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Adventues in dentistry – ouch!
My teeth are crap. Always have been, always will be. It’s led to continued issues as an adult, despite twice a day brushing, flossing, mouthwash, the works. I’ve had crowns, root canals, extractions and for a long time my dentist, who I actually quite like, and who would probably have preferred to replace all my silver fillings at once, made a deal with me that we’d take it one tooth at a time as the amalgam needed replacing. This helped me spread out the expense and probably prevented a me from having a permanently sore jaw. I never understood, as… Read more…
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Taking care of me
Recently, I was very selfish. I work too hard. Pretty much anyone who knows me will tell you that. And in recent years, with kids all flown, between the day job and my writing, I burn the midnight oil more than I’d like to admit. I know I need to fix my handed-down trait of “you only need to see the doctor if you’re sick.” I actually went to see my doctor late last summer, and as expected, after an extended absence, she sent me away with a raft of paperwork for all the usual things a woman “of a… Read more…
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Twitchy eyes
My eye started twitching a little over a week ago. It’s not like it hasn’t happened before. In times of stress, it’s not unusual for one or the other of my eyes to flutter. It’s annoying, but I understand why it’s happening. I know what the stressor is and I know when things settle, it will go away. This time is a bit different. I have no idea why this annoying spasm is happening. There’s no one particular thing that has put me over the edge. And yet my eye is twitching. I listened with disappointment on Friday when the Premier of… Read more…
