This mouse infestation has me beat. It has now been two and a half weeks of trapping and the tally stands at 141. We are getting very little sleep because the traps go off all through the night. In fact the other night I went and reset a trap and by the [...]
This Saturday just past, we were meant to catch up with my father and his defacto, however it had to be postponed because my father had an infected eye with a gash on his cornea. So instead of a nice picnic lunch on the bay I took my seven year old to [...]
I had another appointment with the endodontic specialist today. As lay in the dental chair I made a big mistake… I didn’t close my eyes. Instantly my pupils dilated (at least I’m pretty sure they did) and my head shook as I saw that HUGE needle headed for my [...]
My ingrown toenail is slowly getting better because my aunt filed it in the center which reduced the pressure (thanks Aunty Carole). After a couple of days the swelling reduced enough for me to be able to touch it without crying out in pain. So out came the big guns… matches and [...]
I’m not scared of the dentist but after this last visit I’m not too thrilled about seeing one again. It was an endodontic specialist who charged me $3440 to fix one tooth and took pleasure (I’m sure) in filling my mouth with stitches as he cut into my jaw bone to remove [...]
As I sit here typing this entry my big toe is throbbing like a bitch! I have an infected ingrown toenail and every step I take sends jolts of pain up my foot. I have just finished a course of antibiotics (for my bone cyst) and it didn’t seem to affect this [...]
The dentist is bad enough but when you hear them say “specialist” the room starts to spin before your eyes. Your pockets start to burn and instantly your stress level rises. Well at least that’s what happens to me. After a troublesome root canal I thought my teeth problems were over, how [...]