| Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34624] |
Thu, 30 September 2010 19:10  |
b_twin_1 Messages: 2597 Registered: September 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia |
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Ouch.
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: You made my day better [message #34626 is a reply to message #34625 ] |
Thu, 30 September 2010 20:06   |
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| shucklebux wrote on Thu, 30 September 2010 19:59 |
However. However, however, however. You should know that you indirectly made my day (which was full of torrential rains from a tropical storm) wonderful because I received news that I won one of the ARC copies of Pegasus! Thank you so much for having posted the link on your blog! They sent it out today, and I'm going to be excitedly checking the mail every day till it comes.
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Oooo, you're going to love it! Congratulations on winning!
Smooshes!
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34629 is a reply to message #34624 ] |
Thu, 30 September 2010 21:00   |
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Ouch.
*sympathy*
Yes, not a good time to be stuck with soft foods. (That said, have you considered baked apples? I cheat nowadays and do them in the microwave, but, as with baked potatoes, I think they're better done in the oven. *thinks* Hey, there's a thought - do both at the same time?)
Still will I harvest beauty where it grows... -- Edna St. Vincent Millay
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34630 is a reply to message #34624 ] |
Thu, 30 September 2010 21:34   |
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^ Actually . . . broccoli is a comfort food for me. Okay, I admit it. That’s sick.
No, that's not sick. Brocolli is one of the four major food groups... along with chocolate, vodka (or champagne) and one other thing that changes to fit whatever I feel an absolute need to eat at the time. (maybe raspberry turnovers...)
FairyTales - http://xkcd.com/872/
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34635 is a reply to message #34628 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 01:16   |
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L.R.K. Messages: 1081 Registered: October 2008 Location: Sweden |
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| Lianne wrote on Fri, 01 October 2010 02:56 | Errrrrgggggg.
The dentist is my vision of a medieval (or modern) torturer.
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Not torturer - pain technician. Emperor Cartagia in Babylon 5: "pain technicians, they used to be called torturers, ever since they got organized it's 'pain technicians'."
Why I'm mentioning this is - well, firstly, I've recently finished my latest rewatch of B5 and am steeped in it, and also suffering serious B5 withdrawal - and secondly, it somehow seems eminently fitting on a dentist, doesn't it? Pain technicians. (Also, I just like it.)
And Robin, I'm sorry for your horrid day - hope today is much better!
As for broccoli - I like it. It's not comfort food or anything like that for me, but I really can't understand the hatred it seems to inspire in some. What's so horrid about broccoli? I think it's quite nice, actually.
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34636 is a reply to message #34624 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 03:07   |
CathyR Messages: 575 Registered: July 2009 Location: NW England |
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My toes were curling in sympathy - but good to read by the end of the post that you were feeling much better. I'm amazed that you kept going for a whole day without eating - my life revolves around where my next meal is coming from!
I like broccoli. Get used to it.^ ^ Actually . . . broccoli is a comfort food for me. Okay, I admit it. That’s sick.
Not sick at all. Broccoli is one of my favourite veg (amongst many). It's always in the fridge, and part of almost every meal. I love it.
Your tea, on the other hand, sounds disgusting! Mind you, I'm one who pours the hot water first, then dunks the teabag two or three times, and that's it!
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34637 is a reply to message #34624 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 03:12   |
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Diane in MN Messages: 2733 Registered: October 2008 Location: Twin Cities, MN, USA |
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::SENDS SYMPATHY::
I was under general anesthesia when I had my wisdom teeth out, but I well remember waking up (just like on TV, "drink this . . ." someone was saying) and having a very unpleasant few days afterwards. One would not want to live in pre-dentist days, but one could wish for improvements in technique.
And yesterday we got jumped by an Alsatian about the size of Peter. Turned out he was wearing a muzzle
It has to be muzzled but they let it run loose? Words fail (at least words fit for a family-friendly forum). These people ought to be reported to someone.
Actually . . . broccoli is a comfort food for me. Okay, I admit it. That’s sick.
No it's not. I love broccoli, and cauliflower, and I have some really nice little Brussels sprouts in the fridge for tomorrow: all that stuff is welcome here. People who DON'T like broccoli are sick. 
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34643 is a reply to message #34624 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 09:29   |
AntheaStrezze Messages: 6 Registered: July 2010 |
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Broccoli is one of my favorite vegetables! Right up there with spinach. I love to eat steamed broccoli with a little salt and lemon juice, or plain, or with salsa or gravy... And broccoli-cheddar is one of my favorite soups.
Yes... I may be a little warped, but that's ok.
Check out http://AntheaStrezze.com for a new short story every week, and comment to tell me what I'm doing right - or wrong. :-p
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34662 is a reply to message #34624 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 14:20   |
mohawkguy28 Messages: 14 Registered: September 2010 Location: oklahoma usa |
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I am actually horrified of dentists.. I wish you well and soon!
Don't Let Life Pass You By. Embrace It
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34667 is a reply to message #34665 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 16:30   |
shucklebux Messages: 5 Registered: July 2010 |
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Have to agree about reacting horribly to anesthesia. It makes me vomit every time, which was HORRIBLE two summers ago when I got my tonsils removed. Woke up with horrible pain in my throat (obviously) and immediately proceeded to get stomach acid all over the wounds (since you can't eat beforehand, it was straight stomach juices), causing me to start choking, since I couldn't use my mouth/neck muscles to deal with it properly. As much as I HATE dental/mouth/throat work, I would much rather not go under. Sorry if that was too graphic. >_<
PS: http://shucklebux.blogspot.com/2010/10/holy-pegasus-batman.h tml
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34668 is a reply to message #34655 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 17:10   |
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| Robin wrote on Fri, 01 October 2010 14:02 | I'm ALLERGIC to Big Pharma. I didn't WANT to be knocked out. They did try to threaten to sedate me but I said NOOOOOOO I've been there and NOOOOOOO.
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Hah. On the other hand, I got knocked out for getting my wisdom teeth removed. Jeff said I looked like a strung out druggie after, but I *felt* great. :P
Smooshes!
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34669 is a reply to message #34624 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 18:57   |
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dear gods... that sounds extremely painful... *shudder*
my profound sympathies.
I have to vote *nay* on the broccoli as well, though. I eat it occasionally and only when it's partially cooked. if it's anywhere near mushy it ain't gonna be eaten by me.
"they say that absence makes the heart grow fungus".
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34671 is a reply to message #34668 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 19:40   |
Aaron Messages: 319 Registered: June 2009 Location: California |
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Post withdrawn - sorry for the interruption.
[Updated on: Fri, 01 October 2010 19:43]
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34684 is a reply to message #34624 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 20:29   |
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mmmmm, broccoli. (Though this week's fresh green veggie is chard, which does get cooked to death, then seasoned with a bit of salt, pepper, and (cider!) vinegar. omnomnomnom.)
Also, BTDT with the dry sockets from wisdom teeth extractions *mumble* decades back. *shudder*
Still will I harvest beauty where it grows... -- Edna St. Vincent Millay
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34686 is a reply to message #34676 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 20:38   |
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| Robin wrote on Fri, 01 October 2010 20:10 | General for wisdom teeth seems to be pretty standard. I'm kind of interested they're STILL doing it though--I remember it happening to you. But I was sick for weeks after. Do. Not. Want. To. Do. That. Again. (Aggravated by the fact that I got Dry Socket in ALL the holes.)
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I think I only got it because there were some tricky things they didn't want me to be awake and staring at them for. Heh. Jeff was just numbed when they did his. And it sounds like that's the way most of it's done now, as long as the teeth aren't sideways or still hidden beneath the gum.
The part I *didn't* like was the pain later (obviously), and then finding out I'd been rambling (slurred and cotton-bally) for 30 minutes -- and I don't remember any of it. That is kind of freaky. Apparently I just talked about my socks the entire time, though. (Hand knit from handspun yarn. They were pretty fancy.)
Smooshes!
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34691 is a reply to message #34687 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 21:18   |
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| Robin wrote on Fri, 01 October 2010 20:53 | I love it that you're drugged to the eyeballs and talking wildly . . . ABOUT SOCKS. :)
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I was really proud of them. *g*
Smooshes!
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34693 is a reply to message #34668 ] |
Sat, 02 October 2010 00:16   |
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Diane in MN Messages: 2733 Registered: October 2008 Location: Twin Cities, MN, USA |
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| jmeadows wrote on Fri, 01 October 2010 16:10 |
| Robin wrote on Fri, 01 October 2010 14:02 | I'm ALLERGIC to Big Pharma. I didn't WANT to be knocked out. They did try to threaten to sedate me but I said NOOOOOOO I've been there and NOOOOOOO.
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Hah. On the other hand, I got knocked out for getting my wisdom teeth removed. Jeff said I looked like a strung out druggie after, but I *felt* great. 
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I didn't have a bad reaction to the anesthesia, other than being a strung-out druggie until it all wore off--the icky part was the way my mouth felt. They sent me home with Percodan for pain but I stopped it after one dose, because I had a reaction to it. There are so many opportunities for fun in the course of dental procedures . . .
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: Ow, comprehensively revisited [message #34699 is a reply to message #34697 ] |
Sat, 02 October 2010 02:20   |
mohawkguy28 Messages: 14 Registered: September 2010 Location: oklahoma usa |
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| apple wrote on Sat, 02 October 2010 00:19 | I'm putting in another vote for broccoli being tasty! I don't think I would go as far as naming it comfort food...but still tasty!
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I vote for it to be tasty provided that it has lots of creamy cheese and it is steamed.
Don't Let Life Pass You By. Embrace It
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