Cate's Diary

I know Tru. I rang this morning & have made an appointment for Monday morning. I bit down with the tooth in question & almost went through the roof! There's definitely a problem there.
Just went for a hike around our block. I'm really missing G. He has rung me every evening. What a sweetie!
 
Thanks, hon. He's not back until Monday morning early. I have not told him I'm suffering. Last night I chewed on paracetamol & swished whisky around my mouth & that helped. Then before I went to bed I massaged magnesium oil into my jaw as well as my feet & that seemed to kill the pain. I'll try that again tonight. I am feeling just a little sorry for myself. I think I'll go somewhere tomorrow & distract myself. I'll also buy some toothache drops, which are made mostly from clove oil. I don't think I'll be able to buy any straight clove oil. Chewing on whole cloves doesn't seem to work very well.
 
I think you have to steep them in hot water for a minute or so first, don't you? Not an expert though...
 
I'll try that tonight LaMa. It makes sense.
I had a bad eating day yesterday & also swished whisky around in my mouth (& swallowed) for half the evening. It didn't work. I swished warm, salty water around before I went to bed & that helped. I got a reasonable night's sleep. 2 more days until my dentist appointment. 2more days until G gets home.
I am going to have a really good eating day today.
Yoghurt with blueberries, rhubarb & almond meal for breakfast.
Lunch will be chop suey (the last of it- hooray!)
Dinner- Maybe the Tofu & vegetable soup I'm going to make today, using all the veg I have left in the fridge.
I can't be bothered looking respectable to go into town to buy toothache drops. I'll try the steeped cloves & saltwater tonight, but if I don't bite anything hard I might be ok. I really need to do some housework. I have been reading & walking, but have not been spring cleaning as I had planned. The house could really do with a spruce up!
 
I'm sorry to hear your tooth is still at you so much it's hard to have the will power to do much when your in pain. Good idea about a soup though at least that shouldn't agrevate it. I'd say you will be so happy when G is home.
 
Thanks, LaMa & Morgane :grouphug:
I had a very productive day yesterday & did lots of Spring cleaning, including vacuuming our whole house. I did it in intervals. I made myself a big pot of soup & had it for dinner. I said in LaMa's diary that I had a vegetarian day, but then I just remembered I had the last of the chop suey!
I have no idea how to cook tofu so that it is a nice texture. I tried shallow frying some, but that didn't work. I'll give up on it for now.

Today I had yoghurt & fruit again for breakfast & I'll probably have some soup for lunch.
I may have eggs on toast tonight as I have been collecting D's eggs all week as he's been away on hols in Fiji & I have been looking after his chooks. There's free-range & there's free-range. His chooks' eggs are wonderful.

It's a beautiful Spring day today & I probably should get out in the garden. I have been going for walks every day, except the one where my tooth had kept me awake most of the night, but I haven't been gardening at all. I feel really content, after another really good night's sleep. I have been massaging magnesium oil into the tops of my feet for weeks now & I'm now sure that it helps me get a sounder night's sleep. I started rubbing it into my bottom jaw at night & I think that may be helping with the toothache. I also didn't eat anything solid yesterday.

I have definitely lost 2 kg this week, while G has been away. I weighed again this morning. I'm getting used to having yoghurt, fruit & almond meal for breakfast & I think that is making a difference. Anyhow......FB time xoxo
 
Am having a great day. I went down & let D's chooks out, moved their house & filled their water etc, came home & have totally Spring-cleaned our pantry. It took me about 3 hours. Our house looks fairly schmicko!
It is a glorious day & I just remembered that I stripped the bed this morning & hung everything out on the outside clothes-line to air dry. I had better go get them in & re-make the bed. I only have one doona cover that I like!
Then I'll go back down to D's & feed his chooks & put them away for the night. They should have enjoyed their day. I am so tempted to get chooks!
I think I'll have bacon & eggs tonight as I am starting to feel famished & it's only 3 pm.
Had a good day, but am starting to miss company. Toothache is just a dull ache atm.
 
Free range often doesn´t mean a lot for what a chicken eats. Keeping them actually outside (on grass or among bushes) in a large enough space for the amount of chickens present means they supplement their grain or pellets with grubs/caterpillars/beetles, which definitely has an influence on the eggs.
About the 2 kg: remember that part of that is because you´re eating very little solid food. Don´t want to be a downer but I don´t want you to be disappointed at your next weigh-in, either.
 
You seem to be getting loads of time outdoors and things done during G's absence. The place will be lovely when he comes back.
 
I have been to the dentist & have had x-rays & my tooth filed down so that it won't jar when I bite. It is damaged & needs to come out & then I will have the option of having a gap or having a bridge built to fill the gap ($2,000). Either way, I will have a gap for 2-4 weeks. I have another appointment next week to decide what I want to do. It may settle, but I don't think so. I wish I had the tooth out there & then. It's hurting a lot more now that I am home. I'll see what happens today, but I just feel like crying.
It's lovely having G back, even though I feel miserable.
 
I'm sorry the dentist didn't have a decent temperary solution for you :( Getting a tooth filed down sounds horrible if you ask me! Good thing G's back: being alone and in pain would be miserable indeed. And while I don't expext it to be your top priority right now it may give him an opportunity to find ways of nurturing you that aren't centered around food.
 
Thanks LaMa. I knew that I should have had it taken out, but it felt like such a big decision on the spot. It's dead centre of my bottom teeth, or I should say WAS. I took a lot of numbing & it still hurt coming out. I am back home again. I look like a hillbilly! It will be 2-3 weeks before the bridge can be put in place to fill the gap. I feel a bit shattered. I'm glad I didn't have this done while G was away.
 
Missing a tooth right in the middle of your smile must feel awful. I´m sure you look better than you think, though. Let´s make the next two or three weeks fly then!
 
Oh no Cate, I totally understand why it's upsetting. You should take a few funny pictures of yourself dressed in full hillbilly style to cheer yourself up!
 
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