One problem solved

It is so wonderful to be able to eat normally once more. The dentist managed to permanently fill both teeth, no crown needed. I had my pâté on toast starter with relish come the evening. I’m happily eating my Christmas chocolates now. Above all it’s great to be able to chew my hard “chewable” calcium tablet once more. That was particularly difficult to do just using front teeth. It didn’t exactly dissolve in the mouth without chewing but is too large to swallow whole without risking choking on it.

We went along the prom to get to the dentist.  As it grew dark on Christmas Day the sky had turned an ominous colour as though it was laden with something heavy, snow perhaps. Although we had gone along the prom on Boxing Day, the view across the Bay was obscured though there were hints of whiteness across the Bay. Yesterday was a different matter – a crystal clear day with a bright luminous blue sky. That ominous cloud had obviously resulted in a shovel-load of snow arriving on top of the Lakeland fells. You could almost imagine you were looking at the Rockies or the Alps despite the lowness of the fells. It was truly beautiful.

Today is another such bright day. There is frost once more in pockets on the lawn – a hard world for the birds to find food.

My spirits are higher today, just knowing I can eat normally, brush my teeth thoroughly clean once more, without risk of causing yet more damage to my teeth or pain in my mouth. Even the Fox’s rash seems to have eased a bit. He now has two hospital appointments at Dermatology, two days apart from one another. We suspect one isn’t valid, but which one? We’ll give them a ring as soon as things get back to normal in the new year to find out, & to see if the appointment couldn’t be brought forward if he’s still in the state he’s in now, or worse.