I'm glad it went so well, askye. Take a painkiller before the Novocain wears off.

Taking this to F2F.

Thanks amych!! XOXO!

What do we think about a F2F this summer? I'd be willing to pimp KC...

YAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

I took Alieve first (per the doctor's instructions) but that didnt' seem to help so I took the pain med he prescribed. And I think I'm due for another dose. But now I'm wondering I also need to take my klonopin and I now I'm wondering if it's safe to take them tonight or if I should stick with the Alieve and if I wake up in pain take the hydrocodon-acetaminophine.

Don't take klonopin with the painkiller. There's potential there to depress your breathing too much. Do you need the klonopin to sleep, or can you skip it for a night?

Does hydrocodone make you sleepy, askye? If so, I'd go for knocking out pain.

Perhaps I shouldn't admit that I have survived hydrocodone with a klonopin chaser a number of times. My wacky metabolism that makes hydrocodone keep me awake may be a factor.

Perhaps I shouldn't admit that I have survived hydrocodone with a klonopin chaser a number of times. My wacky metabolism that makes hydrocodone keep me awake may be a factor.

Oh, I've chased percocet with ambien, because percocet gives me the jitters and makes me unable to sleep. And every time I do it, I know it's probably a bad idea, but I do it anyway.

The advice I give is not always the advice I follow.

(Incidentally, I've gone more than 6 weeks now -- in a row, I mean! -- without taking ambien. That's the longest I've ever gone in probably 4 years. I don't know why my sleep is suddenly fixed,* but I'll take it.)

*(I still take melatonin and valerian at bedtime, so I shouldn't say my sleep is fixed. But it's better. I'm going to try dropping the melatonin or valerian soon and seeing if I can still sleep.)

The klonopin is for sleep and anxiety. The hydro stuff does make me sleepy. I can probably skip the klonopin for the night and take the pain killer. Ireally should be in bed already.

Actually I'm sleeping in my recliner tonight, I normally sleep on my left side (where the tooth was removed) and I've been trying to sleep on my right side only to wake up on my left (and in pain). The recliner will keep me from rolling over.

Oh, I've chased percocet with ambien, because percocet gives me the jitters and makes me unable to sleep. And every time I do it, I know it's probably a bad idea, but I do it anyway

Oh, not supposed to do that? Whoops. I don't do it a lot, and it's always been half doses, but still. Whoops.

(Laudanum. That's all I'm asking for, dammit. My life would be SO MUCH BETTER if I could occasionally have laudanum.)

Maria what everyone said.

And as to this:

Im very ambitious which makes me misunderstood alot and is probably why I am single.

I think his problem is that he is understood all too well.

Also in terms of interesting hypothetical students: What about a hypothetical vaccine for a hypothetical epidemic that is 50% effective. Add an assumption about how virulent the epidemic is (that is how likely transmission is in the absence of a vaccine) and assume one person gets the disease. Have the students figure out how many people end up with the epidemic if half the population is vaccinate vs. how many people catch the epidemic if 90% are vaccinated. Maybe the specs say it has to be social media, but if not I'll bet the hypothetical students would be interested, Hmmm I guess you could do the same thing with Facebook malware - how far does the malware spread if half the computers have 50% effective anti-malware protection vs. 90% of the computers having 50% effective protection.