Day 763. It was another sunny but windy/chilly day here and for the most part I am feeling so much better since finally wiggling that tooth out yesterday. That sort of constant pain/discomfort gets pretty damn annoying after a few months. I am down to just one last tooth in the top of my mouth and I don't think that it is going to come out with the same 'gentle persuasion' technique that I used on the last three. I did some research recently into dental extraction forceps (and extraction kits) and they are pretty damn cheap at around ten to twenty bucks compared to a dentist visit that always cost me well over three hundred dollars. The only problem with that approach is that I am not a hundred percent confident that I can get the whole tooth out in one piece due to it's state of decay. Once I do manage to get it out (one way or another) I am going to try to get the funds together to get a denture made for my top plate which would be absolutely awesome because at this point I am not really certain how many years it has been since I could actually chew my food. I have been fantasizing about all the different things that I haven't been able to eat for years and years now and how the first thing that I am going to do is gorge myself on some of those foods...just because I will be able to. It is all in the realm of fantasy though until I get this last tooth extracted and can afford a denture but hell a fellow can dream. Anyway I don't really have anything else to really report at the moment other than I am almost finished with the last book of the Dark Tower series and savoring every moment of it. I hope everyone is doing well and all that jazz.
Note: As some of you know I have been making these 'Daily Post' on another platform ever since I began my stay at this old farm seven hundred and sixty-three days ago. Ever since I began using Steemit I have considered posting them here as well but have been hesitant to do so because the content of them varies and thus it is difficult to tag as 'one thing or another' and they do not always directly relate to homesteading, off grid living or whatever. I also type them out in a notepad App on an Android phone and post them as a 'wall of text' instead of breaking them into paragraphs because the platform that I copy and paste them to formats them into a 'wall of text' even if I break them into paragraphs. I am not going to correctly format them and have grown to enjoy their rambling nature. So this is sort of a test and I appreciate any feedback that folks may have.
Hello...(:
@jacobpeacock
I am soooooo glad you have some relief. Constant pain takes a horrible toll on the body and mind. A Mega toll....!!!!!!!! It's exhausting.
I am very uneasy and worried about the DYI extraction kit with the same concerns you have.
@jacobpeacock, I am with @annephilbrick I do not know about do it yourself dentistry , it would be ok if the tooth was already loose, but to pull one that is not loose will be very painful and you might break it