Liese, I loved the "house likes carrots" posts. Thanks for the reminder!
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Apr 11, 2009 2:06:25 pm PDT #14857 of 30000
Liese S. - Apr 11, 2009 2:09:54 pm PDT #14858 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Right?
We talk about what's freaking us out and and consuming us and obsessing us and interesting us. And then we talk about it again. And then other people talk about it, and then we talk about it more.
We're a community. It's what we do.
-t - Apr 11, 2009 2:18:21 pm PDT #14859 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is freaky about your water, Liese. Glad you are all prepared! Boiling would make it safe, though I can see where there might be a residual ick factor.
Oragel has been my friend on occasion, though even when it works it doesn't seem to last very long.
Ginger - Apr 11, 2009 2:23:39 pm PDT #14860 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Apply an OTC antiseptic containing benzocaine directly to the irritated tooth and gum to temporarily relieve pain.
Anbesol works pretty well. If it's pain from a gum infection, swishing warm salt water or half peroxide/half water can help.
I'm loving the Sarameg house saga.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 11, 2009 2:45:50 pm PDT #14861 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Wine also works for a tootheache! But don't take it with narcotics or anything.
Jesse - Apr 11, 2009 2:48:05 pm PDT #14862 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wouldn't any kind of medical office have some kind of emergency set up? Even if it's just, "Call these people"? I just called my dentist's office, and they gave a number for a service on their voicemail message. Not sure what would happen if I call them, but it sounds like it would at least be a person.
Hil R. - Apr 11, 2009 2:54:30 pm PDT #14863 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
At least two of my doctors have "If this is an emergency, please hang up and dial 911" on their messages. With no number to call if it's an emergency that requires that particular doctor, which was a huge pain once when I needed a medication refilled before I went out of the country for two weeks, and he wasn't returning repeated calls and emails.
sarameg - Apr 11, 2009 3:07:32 pm PDT #14864 of 30000
My dentist gives out her or her partners' cell #s on their answering service.
Theodosia - Apr 11, 2009 3:10:37 pm PDT #14865 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My dentist has an emergency call in number, for middle of the night toothaches and so on. Even if they can't see you, they'll prescribe mild painkillers like Tylenol-3, in my experience.
Jesse - Apr 11, 2009 3:10:50 pm PDT #14866 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"If this is an emergency, please hang up and dial 911"
Oh, that's not much help. I mean, sure, if you're bleeding out, you shouldn't wait on voicemail, but there's a lot in between "can wait for an appointment next week" and "need an ambulance STAT."