In the garden, and RAIN!!!!

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BRENDA

Monday, June 10, 2019 3:48 AM

No rain here but had a nice walk. Got some grocery shopping done.

Also yesterday found some books that I didn't realize that I had. 2 Highlander and I forgot about my Serenity novel.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, June 10, 2019 6:13 AM

Last night scheduled at work for the week, but I think I'm going to work two more.

I was considering working 18 straight days to stick it to them with the overtime, but that would get my manager in trouble and I like her. She's cool with me getting around 8 hours of overtime, but didn't want me racking up 40 or more in the last two weeks. :)

Just one more week to go after a little break after that.

I guess it's about time to start saying my goodbyes to another work family.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, June 10, 2019 5:24 PM

Canker sores suck.

At least that's what I hope I've got. Mouth was hurting during the second half of my shift the night before last and when I looked at it when I got home I said "what the f#*k is that? cancer?!!".

Google search results showed pictures that look about identical to what I had. Always heard of canker sores but never had them before. It said they often come along with a fever, but I felt fine yesterday. Work was rough tonight though. I don't know if I've got a fever, but my body aches like I might.

Going to try to get to sleep early today and hopefully I can still go in the next two nights. I'll do it if it doesn't get worse than I feel right now, but if I wake up feeling miserable then I'm going to have to bail.

It's weird. It feels like it should hurt like strep throat when I swallow, but it doesn't. It's like having strep on your inner-lip.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

SIGNYM

Monday, June 10, 2019 10:24 PM

Oh indeed, canker sores really do hurt! I'm surprised you made it this far into your life without having one already. When I got them it was usually because I was under stress ... not the worst stress (like family illness) but often something job-related, a medium-sized stress that I couldn't escape and couldn't resolve.

The family sore throat finally caught up with others. Meanwhile, mine has been hanging on for a month at a lower level with cough, but flares up when I'm exposed to dust or when I decongest my nose, despite the fact that I'm on antibiotics. Which means either its viral or the wrong antibiotic. Anyway, it's at the tolerable level, so I'll just keep on keeping on.

Decided to set my priorities aside to help clean up/organize the garage (workshop) for exercising (woodworking with hand tools) again, because that helps control blood sugar. Bunch of crap dragged out of the rafters, about half of it (conduit, random screens, what appear to be old electrostatic precipitators for the air system) will go for metal recycling and the rest (some old indoor-outdoor carpet and a bunch of other crap) will go into the trash; I have to call my waste hauler to request a large-item pickup. I feel 200 pounds lighter!

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1KIKI

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 12:25 AM

My canker sores would come after eating too much of something that seemed to irritate my mouth, like tomatoes. Not always, there seemed to be another factor, but eating an irritant seemed necessary as well.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 6:44 AM

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
My canker sores would come after eating too much of something that seemed to irritate my mouth, like tomatoes. Not always, there seemed to be another factor, but eating an irritant seemed necessary as well.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh indeed, canker sores really do hurt! I'm surprised you made it this far into your life without having one already. When I got them it was usually because I was under stress ... not the worst stress (like family illness) but often something job-related, a medium-sized stress that I couldn't escape and couldn't resolve.

I've had both of these recently in my life. :)

The stress has been going on for quite a while, but it didn't pop up until around 48 hours ago. I'm actually a lot more mellow and feeling good about things than I was a few weeks to a month ago. That meeting was a bit stressful, simply because I get "hot" fairly easily and I did have to force myself to maintain my cool while wrestling down the inner demons that wanted to punch the guy in the face. Truth be told, that was very much like an interview scenario which for some reason is one of the hardest things in life for me to do because of how my "insides" feel throughout it. It only lasted 5 to 10 minutes at max, but it was an intense 5 to 10 minutes.

The other thing was eating a lot of Slim Jims the two days prior. In a rare event these days, we were offered some free food at lunch. I took a big handful of the Slim Jim mini's, something I'd never buy because of the price and because I don't have any willpower not to eat them if they're lying around my house.

I suppose either one of these could have caused the Canker sores. I'm sure the overall situation of my mouth isn't helping things at all either.

At least it seems like it's not cancer I have to worry about yet. It doesn't seem to be spreading anymore, which is good. I can't really afford to start getting ulcers on my gums that are already highly compromised.

I do feel better right now. Not feverish, anyhow. I'm going to go into work. I'm sure I won't be 100% but I'd like to at least work the first of the 3 extra days I plan to before the job is gone.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

BRENDA

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 9:52 AM

Finding I have to wear my hearing aides now when I watch tv. I am missing words.

BRENDA

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 3:39 AM

Need to find someone with a set of bolt cutters or a set of lock picks. Seems that I have lost the keys to my trunk. On the flip side though. Another bin down.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 6:24 AM

They've got youtube videos for that. :)

My brother knows how to break into a large list of lock types that he learned over the years on youtube.

Really, locks are nothing more than a mild deterrent meant to ease our own minds. Except in the case of ridiculously pricey setups, they rely on our own ability to trust that most other people are essentially good than actually stopping anybody from trying to get into whatever we've locked up.

I saw a great video on that topic years ago, but I don't remember what it was titled or who made it. Otherwise I'd post it here.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 6:34 AM

I was kind of freaking out this morning after work. It seemed as if the sores had been spreading, and they had become quite painful at that point. Looking online didn't come up with any other possibilities of what they could be given the symptoms. Canker sores don't spread either, at least from what I've read. So I don't think they were spreading, but the entire scope of them just hadn't manifested itself yet.

Then I get my second great night of sleep in two days and the pain is virtually gone. I can still feel them. They're still there and are going to take some time to heal up, but I bet by tomorrow I don't feel them anymore.

I can't really do much about my stress for the time being, but I'm not going to take any chances again and I'm going to have to take Slim Jims off of my diet for the rest of my life now too.

There's no way these were minor. They were either major or Herpetiform. Even though the Herpetiform variety is rare, I'm thinking that's probably what they were because none of them were very large. After a few days some seemed to be large, but I believe this was just additional ones popping up later that adjoined with the existing ones from the day before.

I don't imagine I'm going to see a dentist before they're all cleared up to get a ruling. Got an appointment next month for a cleaning again. I'll let them know when I see them.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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