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Archive for July, 2005
Tooth fairyAs luck would have it, the dentist was out of the office yesterday so he couldn’t see me until today. I went in, he took a look, he took an x-ray and informed me that my wisdom tooth had a large cavity and that it needed to come out. I thought “okay….” knowing that people go to an oral surgeon, get sedated and have them pulled out. But he goes and says “do you want to do this now?” I freaked out. I made him promise me a million times that I would not feel a thing and he kept reassuring me. He gave me a couple of shots and once the area was numb he did some pulling, I felt some pressure and that was it. It was out. No pain. No weird cracking noises. Nothing. I almost didn’t believe him when he said “okay, it’s out.” Right now my mouth is still numb from the shots he gave me, but hopefully it won’t be too painful when the stuff wears out.
Horrible painIt’s funny how these things always happen during long weekends. Since Friday night I’ve been having severe tooth pain in the upper right area of my mouth. Not a single location either, it seems to change from spot to spot. I have some pain killers left over from a some minor surgery I had a few months ago and they have somewhat helped me deal with the pain. Tonight I woke up at 2:30 am hurting really badly again so I took another pain killer, unfortunately I’ve been unable to go back to sleep since. I can’t wait until 7:30 am or so when I’ll call the dentist and beg him to squeeze me in sometime today because I can’t take the pain any longer. I’m not sure what could be wrong, I visit the dentist religiously every 6 months for a cleaning. In fact, my last visit was a month ago. Whatever it is, I hope it can be fixed fairly quickly.
FreedomI was thinking about making some kind of post about my first 4th of July as a permanent resident or such topic but when it comes down to it, it is not that much different than any of the other ten+ 4ths that I have spent here. Instead I thought I’d talk about a right that I lost as soon as I became a permanent resident of the United States. I am now not allowed to visit Cuba. Never have I been forbidden from visiting that country. I know countless of friends back home who go to Cuba to spend a couple weeks there, or get away when things get a little chilly in Spain during the winter months. Now I find myself unable to visit, unless I wish to lose my status in the US. Don’t get me wrong. I chose to live in this country and become a productive member of this society. I am proud and happy with my decision. It just feels weird that I’ve lost a freedom by doing so. Happy 4th everybody.
They walk among usOut of boredom I was browsing through party pictures on Flickr and I came across proof that aliens have arrived and integrated our society. Would you like to see proof? Check out these fingers. I bet they are great for anal probing! Case closed.
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