WELL, I now have Ruth Buzzi socks.
Anyone who remembers the sixties would remember Laugh In and Ruth Buzzi was a comedian who did a little old lady with her knee-high stockings pooled around her ankles. This is her as Gladys and she was hysterical in the role. She always protected her virtue.
Anyway, I have been retaining fluids like crazy and it all collects in my legs especially the right one. My doctor told me I should have these special stockings and even though I had a fitting done, I put off getting them for a long time. Finally I couldn't take it any more. When I took my shoes off at night I would have normal feel and elephant legs. My right leg was not looking good and as I also have an eczema of sorts on the back of that leg the swelling is very bad for it.
So I picked up the stockings before work the other day and wore them for my shift. They were uncomfortable because they are so tight and I don't like wearing any thing on my legs and feet in the summer anyway.
Well . . . . when I got home that night my legs weren't as tired as they normally are. So I tried them the next day too. Same results only better as I put them on first thing in the morning. That seems to help a lot. I wore them the next day and again it felt good. I decided to go a day without them to see if if it was all in my mind or if they really do help. Yeah, I know . . .stupid, but as I said, I don't like having my legs and feet covered in the summer. I get too warm.
Well, by last evening I had elephant legs again and they were sore and tired. So I am sitting here typing right now with my Buzzi's on and they will stay on until I am home for the evening. I probably should keep them on until bed time but it feels good to take them off a little early.
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What else?
Oh yeah! When I was about twelve years old, I think, I fell and broke my two front teeth. I had to have root canal done and then crowns put on. So that's like, FORTY SIX years ago!
How can the tooth be hurting? It has no nerves in it! It has a fake tooth on it!
At the beginning on the month it started to hurt and got to the point where if I even had my lip touching the tooth it was excruciating. When I accidentally hit it while eating or something I thought I'd go through the roof it hurt so bad. Okay that was on a weekend.
I ask, on Monday, to see the dentist and get an appt for first thing Tuesday. Of course the tooth has quieted down now but he takes xrays anyway. There MAY be a small bit of infection at the root tip, so I get a prescription for these antibiotics that smell like dead socks and leave a taste in your mouth like something has died.
Sorry, but they do!!!
Oh and they make an appt. with a specialist. Saw him yesterday and he says he would prefer to root canal it again but feels I would probably loose the tooth. NOT AN OPTION, as I smile a lot and I can NOT stand having a hole in that smile. So he is going to do surgery on the tooth. (its the one on the top, just left of centre in my photo)
Merely freeze the area, (feels like needles in the eyes) lift the gum up, go through the bone to get to the root tip and do some work there.
September first is only 41 days away! ! ! ! ! !
Can't wait!!!
