If they allowed me a playlist for tomorrow, it would have to include these three tunes.
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Category Archives: healing
The Writing Year in Review: 2017
I’m copying (stealing?) this idea from a new author friend, Erika Mailman. In a year where it felt like I didn’t do much writing, it’s good to look back and see what I actually did. It felt like a rather unproductive year, writing-wise, but the evidence shows it wasn’t as unproductive as I thought. For… Continue Reading
The Boys are Back in Town!
I had not assigned a gender to my teeth prior to this post. For all I know, they are girly teeth–but the point is I got my new long-term temporary obturator today, and it includes facsimiles of my dearly departed molars. I’m sure it’ll take some time getting used to having teeth up there after… Continue Reading
One Fine Day
I don’t want to forget that this happened, finally. One fine day this week, I woke up and didn’t feel different, didn’t hurt anywhere, didn’t think about the strange new arrangement inside my mouth. I just woke up, opened my eyes, and thought about what I wanted to get done that day. It was the… Continue Reading
Numb and Number: Or, Healing is Not for Sissies
It’s now been five weeks since my surgery. Although I look almost normal, with some visible swelling on the right side of my face, I still feel as though I am wearing a mask. I can tell the numbness is going away by the sometimes tingly, sometimes sharp messages I’m getting from the nerves… Continue Reading