeth come in), but there are some interesting articles about how baby teeth are a good source of stem cells. I had no idea.

I didn't want the Tooth Fairy to take my teeth away because I was afraid she'd accidentally lose them and someone would sympathetic-magic hex me.

You were a smart kid - keeping ahead of the possibilities. I bet no one did hex you, either.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

You know, I actually may still have them somewhere. I think I eventually was going to throw them away but my dad wanted them for some reason. I have no idea what for-- my dad is very much a, "I have a brilliant idea" sort of guy who never has the time to implement them, so they're probably still in the cellar.

Hunh. Really? That's pretty sweet. I'd have donated mine, sympathetic magic or not, if I'd known and there'd been a place to send 'em.

I bet no one did hex you, either.

Seventeen Eighteen (still not used to that) years and running! I'm deeply disappointed... clearly I need a higher class of enemies.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

I friend will have one of her little toes removed. It is malformed and gives her trouble. I asked her whether she would ask for it to take it home. The tought grossed he out somhow ;-)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

LOL - I'm not sure I'd want a deformed toe, but it seems to me like just the thing any mysterious wizard should have.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

mmm, she is a (nice) born again Christian (she calls herself a free-time Christian) so I guess the mysterious wizard is a bit too far removed from her persona.
I think I would want to keep my toe if it had to be amputated (or finger), I guess I would not take my potentially amputated leg with me.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

she calls herself a free-time Christian

I'm not sure what that means, but it's cute.

I just hope I don't need to have bits cut off me. A broken tooth is bad enough.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

free-time, probably mixed up translation of 'vrije tijd' it is the time after shool/work, the hollidays. It sounds nicer in Dutch than spare time does in English, more joyous.
She is quite serious about her conversion and her found believe in God, but it doesn't creep into every conversation and she has no problem with people believing other things.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

She sounds like a nice kind of Christian.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

clearly I need a higher class of enemies.

Maybe their hexes are so subtle you haven't noticed.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

Oooh, now, there's a comforting thought.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just!

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

Unrelated, but thanks to the wonders of Ebay, I am now the proud owner of a silver and blue enamel TARDIS pin for my purse. *heart*

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oh, how wonderful! What a great thing to find.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

this reminds me of the time I torn the ligamint in my ankle. It kept bothering me so I went to a physiotherapist. He asked me how it happened. I said that I had want to take a picture of my boyfriend, but that he, being shy and modest, didn't to be photographed so he ran after me. I didn't pay attention and fell in a sand pit. Because I had ruiend his other camera only 2 months before by being trown into a swimmingpool I had the motto 'protect the camera firmly etched in my mind. So I turn ariund in the air so as not to fall on it.
the camera was indeed fine.

So I told my fysio this little story and his question was "was he naked? your boyfriend" (no)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

LOL. What an exciting story! I hope your ankle eventually healed. And too bad the boyfriend wasn't naked. The mental image is priceless. You, suspended twisting in midair like someone from Circe du Soleil - the camera gracefully descending - the picture preserved for posterity.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

hihi,

no unfortunately, I didn't press the right button (too busy hurting myself) and even worse, my ankle does still trouble me. (Not too much, but it easily hurt and it one of these things that starts hurting with cold weather, makes me feel like an old woman 'we are getting cold weather, my ankle tells me!!!'

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Don't you hate it when your aches and pains tell you all about the weather? If I wake up in the middle of the night all congested and unable to breathe, I think, "It must be about to rain," and sure enough, it does.

Thing is, nobody seems to be able to go through life without these aches and pains, so I guess we have to live with it. Complaining all the way.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

Barometric pressure headaches! *raises hand* Those are fun. I get a nice little fringe headache every time the weather starts to turn... except it's absolutely no use as a weather predictor, since a drop in pressure doesn't necessarily mean it's going to rain. *sigh*

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Barometric pressure headaches!

Yup. You'd think I had a dial etched in my forehead. Pressure usually starts in the cheekbone, just below the eyes....

And you're right, it sometimes happens for no apparent reason at all except the annoyance factor.

[msilverstar]

Sleeping is the best thing for recuperating.

*pets you*

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes. All the more so since the heat seems to make me sleepy also... and the humidity is bringing back candidiasis symptoms....

But it's boring!

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Hee, peanut butter *pets you*.

Everyone I know is sleeping for 14 hours, I'm jealous.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, it's really very dull. But I've been exhausted. Whether it's the tooth, the heat or candidiasis, I don't know, but I'm certainly exceeding my usual sleep needs.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

candidiasis?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. It's a weird condition when the yeast in your body gets all our of kilter. I got it from living for 15 years in a basement apartment - or so I assume - so it's above ground for me from now on! Mostly I'm all better, but in humid weather it gets a little worse. You don't even want to hear the list of symptoms.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Oh geebers... I so dislike basements, which is part of why I decided against the basement level apartment (garden level). This only works to assert my dislike!

I'm sure it's the heat too. I feel more tired and sleepy when it's hot out.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes - very wise, stay out of basements! I'd heard that living in basements long-term was bad for your health, but no one ever told me how or why. And then suddenly I was deathly ill and didn't know why. Took years to get over it, too.

The heat is tiring on its own, too. Especially since I walked home from work by way of the comic books shop - which makes the walk much longer than it normally is. Worth it, though. Got a big batch of comics today.

[megaloo13.livejournal.com]

Ouch for the detistry. Glad it got fixed and you've had some nice recooperating time.

On another hand, I am jealous of your time sleeping, as you clocked in the same amount of hours that I worked today between my two jobs. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Condolences! I admire your stamina.