Through The Mud And Toward The Sun, The Lotus Blossoms

[shimmerz]

Wow! Mother sounds like a whack job. Anyone would recognize that getting a bunch of teeth pulled with no pain management is at the very least, anxiety producing. Do you ever wonder how we ended up being empathic? No idea where I learned that from.

I hope you are doing well my friend. :hug:

 

[KwanYingirl]

Done!! 43 novocaine shots and then they just slid out in about 5 minutes. My phone had no signal in his office so we listened to country music. Funny, my dear, sweet dentist from Africa loves country music! I gave him a big hug. He is so kind and patient. I feel like a pin cushion, and so glad I did it so I don't have to be sick to my stomach.
Thank you for your support, it means so much.
My mother is very dismissive of my struggles. Her go to phrase is "just ignore it and it will go away" when I was little and had nightmares, she never comforted me. I was largely ignored. Apparently I went missing and was found in the incinerator. Another time someone at my brothers baseball game saw that I climbed the chain link wall behind home plate. I was three.
We are empathetic because we connect with the energies in the Universe in a visceral way. Sorrow for others is the price we pay for being compassionate. And I think we were born into it.

 

[seedling]

Glad it went so well today! Wow, that's an accomplishment.
Even people without PTSD freak out about having teeth pulled like that. I had two pulled and my friend was wide-eyed that I didn't ask to be put to sleep.
Your dentist sounds great, aren't good caregivers just the best? They remind us how to take care of ourselves and of what we have always deserved.

I am imagining how the would-be thief saw you and Annie. Tough and not to be messed with. What a triumph:)! Ha ha, he slunk away in the face of the two of you.
Your own personal power.

All the best healing for your mouth. Take good care of yourself:)

 

[seedling]

Just listened to the whole video above. What a great message. This is what I am trying to do many times - be aware of the critical voice and interrupt its message.

 

[KwanYingirl]

Day 3 of healing. Lots of throbbing bone pain today. There's a spot on my back gum that feels like a razor blade. I think a shard of bone was left in when that tooth was extracted last October. I've been back to the oral surgeon twice and he just sticks his wiggly finger in and says there's nothing there. Well there is and I see stars it hurts so much when I put this denture in. Plus I speak like my mouth is full of marbles. Lucky I only have to work this morning and tomorrow morning. Then Wednesday all day. All I'm eating is Orgain organic protein shake and avocados. Oh and a sweet potato. But when I eat then I immediately want to remove the denture to clean it and it's so painful to get it past that sore spot, I'm just not going to eat anything solid. I'm getting my nutrition and this will all improve as my gums heal. When I get discouraged I smile in the mirror and am glad I did it. Canceled therapy, just don't want to talk I sound crazy.

 

[Crow]

I'm so sorry you're in pain.

 

[KwanYingirl]

Thanks all. I'm told that it takes a year to get used to dentures. The pain will be better by the end of the week.

 

[seedling]

An xray will show is there's bone left in that spot if it doesn't resolve soon.
Sorry about the pain, mouth pain is tough.
Hang in there, I'm glad they look great :)

 

[KwanYingirl]

I just got back from the Denturist. She said they are rubbing on a shelf way back where my wisdom teeth used to be. She reshaped the corner and they are very comfy now. Have to stay on a liquid diet for awhile until my gums heal.

 

[seedling]

Yahoo :) that's great news. Comfy - wow!
I have very sensitive teeth. Usually have two shots of novacaine for a filling and sometimes I can still feel it. My last dentist got good at getting in the first shot to all the right places after a while.
Glad you are on your way to a beautiful smile :)

 

[KwanYingirl]

Spending the weekend caring for my mother who has had many falls and she refuses to cooperate by using a walker. I need to get back home but I don't dare leave her alone. Annie wet the bed last night, pooped on the floor this morning and then threw up. So she's sick and I'm hours away from her Vet. Ugh. Awake all night washing bedding. Time to go back to bed.

 

[KwanYingirl]

No entries for awhile. Still not sure I want to stay here or walk away. Just not connecting to most posts. I did get my teeth redone. Not one single regret!!! Very good dentist.
I started guitar lessons Friday evening. I taught myself 30 years ago, but lost the piano and guitars in my divorce . In one session, he corrected many bad habits.i decided to take it up again and learn better ways to handle my transitions.