I woke up this morning with jaw pain that was so bad, I am having a hard time thinking. I just took my last 800 mg. ibuprofen. I’m totally cursing the fact that in order to get some vicodin I need to make an appointment with my primary care doctor. The rational part of me understands that this medicine is rightly a controlled substance, but the pain in my jaw says otherwise.
So, it’s another day of soft foods like oatmeal. Bleh. I had surgery a couple of years ago to remove the teeth that the oral surgeon said were crowding my mouth and causing my jaw to be misaligned. Sigh. Now I have fewer teeth and the pain’s back. Part of me wants to go ahead and have the surgery where they break your jaw and realign it and your jaw is wired shut for 6 weeks. But I’ve heard nothing but bad stuff about that surgery. I guess there’s just no real way to not live in pain with my TMJ. That’s so frustrating.
But I said I was going to type about things that make me happy, like laughing children and kittens and rainbows today. So that’s what y’all are going to get, I keep my promises. Here is a list of things that make me irrationally happy:
1. Slartibartfast’s comment on my most recent post. I dunno, it cracked me up.
2. The fact that it’s 61 degrees today. Yay, I’m so happy to see the semi-warm weather back!
3. IMs from my buddy Heather, who is now a paid blogger too. It’s not just the IMs from her, it’s her joie de vive. Heh.
4. The fact that I know just enough Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese and German to get my ass in trouble in any place that speaks one of those languages.
5. Madden 2007 for the PS2. Not only can you create your own teams, but you can create your own players. I’m considering starting up a team that consists of all liberal bloggers, then making a team that consists of all conservative bloggers. Quarterback for the liberal team? John H. Quarterback for the conservative team? Bob Krumm. And for no other reason than it makes me laugh, I’m going to make Sarcastro a tight end on the conservative team.
Is that enough cheery, happy, happy for you guys?
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February 21, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Well I like cats and methodists so thought I’d delurk.
February 21, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Nice to meet you, MotherPie!
February 21, 2007 at 2:30 pm
I’m sorry you’re feeling so awful. It’s kind of been a “when it rains it pours” for you trend, huh?
I didn’t realize the Curbly thing was paid gig. Sweet!
February 21, 2007 at 3:41 pm
The Sarcastro placement makes me giggle too…
February 22, 2007 at 4:16 am
Man, I’m sure that the TMJ is driving you apeshit right about now. I’m so sorry. FWIW, you can up your Advil dose to 800mg (although my doctor yelled at me for that today.)
I wouldn’t have the jaw-alignment surgery. I know too many people who’ve had that and really come away a lot worse from it. But you KNOW how I feel about chronic pain and controlled substances so we just won’t go there.
And hey, Cadbury eggs are soft foods. Have one of those and it’ll definitely help your mood. ;-p