Teaching and toothache

[watervole]

I've discovered that teaching is like Tarot reading for me. It makes me focus totally on one person and while I'm focusing that way way, I can cut out pains like neck ache or toothache.

I've just done an hour of algebra without a twinge of pain - and my pupil says he's starting to enjoy algebra!

The whole of the filling has come out now, the dentist has cleaned it out and put me on anti-biotics to try and make the ache go away. This is partly precautionary as I'm off to visit predatrix tomorrow and as the dentist says, better to have the anti-biotics now than to discover for certain that I need them while I'm away from home.

The ache isn't too bad right now, but I'm find I'm spending most of my time reading books as moving about a lot seems to set it off.

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[temeres.livejournal.com]

I've discovered that teaching is like Tarot reading for me. It makes me focus totally on one person and while I'm focusing that way way, I can cut out pains like neck ache or toothache.

A few years back I had about four teeth go at once. Just before Christmas. When the dentist was away until the middle of January. Ouch. I found that birding helped to relieve the pain, so long as I had a good bird to look at. Unfortunately midwinter is a bit short on daylight and the weather was largely foul.

I've often noticed at work, though, that a splitting headache disappears so long as I've got enough to do sufficiently urgently. Aches and pains can be controlled if they're starved of attention.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Give her my love.

toothache

[morfessa.livejournal.com]

Oil of cloves is good, so is tincture of myhrr (spelling ?). and applied directly they don't screw up your whole body like antibiotics (fingers in cross, string of garlic etc uuuurgghh). Actually garlic is also good for tooth infections - very good antiseptic. I also swear by camomillia pillules which I used to use for the kids when teething - good for second teeth & wisdom too. Hope it stops hurting soon. Hugs.