05-06-2025 -- Not a good night last night.

Howdy all. Not counting the continuing rain overnight, I had a pretty lousy night. Sleeping was bad because the mouth was sore, as in painful, from the dental work. I thought it was the needles that made swollen areas, but was wrong.

And then, around 11 pm, Kitty came to visit, and after a few moments, wailed, and ran off the bed. The poor kitty made two little barf piles on the rug. Of course I got up to clean up and check around. She had already left a large pile on her bedspread, and a couple more at the foot of her bed on the floor. Lovely. Lots of cleanups.

I got them done and worried about her as I wondered why my mouth still was sore even after a good brushing, and waterpic run and even peroxide rinse. And the blasted rain falling outside.

Morning today just piled on. As in, there were 4-5 piles of barf downstairs. It was always the same look of a Temptations MixUp Treat that I had set down for her before going to bed. After cleanups, I trashed the 2 almost full bags of those treats. Whether it is because she ate it too quickly, or, it upset her tummy otherwise, doesn’t matter. No more of that stuff..

And, even though I, did my morning teeth brushing/flossing/rinse, my mouth still hurt.

Later I noticed something. The soreness in my mouth may clear up now.  Turns out the lumpiness that was at the bottom of my gums between the teeth and chin, was not irritated skin.  I brushed and water picked last night and this morning and nothing came off so I assumed it was skin from the needles.  

Nope.  It finally moved and I removed a fingernail sized lump of whatever.  I think it was residual impression clay, that got varnished over when they applied the stuff to the teeth at the end.   It was glued in quite well.  

And, now that it’s gone, it feels more normal in there except that the whole area is roughed up and sore.   But another night and day should make it better.  I hope 

I hate dentist appointments.

Oh, it is 6 pm and Kitty has been fine all day. It was certainly the treats. And I’m very tired. I need some sleep to Enjoy Life.