You Rotter, why do you punish me so?

[caddyman]

I shall have to pop out to Boots in a bit and stock up on paracetamol and codeine. I broke a tooth last night whilst scoffing dinner, and then the filling fell out of what was left. It is just about tolerable provided the temperature doesn’t vary by more than a degree or so. I think that might be a degree or so Fahrenheit rather than Celsius. As you can probably imagine, maintaining this delicate balance has made eating and drinking somewhat exciting, and seeing as I am a little short of money at the moment, wandering in to visit a random dentist is equally problematic.

I must confess that I am somewhat afeared of those madmen with their torture implements, and I think that I may have to keep going on the painkillers for some time while both backbone and bank balance grow to the point where I can drum up the courage to see the sadist.

And anyone who says dentists are not sadists should look at the piece of recycled Napoleonic cannon that passed as a filling before it dropped out last night

In other, and less painful news, tonight is the last game of the quiz season. Actually, it's the first of our defence of the cup we won last year, the quiz season proper finished a couple of weeks ago, with the Accies resoundingly last in the league. Normally as cup holders, we would not get a handicap in our favour, but the league have taken pity on us after another dismal season and given us a handicap of 12, which is about half of what it would have been had we not won the cup last season.

I am hopeful that a 12 point bonus will not be enough to extend the agony beyond this week, and that we can walk this season out into the backyard, fondly feed it a cube of sugar and put a bullet through its head.

Anyway. That's the pain talking. I'm off to buy painkillers. Further entries may or may not appear today, and if they do, they may or may not be intelligible.

No change there, then.

Comments

[oldnick.livejournal.com]

Managhed to snap a tooth last week too. Most of the time I can't feel it, but then asprin & sipping cold water seem to work best once it wakes up and start hurting.

[queenortart.livejournal.com]

You tried the temporary filling stuff which Boots sell?

It removes the worse of the temp sensitivity I've found.

[littleonions.livejournal.com]

euuu, and ouch you poor thing /sympathy.

[probablyscotty.livejournal.com]

Have just attended the surgery myself. Third tooth crumbling on soft food and filling falling out meant I could put it off no longer.

Now I'm very, very poor; bear more than a passing resemblance to Quasimodo and still only have one tooth half done.

I'd offer sympathy, but misery loves company. ;-)

[keith-london.livejournal.com]

I suggest you take time off, and go NOW to one of the Dental A&Es:

KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS TRUST
www.kingsch.nhs.uk
Switchboard 020 7737 4000
Emergency Dental Surgery 020 7346 3894

GUY’S & ST THOMAS’S HOSPITAL NHS TRUST
www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk
Switchboard 020 7188 7188
Dental A&E (weekdays) 020 7188 0066
Dental A&E (weekends/public holidays) 020 7188 1751

(Years ago I sued the one at Kings - couldn't ask for better service; although they only provide a temporary filling)

[binidj.livejournal.com]

Much though I loathe dentists myself (and agree with you re incipient sadism) I would still suggest going sooner rather than later. Re-filling is likely to be a whole lot less distressing to both nerves (I mean this in a literal sense) and pocket, than would a root-canal and crown (which is what you'll be looking at if things start to rot ... which they will in a few days).

[keith-london.livejournal.com]

Oops.. that should have said "used" not sued!!! :-)

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

Try Clove Oil if you can't get to a dentist imediately.

Less than a £1 from boots - apply it with a cotton bud - or one of the keyboard cotton bud thingys from the stationary cupboard.

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

I recently posted a snarling piece about dentists, so I'll just say that (a) I agree wholeheartedly and (b) I don't know if you must pay the usurious prices for dental work in England that we are required to shell out here, but the uncaring arrogance of the buggers and their blithely astronomical fees only reinforce my justifiable childhood loathing of dentists.

[romney.livejournal.com]

Great sympathy, will stand you a Pint of Harveys Painkiller if you make it tonight.

A replacement tooth can be constructued using a suitably-sized lego brick and a dab of blu-tack. In fact, if you choose a the lego "King" character from the "Castles" playset you can have a Crown for free!

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I was thinking polyfilla, myself.

[romney.livejournal.com]

I remember that the farm I used to stay on for summer holidays had a bull named Polyfilla, which I thought was funny.

I have since recalled they also had a cow called "Polly", so it's still funny but in a more grown-up way than I thought when I was ten.