. . . and yes, all the ibuprofen and naproxen I’ve taken over the years has given me tinnitis, and has also affected my ability to hear very high frequencies, around 8000 Hz. This explains why I have difficulty distinguishing T and S and similar high-frequency speech sounds, especially when there’s background noise. Speech at […]
Eighteen! Five of them directly into the base of the mangled tooth beneath the temporary crown. Three hours. For seating a crown, which should have taken maybe half an hour and no anesthesia. My teeth totally suck.
This is the annual Ski to Sea weekend, when touristers and bozos take over a good chunk of the county, and touristers- and bozos-in-training have a junior-sized bike race in imitation of their elders.
In my park. My park.
Since they always make a complete nasty mess of the back trails, digging up huge mudpiles with their […]
While I’m recovering from Ye Trip and not having to work yet, I figured I’d better get a couple of the few decent photos I got up, or I won’t get them up. After using my DSLR for a few years, I was dreadfully disappointed in the quality I got from the little point-and-shoot, but […]
Squeeeee! I’m off in the morning for the wedding and, if all goes well, I will be able to have a little s’prise for Ducky when I arrive.
Today, one of my online fiber friends announced that (are you ready? really ready?) she is weaving the fabric that will make a portion of her wedding dress […]
Wanted to get these out of my hair before I rush off, and I won’t have time once I start packing and stuff. Following is The Dress, hung up over my bedroom door. It’s dark enough that it really eats light, and since I’m working on the laptop and don’t have anything by which to […]
I dyig. Ooowitch. Crown prep took three-plus hours; it ought to take about two. They had to give me twice as much novocaine as a normal person, and then another shot directly into the tooth once they got into it. They banged and whacked my jaw around so the whole thing, upper and lower, aches […]
Today, I was supposed to go in for crown prep. While I loathe and detest having to do so, I was looking forward to being able to chew a little again.
However, it seems that my dentist has come down with “flu-like symptoms,” which he got from his Nephew the Disease Vector, so my appointment has […]
When my beloved Snaotheus, whose observational and logician skills we all know are unsurpassed :pauses to cough:, said to me, “Mom, you really have a lotta bad luck. You know that?”, I knew I was in trouble. Well, I knew I was in trouble long before that, but one never likes to have objective confirmation […]
My tooth is cracked and broken and I have to have yet another crown put in. This will be four in the last four years. I suppose I should be grateful they’ve been spacing themselves at roughly one-year intervals, so that the (not very good) dental insurance will, with prodding and complaining, shell out about […]