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It brings me great pleasure to announce that after however many weeks of treatement, I am finally finished at the Dentist.

Today’s little trip lasted around thirty minutes and wasn’t too bad.  Just a little bit of pain as she removed the filling she’d put there in the first place, in order to re-do it and extend it a little, to avoid a gap which was just big enough for food to squeeze into, and apply pressure to my gum.  But it’s all done now, and I would almost go as far to say I’m happy. 

Of course, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.  Tomorrow morning i have to attend the Royal Victoria Hospital for my pre-assessment appointment, with a Sister.  Where, no doubt i’ll be exposed to things like blood pressure tests, and questioned about illnesses and medication, to find out if I’m going to die as a result of the anaesthetic i’ll recieve in my operation (Which hopefully won’t be until after Christmas!).

But, for now, things are half decent.  Hurrah! 

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I handed this essay in a few weeks ago, as a first draft and the teacher decided that it was pretty much good to go.  He said he couldn’t think of any tips to give me, to make it any better.  Which either means there’s no hope, or that it was good enough for decent marks.  Fingers crossed, eh? 

He did, however, insert a few arrows, for where i should sort out the paragraphing (Something i struggle with), and it did receieve the wrath of the dreaded red circle, for an incorrect use of “;” and for the word “belied.”   I’m not sure why “belied” was circled, the word does exist and as it was typed, it’s not a mis-reading.  I didn’t realise until i’d got home, so I’ll be sure to ask him about that in the next class.  For now though, i’ve changed the word to “masked.”

Without further ado, my first essay, complete and hopefully enough to get me on my way to a pass grade: Read More »

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Just back from the Dentist.

It wasn’t too bad, but for some reason i was really apprehensive today.  I kept waiting for the pain, which never really came.  I did suffer a little gum pain, as she prodded and scraped at the temporary crowns, but nothing too bad.

Next appointment is for the 24th of October.  Another long one, where they put in the real-deal crowns.

I have to say, the temporary ones look pretty decent, if the real ones look this good i’ll be pretty happy with the whole experience.

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I’m glad to report, with a smile on my face, that the Dentist trip went well.

The anti-biotics must have done their job, because as she injected, drilled and prodded around in my gums, even removing the nerve of the tooth that caused me such excrutiating agony last time, i barely felt any pain.  The little bit of pain i did feel was near the very end of the process, and wasn’t even enough for me to raise my arm for her to stop.  Read More »

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I attended my third night class, last night.  All is going very, very well.  Too well, maybe, as i made the mistake of handing in some of my work to the teacher (I feel 12 again, saying that) last week, for some feedback.

Not only was his feedback fantastic, but he kept referring to my work all the way through class, bringing me undue attention, which i really hate.  But i guess i can’t really grumble, i should be happy that he was so complimentary and use it to build confidence in my abilities.  Read More »

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Had my second appointment with the Dentist today, and i’ve completely changed my mind about the whole thing.

The first part was a piece of pish, just a little filling on a back tooth, where an old one had fallen out.

Then came the preparation work for a crown i’m going to receieve on one of my front teeth.  It started fine, as she drilled off some of the tooth, then as she worked lower it began to hurt.  Then the pain got worse.  And worse.  Read More »

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Today was D-Day.  That is Dentist day.

I haven’t really worried about it as the day approached, but last night i did have a dream about going to the Dentist.  It was quite a peaceful dream, where i had no pain, the work all went well and everyone was happy at the end of it.

The actual visit to the dentist went pretty much the same.  There was no pain, i barely even felt the injections into my gums, and apart from the strain of holding my mouth open wide, there was no suffering at all.  Read More »

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I had my first visit to the Dentist today, in over 11 years (or thereabouts).

I was nervous, to say the least, knowing i need a fair bit of work done. I feared the expected “You should have taken better care of your teeth, and not visiting a Dentist in 11 years is just stupid and immature”, but instead i was faced by a very nice young woman, who just so happened to be skilled in bringing tears to the eyes of grown men.

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