In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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I got up on my gutters today to clean them out REALLY good so I could do a much better job of sealing them than the bozos I had installing them did a few years back. While it was drying I mowed the front and back lawn, which is something I wasn't intending on doing today but it needed it.
After it dried, I put in the foam style gutter guards my old man had left over from when he did his house. He had two extra boxes, which was plenty to get the front of my house down where most of the leaves and helicopters gather. I lucked out because he bought more than he needed since one part of the house he decided not to even use them on because nothing really gathers there.
I hope they work, because boy... it's a lot harder getting access to those gutters with the river rock down there. I used to just prop the back legs up on the cinder block pavers I had lined up along the wall with the front legs in the mud and go to town. Now I've got to put a 3ft x 4ft board down there which is barely enough to fit the legs of the ladder, and weave it in between the hoastas and the drain cleanout and my hose reel. The idea of cleaning out those gutters 4 times a year is a nightmare now.
I'll give these a shot until the helicoptors come down next spring and if I don't feel they're up to the task I'm going to have to spring for the expensive gutter guards.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Sorry to hear that, Brenda. I imagine even though I got 13 out at one time and it was super quick and easy and nearly painless, a lot of that had to do with much of the jawbone missing. Yours were probably packed in there a lot tighter than mine were.
Are those your first removed teeth? I'm just wondering because if they are know that you'll get used to not having them in there fairly quickly and down the line you won't even really give it any thought anymore.
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That was one thing the dentist told me after the x-rays were done was that my jawbones are very healthy.
No, this is a second set that had to be pulled. I know the gums will heal in time. Just have to be careful for a bit. I've got a list of instructions and the antibiotics. So, I'm fairly certain I'll be okay.
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As much as this dentist didn't want to hurt me, she was very good about getting special pillow for my neck. This though it was rough made it much easier on my neck. I have to explain about the brain surgery and how dental chairs are bad for my neck.
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Quote:Well, I hope these are the last teeth t be extracted. It seems kind of strange that your jawbones are healthy but your teeth broke. So, any idea what might have caused the damage? I would hope that whatever happened you could avoid in the future.
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Sorry to hear that, Brenda. I imagine even though I got 13 out at one time and it was super quick and easy and nearly painless, a lot of that had to do with much of the jawbone missing. Yours were probably packed in there a lot tighter than mine were.
Are those your first removed teeth? I'm just wondering because if they are know that you'll get used to not having them in there fairly quickly and down the line you won't even really give it any thought anymore.
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Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
That was one thing the dentist told me after the x-rays were done was that my jawbones are very healthy.
No, this is a second set that had to be pulled. I know the gums will heal in time. Just have to be careful for a bit. I've got a list of instructions and the antibiotics. So, I'm fairly certain I'll be okay.
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Well, I hope these are the last teeth t be extracted. It seems kind of strange that your jawbones are healthy but your teeth broke. So, any idea what might have caused the damage? I would hope that whatever happened you could avoid in the future.
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Sorry to hear that, Brenda. I imagine even though I got 13 out at one time and it was super quick and easy and nearly painless, a lot of that had to do with much of the jawbone missing. Yours were probably packed in there a lot tighter than mine were.
Are those your first removed teeth? I'm just wondering because if they are know that you'll get used to not having them in there fairly quickly and down the line you won't even really give it any thought anymore.
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Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
That was one thing the dentist told me after the x-rays were done was that my jawbones are very healthy.
No, this is a second set that had to be pulled. I know the gums will heal in time. Just have to be careful for a bit. I've got a list of instructions and the antibiotics. So, I'm fairly certain I'll be okay.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Well, I think most of the damage happened when I was looking after my mum when she was dying. I let a lot of stuff for me slide when I was doing that. I wasn't eating properly or sleeping. I was so stressed out that I didn't realize I was experiencing seizures again which is why a few months after she died and the neurologist ran an EEG, they found them again after I had been clear for around 5 years.
Think I was also grinding my teeth when I was getting any sleep. So between that and not looking after them, it happened.
And nope not finished just finished for now. Still two more to come out in the front and couple of broke ones on the left. Then I see about a partial plate for the top.
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Out for my walk and a couple of things to do before I go and play an extra game of mah jong this afternoon at my seniors centre. So later peeps.
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6IXSTRINGJACK:
Sorry to hear that, Brenda. I imagine even though I got 13 out at one time and it was super quick and easy and nearly painless, a lot of that had to do with much of the jawbone missing. Yours were probably packed in there a lot tighter than mine were.
Are those your first removed teeth? I'm just wondering because if they are know that you'll get used to not having them in there fairly quickly and down the line you won't even really give it any thought anymore.
BRENDA: That was one thing the dentist told me after the x-rays were done was that my jawbones are very healthy.
No, this is a second set that had to be pulled. I know the gums will heal in time. Just have to be careful for a bit. I've got a list of instructions and the antibiotics. So, I'm fairly certain I'll be okay.
SIGNY Well, I hope these are the last teeth t be extracted. It seems kind of strange that your jawbones are healthy but your teeth broke. So, any idea what might have caused the damage? I would hope that whatever happened you could avoid in the future.
BRENDA: Well, I think most of the damage happened when I was looking after my mum when she was dying. I let a lot of stuff for me slide when I was doing that. I wasn't eating properly or sleeping. I was so stressed out that I didn't realize I was experiencing seizures again which is why a few months after she died and the neurologist ran an EEG, they found them again after I had been clear for around 5 years.
Think I was also grinding my teeth when I was getting any sleep. So between that and not looking after them, it happened.
And nope not finished just finished for now. Still two more to come out in the front and couple of broke ones on the left. Then I see about a partial plate for the top.
Oh, I know the feeling. There were a few years there when our daughter was disappearing mentally, my MIL (who lived with us) was dying (she died at home w/ me at her bedside) and hubby was DXd at a young age with prostrate cancer. I was at my wit's end and not taking care of myself at all.
Anyway AFA teeth grinding, if you think you might still be, there are inserts you can use to cushion your teeth. Do you have enough calcium and vitamin D in your diet? I haven't drunk milk since I was maybe 6, but I just started drinking milk again bc of osteoporosis. I know you avoid milk but you should try to get calcium in your diet somehow. Humans can tolerate all kinds of malnutrition when young bc all of our conservation mechanisms are working full time, but once we get past reproduction years nature doesn't care what happens to us any more so we better take care of ourselves!
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We did it....
We FINALLY got that new rolling shed door installed today. It's perfect.
It barely makes any noise at all, is able to be pulled up or down with a feather touch, and actually rolls up like it should so half the door isn't hanging down when it's open forcing you to duck through the entry.
My friend's dad came through for me BIG TIME once again. It's always pulling teeth getting him over here to square up on his debts, but can't deny the awesome results.
We also got electric run to the attic for the exhaust fans I'm going to put in the ceiling so it can still be a smoking room when it's finished, and we got an external outlet to the front of the porch and are halfway there getting the one out the back. We'll finish that off tomorrow and get the electric out to be ready for the outdoor porch light when I decide on one. They'll both be GFCI protected.
In between that time, most of the insulation is up on the front and back walls too, and we didn't even have to dip into any of the 15 bats that I bought back in 2019 yet. All of this was done with what was left of the insulation I took down from the wall in the garage after cutting off the pieces the mice ruined out there.
He's coming back tomorrow and probably Monday too. His plan is to have all the walls drywalled and mudded before he's done.
If you asked me yesterday, I never would have said that my back porch would be usable for anything before next spring.
That might not be the case anymore.
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6IXSTRINGJACK:
Sorry to hear that, Brenda. I imagine even though I got 13 out at one time and it was super quick and easy and nearly painless, a lot of that had to do with much of the jawbone missing. Yours were probably packed in there a lot tighter than mine were.
Are those your first removed teeth? I'm just wondering because if they are know that you'll get used to not having them in there fairly quickly and down the line you won't even really give it any thought anymore.
BRENDA: That was one thing the dentist told me after the x-rays were done was that my jawbones are very healthy.
No, this is a second set that had to be pulled. I know the gums will heal in time. Just have to be careful for a bit. I've got a list of instructions and the antibiotics. So, I'm fairly certain I'll be okay.
SIGNY Well, I hope these are the last teeth t be extracted. It seems kind of strange that your jawbones are healthy but your teeth broke. So, any idea what might have caused the damage? I would hope that whatever happened you could avoid in the future.
BRENDA: Well, I think most of the damage happened when I was looking after my mum when she was dying. I let a lot of stuff for me slide when I was doing that. I wasn't eating properly or sleeping. I was so stressed out that I didn't realize I was experiencing seizures again which is why a few months after she died and the neurologist ran an EEG, they found them again after I had been clear for around 5 years.
Think I was also grinding my teeth when I was getting any sleep. So between that and not looking after them, it happened.
And nope not finished just finished for now. Still two more to come out in the front and couple of broke ones on the left. Then I see about a partial plate for the top.
Oh, I know the feeling. There were a few years there when our daughter was disappearing mentally, my MIL (who lived with us) was dying (she died at home w/ me at her bedside) and hubby was DXd at a young age with prostrate cancer. I was at my wit's end and not taking care of myself at all.
Anyway AFA teeth grinding, if you think you might still be, there are inserts you can use to cushion your teeth. Do you have enough calcium and vitamin D in your diet? I haven't drunk milk since I was maybe 6, but I just started drinking milk again bc of osteoporosis. I know you avoid milk but you should try to get calcium in your diet somehow. Humans can tolerate all kinds of malnutrition when young bc all of our conservation mechanisms are working full time, but once we get past reproduction years nature doesn't care what happens to us any more so we better take care of ourselves!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Yeah, I was my mum's main care giver. By the time she died, I was wrung out. I almost yelled at one of the nurses one day and he just looked at me and said, "This isn't like you." I told him I was tired and wore out and that's when they decided to get her into hospice as fast as possible but she didn't live that long.
I think at times I might be and have been looking at cushions you can use at night in your mouth. Night guards they are called, I think. I don't drink milk anymore because of that additive that is in it. I take a vitamin D supplement every day. I also eat a lot of broccoli and brussel sprouts for calcium.
I am always on the look out for other foods with calcium in them. I eat more cheese now than I use to for the calcium.
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