TheBanyanTree: What I did on my birthday

[Teague, Julie Anna]

GAK! is a personal favorite of mine.  Your story was compelling albeit painful to read.  I can relate.  That time I was told by my dentist to have my wisdom teeth taken out and I didn't listen to her because nothing hurt, and so I put it off for fifteen YEARS?  I probably deserved what I got by the time I finally had four of them removed at once, but it was bad.  So very bad.  Some kind of lurking devil of an infection was released and, along with the surgery pain, there were leaking green fluids beyond what I had ever experienced in my life and a fever of 103F-105F for a week or more. Agony.  And like you, I was single mom at the time.  Fortunately the kids could mostly feed themselves.  Lee, the "boyfriend" at that time, would dash in to bring prescriptions, boxes of tissue, and orange juice, tell me it "smells like sickness in here" and dash out again so that he didn't catch anything.  Anything like impacted wisdom teeth, I guess.  So yes, I can concur, that dental pain is pain like no other, and I'm sorry you had to experience it, and on your birthday no less.  I think you get a do-over in this case.   

Always good to hear from you,
Julie

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Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: What I did on my birthday

Hello Peter,

	Odd.  My brother, a certified hard scientist with unusual absurd sense of humor, used the word, "gaaack", too.  I think he may have omitted an "a" or two.  But it was GACK nonetheless.  We discuss bodily fluids and "stuff" while eating or not eating in this house.  But enough of Trump.

	Thanks for the encouragement.  Nothing like tooth pain!

Tobie






> On Jul 19, 2018, at 7:06 PM, peter macinnis <petermacinnis at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> 
> That bit's good news, any way.
> 
> The rest, gaaack! (And we discuss bodily fluids and stuff while eating in this house.)
> 
> That's all from me.
> 
> peter
> Still alive at 74
> 
> On 20/07/2018 10:05, tobie at shpilchas.net wrote:
>> Tobie
>> Still alive at 71
> 

I truly believe that there will be a time when the cat people and the dog people agree on a two-state solution.        THS  2014




Tobie Shapiro
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