Well…damn, the dull ache that my dental instructions predicted has happened and my teeth are throbbing…and it started when I brushed my teeth last night…or it appeared that it did so I took an ibuprofen a few minutes ago and hope it works soon…I guess I was hoping that the pain was not going to come since it didn’t Tuesday right after the surgery…crap….and now there is a winter storm warning in my lower banner and that just sucks…winter is supposed to be done…or getting done…I guess buying the last bag of melting salt was a good idea…I was going to go out to get some cheap chicken tomorrow but then I remembered how big of a pain it was to thaw them so I could portion it into smaller bags….so, even though it’s cheap, it’s too much work…I wonder if I could just let it thaw in the fridge and then re-freeze it? It’s only 5 bucks so I guess I could experiment…we’ll see…I did have a busy day yesterday but today will be easier…think I’m going to go out to DD to get some onion rings and some thin sliced turkey for snacks but I’m not sure when…going to only do one ride today since I’m not feeling it right now and it’s getting late…woke up at 6:23 this morning but rolled over and stayed in bed til 7:14 and that never happens….not much to do today…just going to ease into the day since I’m pretty worn out…I still can’t let go and just do nothing for a day but I think I’m going to try soon….more later…
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Another day…
Well…it’s been another day where I got a lot done but I am looking forward to it being done…started with the grocery runs where I had to hit 4 stores but I did get 27 packs of flower and veggie seeds for around 3 bucks at Menards along with some more salt for the walks and potting soil for starting the veggie seeds…and the salt looks like it may be needed with another storm that is coming in with ice Friday night….so I’ll need to get out to save a lot in the morning Friday since they have chicken leg quarters on sale for 47 cents a pound in a 10 pound bag…after Menards, I headed to Aldis to get the normal Aldis stuff, and then to Meijers where I forgot to buy milk but luckily I started out on Sternberg road and coming back I had to go right by the other Meijers so I stopped there for a quick in and out…then back here for two rides and to watch Man U win their FA cup match…then I made dinner and can almost eat without pain…at least the sensitivity to hot and cold is lessening as I heal…but the places where they stitched me hurt some today and it feels weird to have the extra stitch material floating around in there…all in all, a good day that is going to end with watching the new episode of “The Mandolorian” tonight….
The FBI needs to be cleansed..
Well…you know I’ve written about the NY FBI office being a hotbed of trumpism before but the rot in the FBI goes much deeper than that and it needs to be cleansed of every damn one of them…especially since the arrest of the former chief of counterintelligence McGonigal who laundered money for and worked directly with Oleg Derispaska, who worked for Putin and who was key in rudy’s pushing all of the lies about Ukraine and the Biden’s and who did everything he could to stall the investigation into idiot boy’s connection to the Russians…then came January 6th and the FBI’s top officials were warned that a large percentage of the agents across the FBI were sympathetic to the attackers who trashed the capital so any investigation would be tainted from the beginning…and this taint continued into the government trying to get the stolen documents back from idiot boy when the FBI, instead of following the rules, sought ask trump “pretty please” return the documents instead of getting a search warrant and these same agents did everything they could to slow down the investigation into the theft and in July of last year, these agents wanted to shut the investigation down…look, any agent the shows such slanted favoritism since they are sympathetic to the cult of trump should be fired and right now…anyone who helps people who tried to overthrow the government should not only be fired, but should be prosecuted since they were part of the plot….geez..
March 1st
Well…I forgot about the second day rule applies to my teeth…they hurt this morning but not too bad so I can live with it but I really thought I’d avoided the pain…so I guess I can take an ibuprofen before I do the grocery runs to help with that…darn…slept all the way through til 6:23 but feel like I slept for a minute or so I’m so worn out…could be fallout from the surgery so I may just take a day off today and take it easy…I think part of the pain is from grinding my teeth like I always do at night but it’s still better than before the dental work…didn’t get a lot done but the bike rides yesterday but I don’t see them happening today with how I feel right now….didn’t take any allergy meds last night and I should have…my head is plugged up and I have a headache so I know my nightly routine is still effective and I need to continue it…haven’t driven my car in a week since I skipped getting the paper Sunday so the hla’s will probably be pretty loud today…need to hit Menards this morning to see if I can get some cheap flower and veggie seeds…I planted some perennials last year but I know I’m going to need to fill the back of the house with more flowers this year…and I want to plant some different veggies other than the tomatoes, peppers, and cukes I do every year…not much to do today…pretty worn out and I think I’ll need to take it easy later…and Man U plays so that will be the perfect couch tv for later….more later…
I don’t take this for granted…
Well…after getting up this morning to almost no pain even with having my mouth torn apart yesterday, I was really hoping it would make it easier to eat…it has been painful for the past year with the huge sensitivity to heat, cold, and pressure…it was so bad that I was never eating hot or cold food… only eating tepid stuff and even the acid from oranges sent me into screaming pain even though it was at room temperature…so today when I had hot soup for lunch and was able to eat it without tilting my head to the right to keep the food off the left side of my mouth…and I damn near broke into tears…never thought I’d ever be able to eat without pain again….my jaw is still pretty sore from the stress they put on it yesterday and I can’t open it all the way but I know that’s just temporary until the strain heals…one thing I’m sure of is that I don’t take this for granted…and I am going to relish every pain free day if they continue…you just don’t know what this has done for my quality of life….
It really does look lik fox news is in trouble…
Well…with the release of testimony from all of the execs and on air personalities in the civil defamation suits that Dominion Voting Systems, all I can say is wow, fox news is in trouble….and the suit is for 1.6 billion dollars and I wonder if there can be punitive damage levied if they win their suit? It is clear from the testimony that fox knew that they were lying about Dominion when they constantly pushed the idea that their software switched votes to Joe Biden from the idiot trump, but they kept on doing it even after Dominion sent a cease and desist letter to them after the election and it is also clear that fox was panicking that they were losing viewers to newsmax and oan and they had to do something to bring the maga idiots back into the fox bubble…so they picked Dominion and Smartmatic as their targets of made up conspiracies and hammered it on every show for a month…and Smartmatic has an even larger suit of 2.7 billion dollars against them for the same lies…could we see fox nees bankrupted if they lose these suits? Probably not but it will put a big dent in them…and will maybe change their lying propagandic behavior…we’ll see…geez..
February 28th
Well…damn, this is weird…after all of the cutting and scraping and grinding on my teeth yesterday, my mouth barely hurts at all today…just some stiffness in the jaw hinge but that is about it…and the bleeding has completely stopped so I guess I’m on the way to healing…if it continues to feel like this, I won’t even need to take anything for it today…fingers crossed…I am still removing the protective cement they put in to keep the cold and heat from hurting but most of it is out and the rest of it will eventually fall out….it still does hurt a bit when I put pressure on it biting down but I can live with that….so, it looks like I can start to get back to normal today….still feel cold today, though, so I have the heating pad in my lap just to try to get warm and I’m not sure what that is about…probably should take it easy today but I need to get two rides in anyway so I may take the afternoon off and watch some soccer…I was so worn out last night that I slept through til 6:23 this morning but I’m still pretty tired and it will take a while to get moving….I was planning on today being a recovery day so I’ll have to see if the mouth continues to improve before I decide what to do ….more later…
Part one of the surgery is done…
Well… just got back here from getting the first part of the dental surgery done and man, they jerked and beat on my mouth so much I’m sure my jaw is going to ache tomorrow…my face and jaw is still numb but I think I need to get out ahead of the pain as the numbness wears off…and I lost another molar to a huge abscess…the dentist said we could try to save it and spend thousands to to it but it would come out at some point…it was a the far rear left molar so I’ll still be able to chew…and now without pain…have lots of self dissolving stitches in that won’t need to be removed and the next appointment on the 13th now is just a checkup and consultation and the other side will be done later…and he thinks all of the infection on the left side is now gone and it should heal up okay….hope so….I’m tired and have a headache…
February 27th
Well…happy second anniversary of moving in to my house and it’s going to be a long, painful day…didn’t sleep much at all last night but that’s to be expected with being good last night to prep for the dental work today….out of bed at 5:23 and it looks like it going to snow this morning and I hope it’s not too bad so I can still get to my appointment at 2….and the rest of the day after I get back here is going to be lying on the couch and taking stuff for the pain…I did take the day off the bike yesterday but am going to try to get two rides in this morning and I’m going to eat a lot this morning so I won’t have to eat later…probably not until Tuesday afternoon…I am going to make mashed potatoes this morning to go with the soup I have thawed so I’ll have some non chewing food in case I do get hungry…at least I’ll be able to sleep tonight or even take a nap this afternoon….so nothing planned for the day other than rides and the dental work…I do have to straighten up the living room in case I need to be helped into the front door but that will only take a few minutes….more later….
Go Red Devils!
Well…sitting here watching the League Cup final between Manchester United and Newcastle with Man U up 2-0 but Newcastle is outplaying them…or were until the second goal kind of deflated them….should be a great second half if I can find a channel that is stable to watch it on…using a New Zealand Sky Sports channel right now after trying a South African and English one and both of them jumping backwards….so I’ll stay on this one for a while….