I got a very sore jaw this week, which I thought was from clenching my teeth. I didn't want to eat crumpets or any other thing that needed chewing so The Crumpet Project was abandoned.
The pain that started being all over the left side of my face slowly focussed on one tooth, my regular dentist is only doing emergency work and only working Monday- Wednesday. It was Wednesday night that I realised I would need a dentist so I had a long wait ahead. By Friday I decided to ring a few other places and found someone who wanted to work. Root canal work has started and the pain is gone. The financial pain will be longer lasting so lets hope the root canal is successful.
Once or twice Caitlin has mentioned smelling sewage but I couldn't detect it and couldn't see any issues anywhere. The night of the root canal I caught a whiff of sewage and a little investigating led me to an overflowing over flow. Fabulous. Given that we might have had the problem for a while I decided to delay getting a plumber. It will cost a lot less on Monday, meanwhile I just have to make sure nobody uses a lot of water.
In other news, I will be made redundant from my job sometime before the end of the year and will be a "preferred candidate" for the new position. It doesn't mean much, I was to become redundant pre-pandemic and I wasn't chosen for the new position at that time but covid caused a re-shuffle and I kept my job for a bit.
There's painting that needs doing and a fence that needs replacing, the list of things needing attention seems endless.....
.....and as I write the smell of sewage wafts in the door. My decision to get a plumber tomorrow was probably not the best one......
Sigh (big sigh) at your shitty week.
ReplyDeleteHimself broke a tooth. He tells me (though he is often not on intimate relations with truth) that it is uncomfortable rather than painful. Sooooo no dentist appointment.
I am glad that your pain is gone, but wince at the cost.
I do hope that your sewerage small and the overflow don't get worse before tomorrow.
Fingers and toes crossed.
And another sigh at the possible redundancy.
Big sympathetic/empathetic sighs all round.
Oh, I hope himself gets some attention before he's in too much pain. Covid complicates these things at times when we have the smallest tolerance.
DeleteI'll be happier when the plumbing is fixed!
This too shall pass.
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DeleteTroubles come in battalions, I think Shakespeare wrote that. I feel your pain and distress at all that is happening. Thankfully the tooth got sorted. How awful the sewage is invasive (and smelly). May you find a good plumber.
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I got a plumber in. He put a water blaster down the drain and told me he couldn't clear it but I remember being told the same story five years ago when it last happened and there's been no problem until now. I said I'd wait and see how it goes. We will see over the next day or two!
DeleteTroubles do seem to come in battalions :)
I hope you sort out your problems speedily and without horrendous bills. When I had a root canal filling in 2008 the dentist warned me it might not last too long, but 13 years later it's still intact!
ReplyDeleteYes I have a root canal that must be bordering 20 years old, no issues but I also had one fail only three or four years on. If it fails down the track I might be in a better position to have it treated by a specialist.
DeleteWell the title of your post was definitely on point!
ReplyDelete'Glad your tooth pain at least is gone.
I think y0u have been through enough lately, so I hope the plumbing issue is not too invasive or costly.
I have never liked to swear in print but I couldn't resist it this time :)
DeleteSorry it's been a shitty week. Hopefully it can only get better form here.
ReplyDeleteIt seemws to be improving :)
DeleteThis time last year I was told I needed three teeth out - turned out I didn't need any out, and it is my jaw causing my problems; I doubt I'll ever eat crumpets again. Part of me wishes a simple tooth extraction could have sorted out my problems. I know you don't feel it, but you're lucky.
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I was thinking of you when my jaw was hurting and the muscles were tense. Is there nothing you can do? Thats a miserable way to be
DeletePun intended, I'm sure :) That kind of week is very hard to take. "List of things to do is endless" - I hear you. I can't seem to make any headway. As soon as I get one thing done, two take its place. Hope things turn better soon, kylie.
ReplyDeleteThe pun was very intentional! I'm ok, the title made it sound worse than what it really was
DeleteI have only just read your post, Kylie.
ReplyDeleteRoot canal work takes some time, and I know it is very expensive.
So glad to hear you are no longer in pain.
Caitlin is a lovely name, had I been blessed with a daughter she would have been a Caitlin.
We all hope the days will go well for you and your family.
Jack Haggerty
Thank you, Jack. The root canal is not easy to afford right now but if I pull the tooth I'll never get it back so it's a choice I'll make.
DeleteAll my children have Irish names, it's a little nod to one part of my heritage. Do you have sons? or a son?
Where would Australia be without the Irish?
ReplyDeleteDecades ago I watched a television drama about Irish poor in Melbourne or Sidney in the 1930s.
Not The Sullivans. Unvarnished. Harsh in its portrayal of hopeless poverty.
My parents were greatly taken with it. The women characters were real.
Wish I had it on DVD as well as the all the Oz movies of the 1970s + 80s.
I have no children and never married.
A lady at a school reunion (a girl in my class) asked why and I said *Nobody asked me.*
Which is what Eudora Welty used to say, a favourite writer.
One can better understand the Incarnation (the Second Person of the Trinity leaving eternity to be conceived in the uterus of his virgin mother) when you have children. Just as you only begin to grasp the Resurrection when you stand at a graveside.
I am trying to talk a Jehovah's Witness friend out of his blind cult, urging him to read all the *I am* sayings of Jesus in the Gospels, urging him to read the Early Fathers (Wiki) such as Athanasius who stood against Arianism (the Witnesses.)
He won't read Calvin's Institutes or his Bible Commentaries, Augustine's Confessions or the Puritans like John Owen, Bunyan.
I think the Jehovah's cult won't allow their members anything other than their mistranslated Bible and the Watchtower propaganda.
Children make me think of Shakespeare's third sonnet:
Thou art thy mother's glass and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime.
Jack
I wonder if the Tv drama you refer to was "The Harp in the South" ? I read the book for school and went on to read the whole trilogy. The story was about the twists and turns in the life of Roie (Rowena) but the part that never left me was the loss of the son, a toddler who just went missing one day and never came back.
DeleteI've never found it possible to change the mind of a Jehovah's witness. As all cults, they have a firm hold on their devotees
I was a little shocked by your title but upon readin further I see you meant it literally, at least in part.
ReplyDeleteSorry to shock you, Robert. I thought it was ok just this once
DeleteRobert,
DeleteI hope you have email notifications for comments! I can read your blog but can't comment. Your blog has a dark shadow like appearance on it, I'm wondering if you have changed some settings. I'm also wondering if it's just on my end.
I looked up your profile to email you about it but I can't seem to access that, either.
Just thought I would let you know in case it's something you can fix
I laughed at the title. It has been a shitty week in more ways than one. I know all about root canal work. Not fun and not cheap. I've had the added bonus of my dentist not being able to do the root canal work as he can't find the nerves in my tooth. Which means a specialist will have to do it. More money, more stress and more pain. I've had a shitty week too. Here's to a shit free weekend.
ReplyDeleteThings can only improve from now? I hope so, for both of us :)
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