Jules Jones

Dentistry continued today. The permanent crown went on, but with a temporary cement just in case it has to come off again for more root canal work. So I have sore but fully functioning teeth again. Yes, they still hurt. No, there is still no obvious reason why. Best guess is low-grade infection somewhere that's causing swelling which is pressing on the nerve. Two weeks of tetracycline, oh joy. It could be worse, he started off asking if I had problems with erythomycin. Well, no problems that would prevent me taking it if I *had* to, it's just that I always get the drug's notorious harmless-but-incapacitating side-effect in full measure. And I'm not dealing with *that* when I'm stuck on a trans-Atlantic flight, thank you, especially when we're not allowed to queue for the bog until after we leave US airspace.

Speaking of which, I'm away to the UK this week, for Worldcon amongst other things. Those who would find it useful to have my UK mobile number should email me at the usual address. CharlieA already has it, if rasfcers are trying to find each other on Thursday at Worldcon.

At least it now looks as if I will probably get away without needing emergency dentistry during Worldcon, although I'm going to be stuffed to the gills with medication intended to keep it that way, plus happy pills. It *will* be nice to go to a con without being in need of root canal surgery [sigh].

The root canal work has been done. Three and a half hours, in part because it was an emergency rather than a scheduled appointment and they had to fit me in around other patients. It was just starting to form the abscess, so I am very, very glad I had it done today instead of waiting until after the weekend. I'm tired and I have the post-surgery aches and pains, but that part of my jaw no longer feels as if something funny is going on.