[Magdalen] Dental prayers please

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

That is good to know for all who are getting that procedure.  It is just
such a daunting idea -- they take out a tooth or two and put this foreign
body in your jaw and then after a day or two you are fine.  It's amazing --
just amazing without any hyperbole -- what they've been able to do ! ! !

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 Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I had a double implant a couple of years ago, two side-by-side lower
> molars which had a lot to do with a bridge and old double root resection.
> Details don't matter.  The process was terrific and essentially painless,
> but maybe that's me.  I didn't have to favour that side when chewing or
> anything beyond the first day or two when the site was understandably more
> tender.  After some months when the bone had grown around the screw, the
> temporary teeth were removed and the permanent teeth fastened . Rock solid
> and never a moment's problem.  But I'm a tough old bird and I think through
> and past it and move on.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 3/17/2016 2:41 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford 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
>>>
>>> .
>>
>>
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