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YAY! I made it to the shops and back again without the crutch. Dave
was surprised but I told him crutches are a hazzard on stairs when carting shopping bags. For most of this week he's come out and said "You okay? Need help?" but hasn't mastered my suggesting he took the crutch off me! Yesterday the combination of shopping and a crutch caused me to fall backwards...at the top of the stairs....luckily common sense asserted itself and pain from my foot is nothing compared to what would have happened if I had fallen! Foot seems to be getting better- one odd bit- there's a bit on the top of my ankle that itches like mad and when I rub it the pain spreads throughout my foot down to my big toe quite badly- anyone ever had anything like that? (isn't aqeous cream wonderful stuff- itch instantly stopped! ) Apart from that it just aches a little sometimes Haven't used the crutch all day but will take it to work tomorrow to be on the safe side and hopefully tomorrow Dave is going to make a complaint about the district nurses. It's been a month now since they last came round and we don't know what to do- take the dressing off or what? Dave would like that because he could have a shower but the side of his ankle where he had the skin breakdown before is starting to hurt,,,,,please don't tell me we have another crisis!!! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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"Lesley via CatKB.com" u27720@uwe skrev i meddelandet news:801b35cc8f25f@uwe... Someone tell me when I shot the albatross!!!!! I now have a raging toothache, headed off to the dreaded dentist who couldn't see anything wrong with the tooth so X-rayed it to be on the safe side..... It's rotten inside- 5 days on antibiotics, a week of painkillers and then unless I can persuade my own dentist (she wasn't working) to try root canal (More time off work and expense but that;s the way I would rather go) it'll be bye-bye tooth! This has not been a good month for me!!!! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Oh Lesley, you really do seem to have a lot of bad luck lately. HUGS!!! Elisabet |
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"Lesley via CatKB.com" u27720@uwe wrote in message
news:801b35cc8f25f@uwe... Someone tell me when I shot the albatross!!!!! I now have a raging toothache, headed off to the dreaded dentist who couldn't see anything wrong with the tooth so X-rayed it to be on the safe side..... It's rotten inside- 5 days on antibiotics, a week of painkillers and then unless I can persuade my own dentist (she wasn't working) to try root canal (More time off work and expense but that;s the way I would rather go) it'll be bye-bye tooth! This has not been a good month for me!!!! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...dotes/200802/1 I swear, it seems as though you're under a curse! ((((((((Lesley)))))))) Joy |
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When did I shoot the albatross?? (Probably a bit long)
On Feb 22, 10:58*am, "Joy" wrote:
I swear, it seems as though you're under a curse! When did I shoot the albatross? I said that to one of my consultants and was amazed this supposedly educated person who admits to liking theatre, literature and poetry had never heard of either "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" or Coleridge- modern education? Isn't that an oxymoron? I did post my latest disaster through CatKB but it hasn't turned up here Anyway my ankle is now more or less fine. Still can't quite get my shoe on comfortably but only another day or so I would say and I can get about without the crutch pretty well. I took it to work simply because I can't stand too long and if the carriage had jolted suddenly I might have pulled my ankle again so I was hoping the crutch would signal to some kind people a seat would be welcome and on the whole I am surprised at how often it worked. Only on Tuesday did I have to stand for a while and when I got off the tube I really felt it! Also I can't walk too far without stopping but that's because I haven't been walking any great distance for a couple of weeks and I am building it back up. Dave has finally complained about the district nurses and has not had a reply I suppose PALS who handle the complaints are trying to contact them for their side of the story- I wish them luck I never got a call returned and never got anything more than fobbed off. In the meantime, the skin on his ankle under the dressing is really itching and we don't know whether to take the dressing off or not..still a week Monday he has a chiropdy appointment and he is going to ask their advice now maybe they won't know but they may be able to contact the district nurses for us. Either that or his GP who I get the feeling is worried that before Dave went into hospital we both called and asked for a home visit and got fobbed off we might sue so he should get his finger out! Anyway he's okay- we're planning on going out possibly sometime this week maybe even to quiz night As for me....Thursday night my games club re-elected me as treasurer to the 4th time (Really about the 7th but for a time I was secretary and I have even once been chairperson, in 15 years of membership I have probably held posts for 12 or more of those years) and shortly afterwards when the debate from the floor started I fell asleep..It is not a comment on their oratorial skills (although I doubt I missed much) but lack of sleep, food and taking painkillers it started Wednesday... I had just eaten lunch and one of my teeth started to ache. Took an Ibuprofen and didn't think anything else of it, I'd just eaten a very crusty French stick (I love crusty bread- a good French stick and some organic brie..who says food has to be complicated to be brilliant!) and thought I might have hurt the gum anyway it passed ..I made a note my check up was due (I got a letter last week reminding me Dr Beata and her merry band wished to part me with some more of my hard earned) Then kicked in with a vengence later Thursday I crawled out of bed on very little sleep and grateful for the letter which had their phone number called them...Dr B doesn't work Thursdays but they could fit me in as an emergency at 3.00 so I was duly grateful. Tooth seemed to settle down to the point where I wondered if it had just been a traumatised gum but as it still wasn't being nice about the idea of my having something to eat and having made the appointment I figured I should get it checked out The dentist couldn't see a damn thing wrong but on tapping the offending molar with the handle of her mirror, it was tender. She was pretty sure from what I told her it was a gum problem perhaps due to crusty French bread but she took an X-ray to be on the safe side.... (and to justify charging me a few quid) The tooth is rotten on the inside. I have 5 days of antibiotics then have to make an appointment to have it out... Now I don't mind dentists I mean I don't go as far as to say "My week is made I have the enjoyment of a dental appointment!". I used to be terrified of them but I have imperfect enamel and once spent almost 2 years with every second Friday being a 3-hour session at the hands of a dental student- The following is true- the first dental student examined my mouth, wrote a treatment plan (this being when I hadn't been for ages due to fear) and left the course! But his successor was really fun (He went off to become a doctor, which was their gain and dentistry's loss but he was aiming to be an oralmaxillofacial surgeon- I hope he made it) at the time, he was very popular since I worked in the medical and dental bookshop over the road and yes, he got his books for trade prices and I turned a blind eye to the fact he surely doesn't need 8 copies of the same textbook! But I hate the idea of having a tooth out- I was almost okay when she said it I started to walk back to the chair saying "Okay let's get it over with" but obviously won't take it out until after the antibiotics are finished. Now I never take antibiotics unless I must, the last time was 1999 and after just 4 pills the tooth has settled down (I will finish the course) and I have taken one Ibuprofen today, I can chew on that side and it just feels odd but that as much as anything could be me noticing it It doesn't hurt (I took the Ibuprofen 4 hours ago) and I can bite down with no discomfort, drink cold and hot drinks okay This is where I may have to get devious- the dentist was insistent that it come out. When she showed the dental nurse the X-ray she thought it might be possible to save the tooth at which point I piped in with "I've had endontic treatment before and I would much rather go that way if its possible" That new nurse may not last very long. In theory, dentists would much rather keep the tooth in than out. In reality, at least a few years ago, they don't do endontic work because it's not economically viable unless you go private so they used to refer patients to dental hospitals. I have no problem with a student working on my teeth, they're very heavily supervised (a filling takes ages because at each stage the supervising consultant has to inspect the work and pass it before they could go on) Then again the last time I had endontic work was 20+ years ago so perhaps things have changed And THAT tooth was much worse. Took 3 course of antibiotics to settle it enough for work to start. When it flared up (trouble was I had been on the waiting list for so long, by the time they were ready to deal with it kicked off big time). Led to me walking into not one but two A&E's on the same Saturday might in the wee small hours begging for some pain relief like I was a junkie and some kindly house officer had to give me extremely lethally strong prescription only pills so I could doze rather than sleep for 5 days. In those 5 days I think I ate a couple of scrambled eggs, almost passed out three times and bit my optician! My face had hamster cheek pouches on the affected side I still have that tooth so I hope I can persuade my dentist to save this one or am I mad and should go and have the thing out? Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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When did I shoot the albatross?? (Probably a bit long)
Lesley wrote:
snip I still have that tooth so I hope I can persuade my dentist to save this one or am I mad and should go and have the thing out? Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs I would have it out, much less trouble in the long run and you'll soon get used to not having it. Whatever you decide purrs for the pain to go. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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When did I shoot the albatross?? (Probably a bit long)
"Lesley" wrote in message ... On Feb 22, 10:58 am, "Joy" wrote: I swear, it seems as though you're under a curse! When did I shoot the albatross? I said that to one of my consultants and was amazed this supposedly educated person who admits to liking theatre, literature and poetry had never heard of either "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" or Coleridge- modern education? Isn't that an oxymoron? Marina wrote a parody of the Rime, it is in blogspots' "Mouser Tails" at http://mousertails.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html You'll need to scroll down to it. It is one of the best written pieces in the blog. Now if I can remember how to get to the writing portion and what our password was, I can write the 2008 call to sea. Pam S. |
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When did I shoot the albatross?? (Probably a bit long)
On Feb 23, 10:20*am, bobblespin wrote:
I say save it, if you can. * Thanks that's another worry. I lost the molar in front of it many years ago and find that on that side because of the gap I tend to bite my tongue on that side so if I double the gap.... Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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When did I shoot the albatross?? (Probably a bit long)
On Feb 23, 10:05*am, "Adrian" wrote:
I would have it out, much less trouble in the long run and you'll soon get used to not having it. Whatever you decide purrs for the pain to go. It doesn't now hurt at all, which is why I think it can be saved. Even yesterday after the first dose of antibiotic it settled to the point where I only needed two painkillers all day (And the second I took just before going to bed as a precaution) and today I only took one which again was more because it started to feel a bit sore than I needed it and was hours ago at this moment, it doesn't hurt at all even if I bite down on it And I suppose the other thing that worries me is how did it get infected? A year ago I had it filled and as I say on Thursday the dentist couldn't see any sign that it was rotten on the outside so it's not down to a filling cracking. I can't help but wonder whether the dentist didn't do a good enough job on cleaning anything rotten away thus trapping the infection under the filling-this is not something you want to think about when that dentist will be the person to take it out/do the root canal work Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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When did I shoot the albatross?? (Probably a bit long)
On Feb 23, 10:38*am, "tanadashoes" wrote:
Marina wrote a parody of the Rime, Marina is a genius! That was seriously funny! Just what I needed as you can imagine I am really feeling more than a bit low what with the foot, the tooth and the ongoing "what about Dave's foot" waiting for my poor niece to pop, the spectre of Dave's parents in the background etc etc and this really cheered me up1 Lesley slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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