tooth hurty revisited

so: 7 days later, 14 grams total of amoxicillin trihydrate and mefenamic acid (each), three pricks from an anesthetic-laden syringe needle, a surprisingly short period of -- wrenching? -- and the tooth was out.

interestingly, there was no pain to speak of, and i left the clinic still able to speak (not like the last visit i had at another dentist for some more, shall we say, advanced dentistry: i left her clinic with my entire mouth numb and immobile). getting home this time around was a cinch.

of course, now with a molar removed, i'll need something to take its place, and that's a cool 12K... ...ouch in the wallet.

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the rest of the week ought to be interesting.

the data from the long awaited project ought to arrive -- so we'll finally behold the form of the beast that we have to vanquish...

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interestingly, i met up with some old high-school barkada for lunch on sunday, and one of the odd thoughts that remains with me was a fragment of a conversation about some of the star wars novels

friend 1: "the writing can get so tiresomely predictable. for example, the author often uses the line 'with the horrible sounds of shrieking metal'..."

me: "well, that's better than 'with the pleasureable sounds of shrieking metal'..."

the others at the table were lucky not to have been drinking at the moment, given the laughter that greeted that comment.