Update: [tooth pain and being a yarn slut]
1. Went to a sliding scale dentist last night with a friend to help keep me calm. Diagnosis is three cracks in molar 14, along with a heavy duty bacterial gum infection.
2. Prescription for antibiotics, GOOD pain killers and some industrial strength mouth wash that could cause cancer if swallowed.
3. Referral to another dentist who will further determine if the tooth is salvageable. If it is, it's root canal time. If not, it's extraction with replacement by a pseudo tooth or a bridge. Yay.
4. My insurance has completely lapsed. Turns out I should never have even been on the state health insurance - my $800 a month from unemployment is means I make way too much fucking money. It just took the county computers 8 months to realize I've been getting health care I don't deserve.
5. An application is being processed to get me back on Minnesota Care - where approval there would be fabulous because it will open a lot of new doors for me in terms of better health care overall - the downside is the soonest that would kick in would be April 1st.
6. Yes - this means I don't even get to do the follow up dental appointment for 3 weeks, because I know I don't have the pocket change to afford a root canal or an extraction with hardware installed. [sigh]
7. ON THE PLUS SIDE - hey wow! That mouthwash really works! By killing the bacteria in my mouth the swelling in my gum line has been drastically reduced - thus less pressure on the open nerve endings and less pain overall. Still some discomfort, but highly tolerable.
8. Next step in health care is to determine how much I have left of my really necessary meds, and then determine the out of pocket cost for a refill of any of them if necessary.
9. So, knowing that I'm due for a rough March in general, I decided to take my conversion into a yarn slut to the next level. I went to an honest to goodness CRAFT store and bought 7 skeins of cheap yarn.
10. Current knitting projects are a) scarf for the Beloved One, b) Hello Kitty scarf for the Little One, c) Hello Kitty scarf for me, d) a 'real' [grown up] scarf for me.
11. Once the scarves are about done it will be time to delve into the next project which involves re-purposing a pair of Tru-Spec 24-7 Tactical pants. The pants have worn out in places and become unwearable, but the pockets are still useful. I had an idea of using the cargo pocket side for the front of a pillow, while knitting a back piece out of good thick yarn.
12. It was the Lover who pointed out that I could store spare ammo in the cargo pockets of my new throw pillows.
13. Thus, the idea of the 'Tactical Pillow' was born [oh, you bet your ass there will be a Simple Mom blog about that eventually.]
14. After the Tactical Pillows are done - it's time to get really fucking serious and buy a set of the double pointed needles.
15. There will be leg warmers.
16. There may be sox.
17. I also have ideas on re-purposing some denim salvaged from a few dead pairs of jeans. I thought it would make a nice stable 'foot pad' surface for something more slipper sock in variety.
18. So, there will definitely be PINK BUNNY SLIPPER SOX.
19. Lastly... one of the yarns I picked up is a very nice tri-color blue - I'm going to use them to make 'shark' slipper sox for the Beloved One.
20. He said he'd kill me if I did it.
He also said he'd wear them anyway.
2. Prescription for antibiotics, GOOD pain killers and some industrial strength mouth wash that could cause cancer if swallowed.
3. Referral to another dentist who will further determine if the tooth is salvageable. If it is, it's root canal time. If not, it's extraction with replacement by a pseudo tooth or a bridge. Yay.
4. My insurance has completely lapsed. Turns out I should never have even been on the state health insurance - my $800 a month from unemployment is means I make way too much fucking money. It just took the county computers 8 months to realize I've been getting health care I don't deserve.
5. An application is being processed to get me back on Minnesota Care - where approval there would be fabulous because it will open a lot of new doors for me in terms of better health care overall - the downside is the soonest that would kick in would be April 1st.
6. Yes - this means I don't even get to do the follow up dental appointment for 3 weeks, because I know I don't have the pocket change to afford a root canal or an extraction with hardware installed. [sigh]
7. ON THE PLUS SIDE - hey wow! That mouthwash really works! By killing the bacteria in my mouth the swelling in my gum line has been drastically reduced - thus less pressure on the open nerve endings and less pain overall. Still some discomfort, but highly tolerable.
8. Next step in health care is to determine how much I have left of my really necessary meds, and then determine the out of pocket cost for a refill of any of them if necessary.
9. So, knowing that I'm due for a rough March in general, I decided to take my conversion into a yarn slut to the next level. I went to an honest to goodness CRAFT store and bought 7 skeins of cheap yarn.
10. Current knitting projects are a) scarf for the Beloved One, b) Hello Kitty scarf for the Little One, c) Hello Kitty scarf for me, d) a 'real' [grown up] scarf for me.
11. Once the scarves are about done it will be time to delve into the next project which involves re-purposing a pair of Tru-Spec 24-7 Tactical pants. The pants have worn out in places and become unwearable, but the pockets are still useful. I had an idea of using the cargo pocket side for the front of a pillow, while knitting a back piece out of good thick yarn.
12. It was the Lover who pointed out that I could store spare ammo in the cargo pockets of my new throw pillows.
13. Thus, the idea of the 'Tactical Pillow' was born [oh, you bet your ass there will be a Simple Mom blog about that eventually.]
14. After the Tactical Pillows are done - it's time to get really fucking serious and buy a set of the double pointed needles.
15. There will be leg warmers.
16. There may be sox.
17. I also have ideas on re-purposing some denim salvaged from a few dead pairs of jeans. I thought it would make a nice stable 'foot pad' surface for something more slipper sock in variety.
18. So, there will definitely be PINK BUNNY SLIPPER SOX.
19. Lastly... one of the yarns I picked up is a very nice tri-color blue - I'm going to use them to make 'shark' slipper sox for the Beloved One.
20. He said he'd kill me if I did it.
He also said he'd wear them anyway.