two thirty

I went to the University Dental Hospital today.

They don’t make you feel very welcome do they?

On my first visit they took an armful of blood and told me to come back in 4 months. On the second visit they took the other armful and told me to come back in 3 months.

Today it was a new person. She looked at the results and told me I had the bestest blood in Greater Manchester. She looked in my mouth and took X rays. She said I had the best teeth, gums, fillings and crowns in the Northern hemisphere.

She told me to congratulate my local dentist.

Instead of rejoicing - I repeated my symptoms which have plagued me for years. In other words I reminded her why I was there in the first place.

She went all ‘touchy feely’ on me. She talked about emotions and coping skills.

She diagnosed *Atypical Odontalgia*.

According to Google ‘Odontalgia’ means toothache and ‘Atypical’ means something like nutter.

And the treatment …. Amitriptyline … for me nerves.

This is the stuff that makes Eileen forget what day it is and sit watching channel 5 in the mornings. They are ‘anti - depressants’.

I argued and sulked but she was adamant.

I start in 2 weeks time.

Please feel free to mention it if you see zombie like signs from this url.

KAZ