Biting on gauze is getting annoying.
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Hil R. - Dec 01, 2009 5:55:48 am PST #2065 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ginger - Dec 01, 2009 6:21:38 am PST #2066 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A wet teabag will help stop the bleeding, or so one dentist told me, but the annoying factor is still high.
Hil R. - Dec 01, 2009 6:24:37 am PST #2067 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
No more gauze -- bleeding stopped enough. I'm now very carefully eating applesauce. Later on, I might go so far as rice noodles. Maybe over-cooked pierogies. I've also got a pint of soy ice cream in the freezer.
Steph L. - Dec 01, 2009 6:27:02 am PST #2068 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
A wet teabag will help stop the bleeding, or so one dentist told me
That was the only thing that stopped the bleeding after my pulled tooth, when I continued to have bleeding (minor; more of an oozing, really) for 8+ hours.
IIRC, it needs to be black tea, not green or hippie fruit tea, because the tannins in the black tea are what make the capillaries contract. (Or -- does green tea have tannins? I don't know, because I don't like/drink it.)
Hil R. - Dec 01, 2009 6:28:35 am PST #2069 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Gah. Got applesauce in the empty tooth socket. Novocaine is still sort of there, so it didn't hurt, just felt really weird.
Fred Pete - Dec 01, 2009 6:43:19 am PST #2070 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Eek, Hil. Good luck over the next couple days.
WindSparrow - Dec 01, 2009 7:09:37 am PST #2071 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm glad the extraction went ok. I hope the pain stays manageable, Hil.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2009 7:38:55 am PST #2072 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hil, you should go get the Vicodin just in case. With your history you'll be glad you had a few in the medicine cabinet.
Stephanie - Dec 01, 2009 7:57:37 am PST #2073 of 30000
Trust my rage
My dad asks for Percoset with every dental procedure, just to have some on hand for other pain issues he deals with.
Steph L. - Dec 01, 2009 8:09:18 am PST #2074 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I need advice. I am CRAP at bargaining with salespeople.
The Boy broke his cell phone last night, so we have to go to the Cinti Bell store tonight to get him a new phone. They currently have a lot of really good offers on smartphones that I'd consider upgrading to. Most of the really good offers are, however, accompanied by the standard caveats: "new activation only," and/or "Web special only."
My current cell phone is one that was a "Web special only" -- free on the Web site, and $30-ish in-store. When I bought it, and told the salesman that the Web site had it free, he told me that was the Web-only price, and there was nothing he could do about it.
I caved and forked over the $30.
My co-workers, who (for background) were not new activations, and got their phones in-store, got free Blackberries at the Cinti Bell store last week.
I don't really want a Crackberry, but Nokia has a couple of smartphones that look nifty.
Anyway, how do you people who have tougher (metaphorical) spines than I do, bargain in such a situation?
I realize this marks me as a sad individual, but there you have it. I hate to bargain. It's too much like conflict, and I hate conflict.