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Writer's pictureCathie Rooyen

Gruesome

Wednesday 25th May 2022 *gruesome medical details within...* Of all the places to visit on my adventuring, I never expected to visit hell. But I seem to be popping in there regularly due to this tooth story,  and last night was a particularly long visit. My lovely nurse friend Anna took me to the Dentaline at the local Accident and Emergency unit at the hospital with the hope of getting some relief.  He was reluctant to do anything surgically because of lack of equipment in the event of complications but gave me a mega dose of antibiotics in his chair. 2 hours later I discovered Anna's downstairs toilet with awful projectile vomiting that splashed around uncontrollably on the walls.  Sorry for the gruesome details... The quiet hours of the night had me in various stages of death bargaining and will sorting and eventually at 5am I took some Ibuprofen (apparently I had been overdosing myself-oops) and managed to sleep. It was a sleepy day which I appreciated and tonight I felt a release of something and it was this cyst (or whatever it is) open.  Fortunately my body has found away to finally drain the icky stuff although not long after, I was vomiting again.  There probably so much poison in my stomach that it has to come out. But on the positive side... yes there finally is one! I wanted something different to drink and Anna's dinner smelled yummy. I haven't been able to appreciate taste or smell because everything has been metallic. So I'm waiting till later before I take some more ibuprofen and hopefully that will get me through the night. I'm thinking of trying to move my appointment tomorrow with the dentist to Friday because there's still too much swelling and now my vomiting.  But not sure if that will happen.  Hold thumbs for pain free gums! Haha




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