Thanks for asking after me in the last Cafe, Second Nature, you’re such a doll. I’m still feeling miserably but I saw my oral surgeon today for follow-up and he says it looked like the partial dry socket I suspected. He offered to put a medicated pack in there but I declined because I frequently don’t respond well to things like that, and the autoimmune disease sometimes means that my immune system goes a little crazy at foreign things and then that makes me worse overall. So the other option was to spend another week on painkillers, and that seemed like the obvious choice so I’ll be looped until Friday at least.
Family Man, are you around? Any better yet? I sure hope so. Also hope you’ve been able to send out some nastygrams to the appropriate state agencies regarding your oral surgeon’s medieval practices.
Thanks CabinGirl, it’s only partial though, so I’m not in screaming agony. Plus, pain is a symptom I handle very well. I’d rather writhe in agony than puke, I’m a big baby about the puking. 🙂
Hey, how goes the papers and school and stuff? Last I read, I think you were working on premature ejaculators and getting ready to do a unit on endocrinology.
Finished with PE, and back to the diabetes stuff for work this week. And I just had my last endocrinology class tonight, which means it’s time to study for the exam next week. I will be so glad when the summer comes and I’m done with exams.
Thanks for asking. Now, when is your move? (I haven’t read downthread far enough yet, so sorry if I’m asking a question you’ve already answered.)
We are fortunate to have a very flexible situation going on. Last year we’d planned to have this done by March, but I expect that we’ll actually be moved by late April/early May.
Good luck on the endo exam! I know you’ll do great.
Trudging along forward. Roomie forgot something in her application to UC grad school & just got that sent off, so we’re still waiting to see whether she’ll be accepted (she almost certainly will), and then it’s a matter of scheduling her trip back east to find a place, which should probably happen in the next few weeks. I hate to move. I’m looking forward to being moved, but I’m trying very hard not to think of all the work in between now and then.
How’s everything around your digs? Work going smoothly? Dogs napping enough? Husband win any gold medals ice skating?
I’m not too big on moving either — which probably explains why Jim and I have lived in the same place for 27 years. Although one thing I always liked about moving was discovering all the shit I had stuffed away some where and forgotten about.
If Jim comes home from ice-skating and says that he managed to avoid running down any small children, I treat that as a medal-winning performance.
I never moved as a kid, but since then I’ve moved about a dozen times in 25 years. What a big pain in the neck when you have kids and a ton of crap. We still have sealed boxes from 3 moves ago.
I just did a count and I’ve lived nine places in my 55 years. And to add to my blah resume, all of them have been in Indiana. As for unpacking, I have boxes in the basement that have never been unpacked since we moved here in ’79.
Think of them as time capsules. It would be really interesting to see what’s inside, don’t you think? You could probably sell of those 70’s clothes on ebay for some big bucks.
Hi Indy. I’m sorry to hear about the dry socket. When I had one before they did the pack with me, but I completely sympathize with your situation. I was supposed to go back to see her today, but mine have gotten better. Still heavy on the Advil, but it’s ok now.
The thing that got to me is that 1.) I was automatically classed as a liar about the pain and 2.) I was treated, as all I was after was drugs. I have some pretty strong painkillers for my migraines, but I won’t touch those. So today I figured why even drive the 45 minutes to pay a co-pay when she would tell me it looks OK and still be treated that way.
I’m still working on my letter, but I’m definitely sending it out and finding someone else.
I did that when I had dry socket and the oral surgeon was an asshole about it. And I also reported my unpleasant experiences to the dentist who recommended him to me.
I’ve always thought you had to be sadistic to want to be a dentist.
You know, I really don’t understand their attitudes about that. I mean, I get that people are addicts and that doctors have liability and blah blah blah. But at the same time, we all know how rarely a doctor’s license actually gets pulled for anything — they practically have to cut off the wrong limb to lose their licenses — and it seems to me that leaving a patient in pain is a far worse thing to do than inadvertently giving an addict a script.
At the same time, I’m sympathetic to doctors who are nervous that they’re going to wind up victims of the stupid drug war because some overzealous federal agent gets it in his head that busting a dentist is an excellent use of his time and our tax dollars.
Heh, some days I have a hard time figuring out exactly who to be pissed off at — all I know is that someone, somewhere, deserves a good ass-kicking for what happened to you, lol.
I’ve been doing some research on that subject – pain management, government, etc. They actually have the doctors so intimidated that it really is a shame. What gets me is so many people suffer so needlessly.
Thanks for the update and I’m sorry you’re in such pain. They put a medicated pack in when I had my wisdom teeth out…oil of clove or something. It relieved the pain of dry socket. Hope you feel better soon, Indy.
I’ve gotta go, too. I need to blenderize some dinner so I can take more pills. Whee! Later all, and thanks to everyone for the good wishes, right back atcha.
No fooling. He asks the most inane questions and then interrupts before they complete their answer. Last week he had on transgendered people, and there was a woman who used to be a man and she was explaining how your sexuality is different than your gender and how deeply ingrained her feelings of being in the wrong body were as a young boy…and Larry cuts her off and says something like “So, you enjoy lesbian sex?”
the night Keith was on Jay Leno’s show, and Leno asked him if there was some sort of feud between him and O’Reilly. Keith’s response: “There’s no feud…I just don’t like the guy.”
Last Friday was classic Olbermann…when he broke into singing “Happy Days Are Here Again” was priceless. And he has no hesitation at poking fun at himself either — the lineup of folks “signing the petition”, including Dan Abrams and Tucker Carlson, was delicious. 🙂
Can’t wait to see tonight’s show…holding off till the spouse gets home so we can watch it on the DVR… 🙂
Yo yawl…tagging in at the end of a long, non-productive day.
Been blog walkin’ w/ the Birthday Bu, 6 yrs. old today.
Found some interesting stuff:
if you haven’t heard or read about the new film by the Wachowski Brothers…of Matrix fame…here’s a link to the trailers for V for Vendetta and an interesting commentary on it from James Wolcott. Looks very interesting.
its just that every once in a while I look down the diary list and I just want someone else to have looked at that list and thought what I thought but can’t say.
Only happens occasionally. So I can never count on who will be around.
I’d like to pretend I’m up because I’m the party-hearty queen of the geezers but I’m only up because Sniff went out a little bit ago and I’m waiting for him to come back in.
Everybody seems to have been feeling not well today and took to their beds.
Haven’t seen emjw all day though — maybe he’s still recuperating from last night.
I thought I saw him around when I was lurking but I could be wrong. I just skim when I lurk. I never have enough time to really read stuff. If something catches my eye, I might loiter, but otherwise I’m only half aware of who’s saying what.
Too many people on drugs for their teeth instead of being on drugs for fun.
I’m going to bed. I think I’ll just leave this lounge up because it seems like it’s going to be a pretty quiet night. Unless you have other plans, maryb.
If anyone’s serving, could I have just a smidge of Irish Mist? No, make it a jolt. No, no, make it a double, please, with just a few, no more than two ice cubes.
As to Monday Night Dental Blogging… have fewer dents to blog about…. in fact this Sunday, while standing in a windswept phone booth, waiting for my sister to ring me back, I lost another half a tooth…. hmmm… won’t be needing to clean that bit.
I have more teeth than spaces still, and I suppose I will have to address this issue after my health insurance kicks in, and I attend to my eyes and bones. (Half blind without glasses for last few years, need bifocals and bones hurt alot.)
Now, I guess this is a disgusting picture, an overweight, bad teeth, blind, middle aged hack pulling up to an overnight cafe to order a generous jolt whiskey… but then again if I were tending bar I most certainly would serve me…. and I just might… hmmm…..
Thanks for asking after me in the last Cafe, Second Nature, you’re such a doll. I’m still feeling miserably but I saw my oral surgeon today for follow-up and he says it looked like the partial dry socket I suspected. He offered to put a medicated pack in there but I declined because I frequently don’t respond well to things like that, and the autoimmune disease sometimes means that my immune system goes a little crazy at foreign things and then that makes me worse overall. So the other option was to spend another week on painkillers, and that seemed like the obvious choice so I’ll be looped until Friday at least.
Family Man, are you around? Any better yet? I sure hope so. Also hope you’ve been able to send out some nastygrams to the appropriate state agencies regarding your oral surgeon’s medieval practices.
Ouch. I had dry socket when they took out my wisdom teeth, and it was horrendous. I hope you feel better soon.
Thanks CabinGirl, it’s only partial though, so I’m not in screaming agony. Plus, pain is a symptom I handle very well. I’d rather writhe in agony than puke, I’m a big baby about the puking. 🙂
Hey, how goes the papers and school and stuff? Last I read, I think you were working on premature ejaculators and getting ready to do a unit on endocrinology.
Finished with PE, and back to the diabetes stuff for work this week. And I just had my last endocrinology class tonight, which means it’s time to study for the exam next week. I will be so glad when the summer comes and I’m done with exams.
Thanks for asking. Now, when is your move? (I haven’t read downthread far enough yet, so sorry if I’m asking a question you’ve already answered.)
We are fortunate to have a very flexible situation going on. Last year we’d planned to have this done by March, but I expect that we’ll actually be moved by late April/early May.
Good luck on the endo exam! I know you’ll do great.
Ahhh, May in Ohio. That and October almost make up for the other 10 months when it’s crappy.
Let me take your mind off your pain by asking how plans for the move are progressing.
Trudging along forward. Roomie forgot something in her application to UC grad school & just got that sent off, so we’re still waiting to see whether she’ll be accepted (she almost certainly will), and then it’s a matter of scheduling her trip back east to find a place, which should probably happen in the next few weeks. I hate to move. I’m looking forward to being moved, but I’m trying very hard not to think of all the work in between now and then.
How’s everything around your digs? Work going smoothly? Dogs napping enough? Husband win any gold medals ice skating?
I’m not too big on moving either — which probably explains why Jim and I have lived in the same place for 27 years. Although one thing I always liked about moving was discovering all the shit I had stuffed away some where and forgotten about.
If Jim comes home from ice-skating and says that he managed to avoid running down any small children, I treat that as a medal-winning performance.
I never moved as a kid, but since then I’ve moved about a dozen times in 25 years. What a big pain in the neck when you have kids and a ton of crap. We still have sealed boxes from 3 moves ago.
I just did a count and I’ve lived nine places in my 55 years. And to add to my blah resume, all of them have been in Indiana. As for unpacking, I have boxes in the basement that have never been unpacked since we moved here in ’79.
Think of them as time capsules. It would be really interesting to see what’s inside, don’t you think? You could probably sell of those 70’s clothes on ebay for some big bucks.
Hi Indy. I’m sorry to hear about the dry socket. When I had one before they did the pack with me, but I completely sympathize with your situation. I was supposed to go back to see her today, but mine have gotten better. Still heavy on the Advil, but it’s ok now.
The thing that got to me is that 1.) I was automatically classed as a liar about the pain and 2.) I was treated, as all I was after was drugs. I have some pretty strong painkillers for my migraines, but I won’t touch those. So today I figured why even drive the 45 minutes to pay a co-pay when she would tell me it looks OK and still be treated that way.
I’m still working on my letter, but I’m definitely sending it out and finding someone else.
It’s always good to vote with your feet, and write her and the insurance company a letter stating why you’re finding a new dentist.
I did that when I had dry socket and the oral surgeon was an asshole about it. And I also reported my unpleasant experiences to the dentist who recommended him to me.
I’ve always thought you had to be sadistic to want to be a dentist.
You know, I really don’t understand their attitudes about that. I mean, I get that people are addicts and that doctors have liability and blah blah blah. But at the same time, we all know how rarely a doctor’s license actually gets pulled for anything — they practically have to cut off the wrong limb to lose their licenses — and it seems to me that leaving a patient in pain is a far worse thing to do than inadvertently giving an addict a script.
At the same time, I’m sympathetic to doctors who are nervous that they’re going to wind up victims of the stupid drug war because some overzealous federal agent gets it in his head that busting a dentist is an excellent use of his time and our tax dollars.
Heh, some days I have a hard time figuring out exactly who to be pissed off at — all I know is that someone, somewhere, deserves a good ass-kicking for what happened to you, lol.
I’ve been doing some research on that subject – pain management, government, etc. They actually have the doctors so intimidated that it really is a shame. What gets me is so many people suffer so needlessly.
Thanks for the update and I’m sorry you’re in such pain. They put a medicated pack in when I had my wisdom teeth out…oil of clove or something. It relieved the pain of dry socket. Hope you feel better soon, Indy.
I didn’t even think of the insurance company. Thanks.
They may threaten to drop her from the plan.
I don’t know, but at least they’ll know my feelings.
Feel better soon. sending warm thought of love and healing!!!
Aww, thanks hon. Warm fuzzies to you and the Diva Dogs as well.
Thanks and glad you’re feeling better.
Heh, whoops, I thought you were talking to me, and I guess you were talking to Family Man. Yay narcotics! Either way, the sentiments are genuine. 🙂
it goes to anyone not feeling well or going through turmoil at this time. LOL
INDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get better soon!
I’ll be sending dirty, nasty thoughts your way. 🙂
Well I’m calling it an early night.
Everybody have a good night in the pond.
Good night, Man. Family Man.
I’ve gotta go, too. I need to blenderize some dinner so I can take more pills. Whee! Later all, and thanks to everyone for the good wishes, right back atcha.
Is that the only keg left?
out back:
calling ti an early night since the dull ache is still there and I have to be feeling better in the am.
If anyone is paying attention…Jon Stewart is on Larry King. Funny, funny dude.
Too bad Larry King is so unwatchable.
No fooling. He asks the most inane questions and then interrupts before they complete their answer. Last week he had on transgendered people, and there was a woman who used to be a man and she was explaining how your sexuality is different than your gender and how deeply ingrained her feelings of being in the wrong body were as a young boy…and Larry cuts her off and says something like “So, you enjoy lesbian sex?”
Yeah, he certainly knows how to get at the nuances of an issue.
Did you know that Bill O’Reilly has started a petition to get Keith Olbermann’s show cancelled? Olbermann’s take on it is really funny.
Olbermann has been relentless in trying to humiliate O”Reilly during the whole falafel thing. Something must have happened between them years ago.
the night Keith was on Jay Leno’s show, and Leno asked him if there was some sort of feud between him and O’Reilly. Keith’s response: “There’s no feud…I just don’t like the guy.”
Last Friday was classic Olbermann…when he broke into singing “Happy Days Are Here Again” was priceless. And he has no hesitation at poking fun at himself either — the lineup of folks “signing the petition”, including Dan Abrams and Tucker Carlson, was delicious. 🙂
Can’t wait to see tonight’s show…holding off till the spouse gets home so we can watch it on the DVR… 🙂
Here’s the video clip of the segment, courtesy of C&L, for those w/out cable like me.
Enjoy
Peace
Yo yawl…tagging in at the end of a long, non-productive day.
Been blog walkin’ w/ the Birthday Bu, 6 yrs. old today.
Found some interesting stuff:
if you haven’t heard or read about the new film by the Wachowski Brothers…of Matrix fame…here’s a link to the trailers for V for Vendetta and an interesting commentary on it from James Wolcott. Looks very interesting.
Also found this video: We Will Not Be Silenced.
And in case you missed it Chimpy’s new JAR is at 34%, and Shotgun’s is 18%.
Please let this be the beginning of the end.
Enjoy
Later
Peace
Happy Birthday to Bu. I hope you got her an nice, big bone.
even ordered up a beautiful, sunny day for her. She’s completely sated now and emulating Sniff…slacker dogs, what-a-ya gonna do?
Peace
I’m back. Since nobody paged me am I safe in assuming armageddon didn’t happen?
It happened but since nothing actually changed, no one noticed.
You don’t watch 24 do you?
Nope. Did I miss a cultural reference?
no
its just that every once in a while I look down the diary list and I just want someone else to have looked at that list and thought what I thought but can’t say.
Only happens occasionally. So I can never count on who will be around.
You can say and then I can do a very convincing job of acting like I get it.
no
I really can’t say it out loud
I can’t explain either.
Wow — you’re still up? I just realized.
so keggers must be your thing. Although this one is pretty dull. Where is everybody?
I’d like to pretend I’m up because I’m the party-hearty queen of the geezers but I’m only up because Sniff went out a little bit ago and I’m waiting for him to come back in.
Everybody seems to have been feeling not well today and took to their beds.
Haven’t seen emjw all day though — maybe he’s still recuperating from last night.
I thought I saw him around when I was lurking but I could be wrong. I just skim when I lurk. I never have enough time to really read stuff. If something catches my eye, I might loiter, but otherwise I’m only half aware of who’s saying what.
Too many people on drugs for their teeth instead of being on drugs for fun.
I’m going to bed. I think I’ll just leave this lounge up because it seems like it’s going to be a pretty quiet night. Unless you have other plans, maryb.
I’m giving up on Sniff and going to bed so give him the pleasure of waking me up just as I’ve finally fallen asleep.
Night.
If anyone’s serving, could I have just a smidge of Irish Mist? No, make it a jolt. No, no, make it a double, please, with just a few, no more than two ice cubes.
As to Monday Night Dental Blogging… have fewer dents to blog about…. in fact this Sunday, while standing in a windswept phone booth, waiting for my sister to ring me back, I lost another half a tooth…. hmmm… won’t be needing to clean that bit.
I have more teeth than spaces still, and I suppose I will have to address this issue after my health insurance kicks in, and I attend to my eyes and bones. (Half blind without glasses for last few years, need bifocals and bones hurt alot.)
Now, I guess this is a disgusting picture, an overweight, bad teeth, blind, middle aged hack pulling up to an overnight cafe to order a generous jolt whiskey… but then again if I were tending bar I most certainly would serve me…. and I just might… hmmm…..