Gotta keep your options open, a little variety is a great help in any relationship too don’t forget.
This is why I only use the breakaway collars on my cat. They get into way too much stuff to take the risk.
When I was a kid my orthodontist was Dr. Mengele’s brother. This guy got off on torturing kids. Because of how badly screwed up my back teeth were he made a spring out of wire that would pull my teeth together. The only problem was it kept rubbing against my gums and making them bleed. I called him up and the a-hole told me to take some Tylenol and put bee’s wax over the wire. I did what he said and for several days the pain continued but eventually got better.
One month later I went for my next appointment. I opened my mouth, he looked inside and said, “Ooh, that shouldn’t have happened.” That’s right, the wire had rubbed my gum raw and eventually my gums grew back over the wire.
He told me he’d have to cut it out. Gave me a shot of Novacaine, waited a couple minutes and tehn poked the spot. “You feel that?” Yup, still felt it. He gave me another shot, waited a couple minutes. “You feel that?” Yup, still felt it.
“OK,” he said. “You’ll just have to bear it.” :eek: He had three dental assistants hold me down while he cut my gums open to get the wire out. No anesthetic at all.
I told my folks about what he did and that I wanted to go to someone else, but he was the only orthodontist in their insurance plan. At my next appointment I told him if he didn’t take my braces off I was going to tell everyone in the waiting room about him and then remove the braces myself with a pair of pliers. He removed them.
Trust me. There are many very large people who can’t reach that part of the body anymore and most of them aren’t fused to a toilet seat even.
Not TMI, just common sense. Stomach flu is a bitch, and anything you can do to relieve it do it. Don’t forget the Pepto Bismal! It really helps. Hope you’re feeling better.