Weird - OT

Now for guiltless fun, leave something unexpected on the floor (like a piece
of clothing), watch a cat creep up to it slowly, all crouched down - then
move the object suddenly to get a display of feline aerial gymnastics! ;

Ear Skritches,

CatNipped

I love to watch the kitties when they see something unexpected. Most of
them don't care. Ranger will drop his belly to the floor and creep up on
it with tail fluffed up until he decides it's nothing to worry about.
Sammy, though - he'll creep up on it, sniff it, then do a pop-cat -
straight up in the air a few inches. He'll then sneak up on it again and
do another pop-cat. It's hilarious to watch!

"Daniel Mahoney" wrote in message
...
Now for guiltless fun, leave something unexpected on the floor (like a
piece
of clothing), watch a cat creep up to it slowly, all crouched down - then
move the object suddenly to get a display of feline aerial gymnastics!
;

Ear Skritches,

CatNipped

I love to watch the kitties when they see something unexpected. Most of
them don't care. Ranger will drop his belly to the floor and creep up on
it with tail fluffed up until he decides it's nothing to worry about.
Sammy, though - he'll creep up on it, sniff it, then do a pop-cat -
straight up in the air a few inches. He'll then sneak up on it again and
do another pop-cat. It's hilarious to watch!

Yep, I never get tired of watching that. Of course the only explanation of
this feat is anti-gravity pads in their paws!

Chin Skritches,

CatNipped

On Aug 2, 2:47 pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
"Sara" wrote in message

...





"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke
off (when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had
somehow gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've been
neglecting my teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the
co-payment to get them done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue
kept rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When the dentist
took an x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look
for a doctor or dentist ;). That whole side of my mouth is infected,
and the broken tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. He said he
couldn't even work on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so
he sent me home with a prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah,
like I'm going to take Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never thought I
would have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show
;. [BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance
to reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the
neurosurgeon about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes he
can fix that since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure
(arthroscopic foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery
to remove bone over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be
specific). For most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so
hopefully I won't even have to miss much work! YAY (riiiiiight ;)! I
have an appointment with him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting
forEVER it seems - he's a popular doctor!). I'm just hoping I don't have
to go through weeks of testing before he can do the surgery!

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped

you may find that some of the body pain you are experiencing is related to
the stuff going on in your mouth.
wouldn't that be something?

sara

I wish it were, but it's not - however I'm probably feeling tired and
out-of-sorts because of that, and it will help me feel better just not to
have the infection to fight off.


Even if itsn't cause and effect related, that sort of thing adds up.
And it makes one tired.

Take care and purrs.
--
Will in New Haven
“If you don’t see the mouse at the table in the first few minutes,
check your own breath for cheese.” Feather in Poker for Cats

Yeah well, I laughed as I wiped the Mike's Lemonade off my keyboard.
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
"Sam" wrote in message
diainc...
Adrian wrote:
CatNipped

Purrs for your tooth and your neck. It sounds like you're leaving Ben a
piece at a time. ;-)

You take that back! That's an awful thing to say to CN (wish I'd thought
of it first

Sam, supervised by Mistletoe

I know snort isn't he chuckle awful guffaw!

Fluffy Tails,

CatNipped

Sherry wrote:
Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to wallow
around in the muck with.
Pity, party of two?
Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the
13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom
teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but
the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're
bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I am
the worst dental weenie ever. They're
not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need
them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?)
which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now, because
I could really get wound up on this subject.

Sherry

I'm laughing as I'm typing, Sherry, because like you, I'm a MAJOR dental
weenie! LOL. I have to get heavily into the Xanax in order to get to the
dentist. My problem is that I have a *very* small mouth. I'm not kidding.
I have to use a small-sized toothbrush. I can't fit an entire, tall,
forkful of food in my mouth. (I'm not exaggerating, either. You should
watch me try to eat a sandwich sometime. g )

I go to the dentist and all I hear is, open wider, open wider, open wider.
Well, I can't! LOL. Knock me out, dislocate my jaw and then work on my
teeth, please! :~)

kili ------- still giggling over her small mouth

"kilikini" wrote in message
. com...
Sherry wrote:
Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to wallow
around in the muck with.
Pity, party of two?
Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the
13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom
teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but
the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're
bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I am
the worst dental weenie ever. They're
not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need
them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?)
which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now, because
I could really get wound up on this subject.

Sherry

I'm laughing as I'm typing, Sherry, because like you, I'm a MAJOR dental
weenie! LOL. I have to get heavily into the Xanax in order to get to the
dentist. My problem is that I have a *very* small mouth. I'm not
kidding. I have to use a small-sized toothbrush. I can't fit an entire,
tall, forkful of food in my mouth. (I'm not exaggerating, either. You
should watch me try to eat a sandwich sometime. g )

I go to the dentist and all I hear is, open wider, open wider, open wider.
Well, I can't! LOL. Knock me out, dislocate my jaw and then work on my
teeth, please! :~)

kili ------- still giggling over her small mouth

LOL! Same here - when I went to get a root canal the periodontist had to
use a child-sized "stay" to keep my mouth open!

Nose Kisses,

CatNipped

CatNipped wrote:
"kilikini" wrote in message
. com...
Sherry wrote:
Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to
wallow around in the muck with.
Pity, party of two?
Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the
13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom
teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but
the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're
bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I
am the worst dental weenie ever. They're
not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need
them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?)
which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now,
because I could really get wound up on this subject.

Sherry

I'm laughing as I'm typing, Sherry, because like you, I'm a MAJOR
dental weenie! LOL. I have to get heavily into the Xanax in order
to get to the dentist. My problem is that I have a *very* small
mouth. I'm not kidding. I have to use a small-sized toothbrush. I
can't fit an entire, tall, forkful of food in my mouth. (I'm not
exaggerating, either. You should watch me try to eat a sandwich
sometime. g ) I go to the dentist and all I hear is, open wider, open
wider, open
wider. Well, I can't! LOL. Knock me out, dislocate my jaw and then
work on my teeth, please! :~)

kili ------- still giggling over her small mouth

LOL! Same here - when I went to get a root canal the periodontist
had to use a child-sized "stay" to keep my mouth open!

Nose Kisses,

CatNipped

You, too????? LOL. I can't even fit an entire Dorito in my mouth, can
you??

kili

"kilikini" wrote in message
. com...
CatNipped wrote:
"kilikini" wrote in message
. com...
Sherry wrote:
Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to
wallow around in the muck with.
Pity, party of two?
Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the
13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom
teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive, but
the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're
bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I
am the worst dental weenie ever. They're
not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really need
them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?)
which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now,
because I could really get wound up on this subject.

Sherry

I'm laughing as I'm typing, Sherry, because like you, I'm a MAJOR
dental weenie! LOL. I have to get heavily into the Xanax in order
to get to the dentist. My problem is that I have a *very* small
mouth. I'm not kidding. I have to use a small-sized toothbrush. I
can't fit an entire, tall, forkful of food in my mouth. (I'm not
exaggerating, either. You should watch me try to eat a sandwich
sometime. g ) I go to the dentist and all I hear is, open wider, open
wider, open
wider. Well, I can't! LOL. Knock me out, dislocate my jaw and then
work on my teeth, please! :~)

kili ------- still giggling over her small mouth

LOL! Same here - when I went to get a root canal the periodontist
had to use a child-sized "stay" to keep my mouth open!

Nose Kisses,

CatNipped

You, too????? LOL. I can't even fit an entire Dorito in my mouth, can
you??

kili

Nope! And I grew up in the land of po'boy sandwiches piled high with
everything - imaging trying to get my itty mouth around that (and people
have the nerve to call me "big mouth" ;)!

Chin Skritches,

CatNipped

CatNipped wrote:
"kilikini" wrote in message
. com...
CatNipped wrote:
"kilikini" wrote in message
. com...
Sherry wrote:
Oh yay. I wasn't going to post this, but now I have someone to
wallow around in the muck with.
Pity, party of two?
Mine isn't nearly as bad as yours, but I have an appt. on Wed. the
13th for oral surgery to have 2 wisdom
teeth extracted. It is equally weird. One was kind of sensitive,
but the other one didn't hurt at all, and they're
bad infected too. Gad, I need valium just to SAY "oral surgeon." I
am the worst dental weenie ever. They're
not going to try to save them I suppose because I don't really
need them. I got a script for eurthromycin (sp?)
which gives me a horrible stomache ache. OK, I'll shut up now,
because I could really get wound up on this subject.

Sherry

I'm laughing as I'm typing, Sherry, because like you, I'm a MAJOR
dental weenie! LOL. I have to get heavily into the Xanax in order
to get to the dentist. My problem is that I have a *very* small
mouth. I'm not kidding. I have to use a small-sized toothbrush. I
can't fit an entire, tall, forkful of food in my mouth. (I'm not
exaggerating, either. You should watch me try to eat a sandwich
sometime. g ) I go to the dentist and all I hear is, open
wider, open wider, open
wider. Well, I can't! LOL. Knock me out, dislocate my jaw and
then work on my teeth, please! :~)

kili ------- still giggling over her small mouth

LOL! Same here - when I went to get a root canal the periodontist
had to use a child-sized "stay" to keep my mouth open!

Nose Kisses,

CatNipped

You, too????? LOL. I can't even fit an entire Dorito in my mouth,
can you??

kili

Nope! And I grew up in the land of po'boy sandwiches piled high with
everything - imaging trying to get my itty mouth around that (and
people have the nerve to call me "big mouth" ;)!

Chin Skritches,

CatNipped

Oh my gosh, I'm *so* laughing, here! I have no comment!!!! (Ironically
enough.)

kili ------ definitely NOT a big mouth. :~)

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:47:21 -0500, "CatNipped"
wrote:

"Sara" wrote in message
. ..

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, when eating a soft pita Panini(sp?) a piece of a tooth broke
off (when I crunched down, at first I thought it was glass that had
somehow gotten into the (Lean Cuisine) sandwich. I know I've been
neglecting my teeth, I was trying to wait until I had saved up the
co-payment to get them done (I need like 8 or 10 crowns).

At first I wasn't even going to go to the dentist today, but my tongue
kept rubbing on the broken tooth and it aggravated me. When the dentist
took an x-ray of the tooth he looked kind of aghast (never a good look
for a doctor or dentist ;). That whole side of my mouth is infected,
and the broken tooth has infection in the nerve in the root. He said he
couldn't even work on my teeth today since the infection was so bad, so
he sent me home with a prescription for antibiotics and Vicodin (yeah,
like I'm going to take Vicodin!).

The weird thing is I was *not* screaming-on-the-ceiling in pain from the
tooth. The pain in my neck is so intense that I perceived the pain in my
mouth as just a dull ache in the back of my mind. I never thought I
would have that gawd-awful pain to thank for anything - just goes to show
;. [BTW, I have to go back Thursday, after the antibiotics have a chance
to reduce the infection, for a root canal and a crown.]

Right now I'm anxiously waiting until I can get in to see the
neurosurgeon about the pinched nerves in my neck. I have high hopes he
can fix that since he is the surgeon who pioneered the procedure
(arthroscopic foraminotomy - informally called minimally invasive surgery
to remove bone over-growth from the cervical vertebra - C3 and C4 to be
specific). For most cases he does it on an out-patient basis, so
hopefully I won't even have to miss much work! YAY (riiiiiight ;)! I
have an appointment with him on the 18th of this month (I'm been waiting
forEVER it seems - he's a popular doctor!). I'm just hoping I don't have
to go through weeks of testing before he can do the surgery!

Any way, anything good happen while I was gone? ;

Chin Scritches,

CatNipped


you may find that some of the body pain you are experiencing is related to
the stuff going on in your mouth.
wouldn't that be something?

sara

I wish it were, but it's not - however I'm probably feeling tired and
out-of-sorts because of that, and it will help me feel better just not to
have the infection to fight off.

I wouldn't bet on it not contributing sweety... mouth pain can be
referred anywhere between your temple and your shoulder.