Saturday, I had to make a trip to Burlington. Last weekend, I had bought two shirts to be picked up at Kohl's. When I ordered them last weekend, both shirts were supposed available for same-day pick-up. However, when I got the notice that one of the shirts was available, the other was being shipped to the store. I was already in Burlington when I found out the other one was not actually available to be picked up. I was annoyed, but there wasn't much I could do. I picked up the first shirt and had to wait until this last Saturday to pick up the other one. I had really not planned on going to Burlington this weekend, but when I woke up Saturday, I was feeling a little better even if my mouth was still sore, so I decided to head to Burlington and get lunch, pick up my shirt, and get a few other things that I needed from the "big city."
I decided to have lunch at Chii's because I wanted to eat soup because of my mouth, and I really like their chicken enchilada soup. I was pleasantly surprised to see a hot young gay man as the host stand. Following him to my table let me get a good lock at his tight little butt. Even more of a pleasant surprise was that he sat me where I had a perfect view of his backside as he stood at the host stand. He was such a cutie, but too young for me. However, it made my lunch much more pleasant, especially considering I had to have gotten one of the worst waitresses there. So, I had lunch and then headed to Kohl's.
It seemed like all day as I was out and about, there were hot guys everywhere. Some of you may have experienced this, but it's fairly rare in Vermont. The guy who brought out my Kohl's order to my car was cute. Then there was a guy walking his dog at the mall who was hot and muscular. When I went into Target for a few things, it seemed like I was surrounded by hot guys everywhere. Basically, all the cute guys were out in full force Saturday. With all that eye candy, I'm surprised that my blood sugar didn't go up. Other things were up instead. Maybe I was just horny.
Some of you may also be wondering how I am feeling. My mouth is still very sore, and the tooth socket still continues to bleed a little here and there. The inner gum is much sorer than the outer gum. The swelling is still causing nerve pain on the right side of my head. Otherwise, I guess I am feeling okay. I do still believe that as the swelling goes down, I will have less nerve pain since the pressure on my trigeminal nerve should be relieved.
Because of the continued pain, I wish I did not have such a busy week. Today, I have a virtual museum tour for one of our alumni groups. I will spend tomorrow preparing the final touches for my presentation on Wednesday. Thursday I have to get my weekly COVID test, and thankfully, I am off on Friday. The good thing is that I will be fully vaccinated on Thursday. If I can just make it through this week, then hopefully, the tooth socket will have healed a bit more, and I will begin feeling better.
UPDATE: My day has not gone as planned. I woke up with a really bad headache with the right side of my head pounding. I took my headache medicine and went to work, hoping that it would get better. It only got worse. I got in touch with my boss and told him I needed to go home sick today because I was in too much pain. Therefore, the museum is closed today, and I am back home. My boss is going to come in and do the virtual tour then leave. He was supposed to be off today as was everyone but me.
I called my oral surgeon’s office because my aunt who’s a dental assistant told me I should not still be in pain and I might have a dry socket. oral surgeon’s nurse told me to take some Tylenol, and if the pain didn’t improve today they’d have me come in tomorrow morning. I know a lot of people misuse prescription pain medicines, especially opioids, but dammit, sometimes they are needed. If my Anaprox isn’t helping, what the fuck do they think Tylenol will do? It just pisses me off that I have to remain in excruciating pain because people can’t take medication responsibly. I’ve never abused prescription painkillers, and I don’t plan to, even if I could get them prescribed.
Joe, what a bad saga which makes me feel so much for you. I do hope that you get treatment that will at least reduce and hopefully banish the pain. As to Burlington, I don't somehow think of it as "the city of visual delights." Roderick
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly discouraging that there is still so uch pain. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
ReplyDeleteRoderick, I don't usually think of Burlington as "the city of visual delights." While Church Street Marketplace is a beautiful area of the city, it is usually filled with hippies like most of Vermont, and that is usually not my taste. However, there are two colleges in Burlington, which do have their fair share of eye candy, especially when it begins to warm up and they decide to wear less clothes, LOL.
ReplyDeleteNaturgesetz, yesterday was very discouraging, but I am feeling much, much better today. There is still pain and discomfort, but the pain has lessened considerably. I am no longer shaking in pain and wanting to vomit every time something touches my face.