Wax teeth, et al.

Just as the pain and swelling from the one tooth subsided, another tooth elsewhere in the mouth started making trouble. In a lovely little bit of placement, though, this one is on the jaw itself and has a sharp edge that scrapes up the left side of my tongue. Scraped-up tongues tend to swell, and [...]

Everything else that has happened

Where to start… +++ Had the chorus show. It turned out a hell of a lot better than I expected — apparently a lot of guys had been cramming lyrics ‘n’ tunes all day both Friday and Saturday — and the audience was very responsive. The snowstorm kept a lot of people home on Saturday [...]

Dental update

As it turns out, the tooth in question (upper left first bicuspid, if you must know) got that way because of pressure from a wisdom tooth. Wisdom tooth pressure was squishing the whole upper left side, but the broken one had a small weak spot that eventually just caved, and now it’s infected. Yow. Have [...]

Ow.

Much to discuss, but first the big big thing: something has happened to one of my teeth, and as a result my left cheek is a bit swollen and I’m in a bit of pain (currently partially alleviated with naproxen). Going to the dentist in just over an hour, and will have more info then.

And the good news flows

…like mucus from my nose a river. (Yeah. Still battling mucus ‘n’ phlegm. A new weapon in my arsenal, though: honkin’ 600mg tablets of guaifenesin, which are breaking up the chest congestion. w00t.) Yesterday I received two very nice pieces of news: My employer, which can easily be described as “stodgy”, will be offering domestic [...]