Lose weight now; ask me how

[desperance]

1) Have parts of your body removed. Douglas Bader was surprised at how easy it was to pull himself about on his arms, after his legs were cut off. Myself I thought I'd start small, and am now lighter by one (1) tooth and a quantity of blood. Dentist continues to be baffled, why that tooth hurt so consistently even after he root-canal'd and backfilled it. I think we both wanted him to look at the root and cry "Aha!" - I think we are both now anxious lest the cause of the trouble was elsewhere, despite all evidence. We shall see. But not today, we shan't. Am safely numbed up for hours, and

2) Fast. I should perhaps have eaten before I went? Am now forbidden food, besides having great bleeding crater in my mouth and utterly numb jaw, hence small inclination. Also forbidden hot fluids; "choose cool drinks", it says here, which sounds to me like beer, except that it also says to avoid alcohol. Um. Beer isn't very alcoholic?

Comments

[dame_grise]

I completely feel your pain. I am on my sixth day since a tooth extraction. But yesterday I ate a bit of steak (with the other side of my mouth). I'm looking forward to healing.