Hi @utopia@Appleblossom@Former-Member@outlander@Faith-and-Hope
Yes Utopia - it was a tough weekend but I had nothing like the pain I woke up with yesterday - I never say my back pain registers at 10 on the mysterious 1 - 10 scale - but yesterday it hit 10 - and I could hardly believe it - it seemed to be the worst pain I ever had but I recall a time when I had abscessed teeth and yeah - the pain had to be that bad back then
I have been the victim of an incredibly bad bite - lost many teeth because of this and also damaging my front teeth in a fall when I hit my face on the bottom of the bath when I was a kid - when I think of all the things that have happened to me in my life this still feels enigmatic because my upper partial denture has "minor imperfections" and look incredibly natural and since I have had them I am happy about my smile and do so more naturally - so yeah - enigmatic.
Yesterday - my dentist couldn't see me in the morning but he had time in the afternoon and there were no other patients there and he saw me as soon as I turned up - the pain killers I had taken had helped but wow - he gave me all this time - I was his first patient and he is always wonderful and understanding - he knows I have had some really tough stuff in my past and he is more like a friend who happens to be a dentist
It was a painful examination - that tooth could not bear to be touched - but he was really gentle and the couldn't find anything wrong with the tooth but I had chipped the tooth a couple of weeks back and the tooth above was connecting badly and I had a - still have - a traumatised tooth.
Since I decided to go to Hobart I have been grinding my teeth in a huge way and the two wisdom teeth on the right side have been taking the stress and wow - he cleared the point of the upper tooth that was pressing on the sore tooth and told me to wear my partials all the time now - that means at night because I grind my teeth
So yes - Hobart and visiting my relatives - I realise that my uncle is more important to me than my own parents - he was there for me through the darkest years of my like when my parents were not. I saw how ill he is and it was a good day when I saw him. I don't know how long he has got left - I can hope I see him again in a few months - really weeks - I have to recover myself first - but it is in my plans to go in the winter I think -
After I saw the dentist yesterday I was exhausted and I can only eat soft food for a few days - however long it takes for the bruising in my tooth to settle - and I have a lot of stuff to fix here after several days of feeling unwell - I have a domestic worker coming for an hour today - at least the place will be clean
My son, both my parents - two cousins, one of my uncles and one of their wives and now my favourite uncle - having so many young uncles growing up was special and the time comes when they have to leave - and their wives - but this uncle has been special - all my life.
Also - my uncle and aunt introduced me to someone they knew and called me their favourite niece - yes - this was special - and i will store these memories for the future
I will get by with the help of my forum family - physical pain is more obvious I guess - but the emotional pain goes far deeper as we all know - but I have all of you here
Dec
