[Magdalen] Dental prayers please

[Ginga Wilder]

((((((((((((((((Susan))))))))))))))))

Love from Ginga

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 2:41 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> An implant?!?! Oh, poor, poor dear!!
>
> I dread having to go that route.  Thus far I've dodged the bullet.
> Will you have to chew on the other side of your mouth for a few months or
> what?  I hope it isn't a long period of healing.
> But when the implant is finally set, is it correct to say that you will
> have a tooth superior to the one nature gave you?
>
> I have some background in psychology, so I find it fascinating how a person
> is able to manage pain. I found an article which might be helpful for you,
> I hope:
>
> http://thebrainlady.com/articles/how-i-stayed-calm-at-the-dentist-mindfulness-works/
>
> Also, there is a paradoxical technique I learned about with respect to
> headaches that also helps in dental work. I discovered that my wife does
> very similar strategies.
> It is not the actual pain which bothers us most; it is the pain, plus our
> lack of control. We focus on how bad the pain is, and we suffer. Most
> people do this. I certainly do if I don't have a chance to think it through
> first.
> However, I find instead of wishing the pain would go away, I deliberately
> pay attention to exactly what it is, and ask myself, Is this really
> unbearable, or is it something I can deal with for a period of time? In my
> case, it has been more a matter of the noise of the work going on, more
> than the pain, that bothers me.  Once I look directly at the pain, I
> generally can either say, "I've got this," or I might stop and tell the
> dentist to give me another shot.  Thus far I have not had to do that, but
> once.
>
> By the time I turn on my PC again, all of this will be a memory, hopefully
> not even a very bad one, and you can get on with the long-term process of
> healing. Let us know how things go, please.
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:52 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear sibs,
> > Tomorrow morning I go for my dental implant, the next stage in the
> > saga both of both dental and financial woes.  It has also been a sucky
> > week at work, so much that at least tomorrow has the compensation that
> > I will face it with anesthesia.  Could you spare me a few prayers
> > around 10:30 DST?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Susan
> >
> > --
> > The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> > you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> > land of Egypt.
> > Leviticus 19:34
> >
>