Inner Ache
My mouth above. Spared you a look up my nostrils... Back in December, I went for my routine 6 month dental appointment to get my teeth checked and cleaned. Typically, I get a good report that the choppers are doing well. However, for the last few years, my lone cavity has been aching off and on (and more on than off). Like that light bulb in a prisoner's cell that shines night and day. I had mentioned it previously to the dental hygienist (usually a different person every time) and the dentist on duty (same Indian dude). I would tell them that there was an ache but I would typically downplay it. I have a fairly high tolerance for pain being that my left knee has been aching consistently for the last almost 40 years. I get fatalistic and philosophical about pain, figuring that rather than fight it, accept it, and focus on other issues. When life kicks you around enough, no sense crying about it. The world as it is doesn't care. I find myself being much more...