For Fuck's Sake - WHY!?!?!? (annoyed)

[andronicus]

I will clutch at that straw because the above argument is making me facepalm from tedium. Sucks, dp. I had a root canal yesterday for lots of money. Happily surprised the pain hasn't kicked in yet.

A mfin' root canal?  How old are you?  That's something like 40 year olds get done right

[jess]

I had one done when I was 10. You need one whenever there's major damage to the nerve in the tooth, and sometimes that can happen from physical trauma, which probably happens to young people more if anything. They never sorted out what exactly happened to my tooth but suggested it was likely from sort of injury, but then I was the sort of kid who sprained my ankle and wasn't entirely sure how, so I guess that's not surprising. Let me tell you though, having the nerve in your tooth die is some seriously excruciating pain, like ER at 3am pain, and mine died completely by the time I had the root canal done, so we're talking both a lot of pre-procedure pain and then no need even for novocaine during the root canal, since there was no sensation left. Fun times.

[jess]

Oh, and Anne, that's why the pain hasn't kicked in yet. The tooth has no nerve anymore. It can't feel pain.

[diesel_powered]

Dear Facial Nerves,

Please come back. I love you and am sick of drooling.

,

M

[diesel_powered]

The new fillings are like road repair. What once was dented and pockmarked now is impossibly smooth.

[Anne the Man]

Oh, and Anne, that's why the pain hasn't kicked in yet. The tooth has no nerve anymore. It can't feel pain.

I thought so, but when I had the first part done (my regular dentist tried but couldn't get to the end of the 3rd canal so sent me to a specialist) it hurt afterwards, and the specialist prescribed me antibiotics and said I might hafta take painkillers for a few days. Apparently there is a broken instrument in my tooth. He couldn't remove it but he managed to bypass it and get to the end of the third canal; I think two canals have now become one--I dunno, the whole thing confuses me, not knowing a great deal about teeth. Now the instrument has become part of the filling. Teeth are weird.

[diesel_powered]

TWOOO CANALS BEATING AS ONE!

This time around, the dentist hit the nerve directly. Apparently his aim was too good.

[mixed cats]

I was all set to have some cocoa (speaking of sugar), only to discover we are missing THE MOST ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT (milk), and I am so not going to put on real pants to go back out and get it. Disappointment to the max.

[jess]

Weird--maybe the first time they left some nerve in, hence the pain? If they got it all this time though, you should be pretty much fine, except for whatever irritation your gums might have from having work done in the area, but that should be relatively minor, so hopefully that's the case. Sucks that it was so complicated though! I remember even my straightforward one taking what seemed like forever and a second session to put a permanent filling in after they got it all out, although I was ten, so forever to me then might not be that long in adult time.

FYI, the tooth they did it to did get a little grayish over the years which is normal post-root canal, but if you care about that, they can take out the filling out, put some bleach in, whiten it back to the normal shade and fill it again. Mine is a bottom front tooth though (which is also part of why they figured I hit it on something), and my top teeth cover it unless I'm making a weird face, so I don't particularly care.

[Ignatius]

Oh, and Anne, that's why the pain hasn't kicked in yet. The tooth has no nerve anymore. It can't feel pain.

I thought so, but when I had the first part done (my regular dentist tried but couldn't get to the end of the 3rd canal so sent me to a specialist) it hurt afterwards, and the specialist prescribed me antibiotics and said I might hafta take painkillers for a few days. Apparently there is a broken instrument in my tooth. He couldn't remove it but he managed to bypass it and get to the end of the third canal; I think two canals have now become one--I dunno, the whole thing confuses me, not knowing a great deal about teeth. Now the instrument has become part of the filling. Teeth are weird.

FUCK. That sounds horrible, though it's neat to think of your tooth as an archaeological dig site. After the apocalypse, when dentistry is a lost art. . .

You need to get Oops I Crapped My Pants

I'm wearing them. And I just did!

I briefly considered packing extra shorts, but ultimately I trusted my bowels. And they rewarded me.

[clare]

OUch, Anne and d_p. I hope your respective mouths get better soon. And Iggy, I hope your bowels hold it together for you.

My minor annoyance for today is that I made shortbread, and the recipe was stupid. Not enough sugar, so it's really crumbly and not sweet enough. Grrr.

Major annoyance is the baby who woke up at the crucial moment when the bloke and I were enjoying some adult time, and then proceeded wake up again, two hours later and stay awake for the next four hours, resulting in not enough sleep for anyone. And it's really hot today.

[andronicus]

I'm getting bit by ants like a motherfucker.

[Ignatius]

That's what you get for defying Old Man Winter, vagabond. Your problems won't follow you to Florida, it's true, but Florida will give you new ones.

[kadiekatRN]

Argh, F's teeth are crumbling in solidarity w/ Anne's and D_p's.  No fun! Feel better!

Luckily, my GI issues cleared up.  I went to work today.  Yesterday, I drank the blue Powerade and about an hour later, pooped cloudy blue.  It was weird.  Today felt depleted, but it was a relatively easy day at work.
'

[clare]

Blue poo! Way to go Katie! I've only seen that once so far.

[Greg Nog]

I'm glad your stomach's better and your poop is blue!  That's good news all around!

[diesel_powered]

WHY WOULD YOU BUILD A CAR THAT DOESN'T HAVE USER-REPLACEABLE FOG LIGHTS? WTF?!?

[Maaik]

Oh yeah, jesus fucking... tMO's got a taillight out.  I've replaced the headlight lamps on her Kia before, no sweat.  I check the manual and set about trying to replace this one.  OH HEY LOOK, IT'S FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT DISMANTLING THE REAR END.  Fucking Kia.  If that car wasn't paid for, I'd run it off a cliff.

[diesel_powered]

HA! My car's a Hyundai! Basically, unless it's on a lift, it's almost impossible to reach into the tiny area behind the bumper, undo the cover, undo the little wire clip, and remove the light, and then connect the wire harness to the harness on the new bulb and then do the same thing in reverse. All one-handed, all by touch. I can't tell you how fucking annoying it is to have to give the dealer $28 just to run it up the lift and replace a fucking bulb.

[C of heartbreak]

Generally those kinds of things are gravy work for mechanics because they know the tricks, and if they don't they'll figure out a way because they're being paid for it. Also, generally, there is an easier way than they way you're 'supposed' to do something, and if you're not afraid of breaking a couple things I'd suggest screwing around with it a little rather than giving money to someone who's going to totally rip you off.

[Lucy]

We're throwing an holiday open house tomorrow, which is exciting because it's the first time most of Brian's family will ever have seen our place (yes, I've lived in the same place for over two and a half years, him for a year and half, and yes, they only live an hour and fifteen minutes away).

ANYHOW, B hired for a second job two weeks ago, that starts in January, but they told him late last week that he was going to have to attend training 6-9 Monday through Thursday of this week, which was all time we had earmarked to prep for this thing.

Then last night, by the grace of God Brian happened to be awake around midnight doing some prep work and noticed that there were puddles of water on our kitchen floor. A leak had sprouted under the sink, filling a pint glass in less than a minute. If Brian had been asleep and we hadn't discovered it until the morning, it probably would have ruined the floors. Now I'm hanging out waiting to find out when a plumber can get here, groggy from being awake at 3am (when Brian and the landlord finally got the leak located, water off, and plan of action made, trying to clean and cook like crazy and not stress out about 40 people in our house tomorrow. Eek.

[Maaik]

Oh man, that's really good that he caught it early like that.  My brother's house just got flooded from a similar thing--busted pipe in the master bath.  The basement had an inch or two of water in it.  I'm really glad that we'd moved all the musical equipment back to the practice space--that shit would've all been fucked.

[diesel_powered]

Also, generally, there is an easier way than they way you're 'supposed' to do something, and if you're not afraid of breaking a couple things I'd suggest screwing around with it a little rather than giving money to someone who's going to totally rip you off.

Believe me, I'm totally down with figuring it out, it's just that there's nothing to figure out. Essentially, they designed the engine so that all the components come right up to the back gaskets of the lights. As far as the headlights go, on one side you have to wiggle the cover out from under a couple hoses and on the other, if the battery were any closer to the headlight, you'd have to remove the battery to change the light. All on a car that uses very small bulbs that burn out approximately every three or four months. Shorter during the dark winter months. In fact, I already broke off a plastic cover that served no purpose other than to direct warm air to the front of the battery and to provide another obstacle to reaching the headlights. As far as the fog lights go, there's the bumper on one side, a bumper bracket next to it, the engine mount behind, and another metal bracket on the other side, so short of pulling out the sawzall and taking a chunk of metal out, there aren't even any pieces I could break off to get better access to it. And since it's approximately eight inches from the ground, I can't even get my head under the bumper to see WTF I'm working on. If I had access to a floor jack and could get under to see what's going on, I'd probably be good, but no such luck.

Also, STUPID FUCKING SHIT IMAP SERVER SETTINGS FUCKED UP EMAIL KILL KILL KILL

[Nick Ink]

A mfin' root canal?  How old are you?  That's something like 40 year olds get done right

Hey! I have a dentist's appointment coming up soon.

[Anne the Man]

So I pay for a shitload of dental work done, what starts today? Pain ahoy on the other side of my mouth, which I think also needs a root canal. SIGH This is not fun.