BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Free Rants

**Posted by Sammy** July 9, 2012 9:53 pm

Oh, good for you, veecee! :D
Yes, an excuse for ice cream is always appreciated... ;) though I guess it won't be so funny not to be able to eat anything solid for the next days :/.

Oh no, you didn't sound heartless, Molly ;)

Thanks for the luck(s)!

**Posted by Sammy** July 10, 2012 4:41 pm

Uh, just wanted to say that everything went well ...
Of course I'm in pain now, though, and everything tastes like blood. Anywaaay...

Actually the whole operation procedure was pretty exciting! I'm kinda happy now to have experienced how all that works with such a harmless operation so if I ever (god forbid!) have to get another operation, I won't be so scared... haha, if that makes any sense ;).

**Posted by tobeornot221b** July 10, 2012 4:43 pm

Oh Sammy - get well soon!

**Posted by SusiGo** July 10, 2012 4:45 pm

Get well soon, Sammy, and have your family spoil you with ice-cream, pudding and all that stuff .

**Posted by Molly Hooper** July 10, 2012 4:56 pm

I'm so happy that it all went well! If your teeth hurt too bad you can always try sucking on Quavers!!

**Posted by Sammy** July 10, 2012 6:45 pm

Thaaank you

well, at least it's this kind of thing you only have to endure once in your life.. ;)

**Posted by veecee** July 10, 2012 9:02 pm

Sammy, enjoy the ice cream and let people pamper you as Susi says.

**Posted by Davina** July 10, 2012 9:24 pm

Hope your mouth feels better very soon. Usually it heals quite quickly.

**Posted by sherlockskitty** July 13, 2012 5:38 pm

good job sammy I'm glad it went well for you.

High vet costs are outrageous. 40 dollars for a re check (weight, temp) and 39 dollars for a BP check (on my cat-- the same way they do it for humans!!) plus 30 or more dollars for the medicine if needed. I don't see why vets charge extra for doing a little blood pressure check on animals?

And WHY do doctors have this policy -for certain kinds of medicines you have to see your primary dr for that---? I gotta wait till july 23rd to call my dr again to see if she can get me a refill on a medicine that I gotta have. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR this is my rant for today.

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**Posted by kazza474** July 13, 2012 6:09 pm

sherlockskitty wrote:
And WHY do doctors have this policy -for certain kinds of medicines you have to see your primary dr for that---? I gotta wait till july 23rd to call my dr again to see if she can get me a refill on a medicine that I gotta have. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR this is my rant for today.

Everyone needs their own GP or primary doctor, no matter how many specialists you many also need to consult. They are like 'home base' and are crucial in good health care.
Why? (and many people ask this)
Because a specialist is concerned about THEIR field of study, they may consider what else in going on with you but they are not usually fully conversant with the drugs that may be used, the treatments etc & nor can they afford to be.
By having one central 'home base' doctor who refers you to specialist & oversees what medicines you are taking, he can spot problems if Dr A's dosage of one medicine could counteract Dr B's prescribed treatment (this doesn't have to be another medicine, just another treatment).
Your 'home base' therefore needs to be consulted to ensure the medications & treatments you are having for ALL things are not going to be counter productive. They are like a 'Jack of all trades, but master of none' and VERY necessary for all people.
That's often why it is regulated that you must see your own GP for refills etc, so they can monitor what's going in & what the overall effects are.

**Posted by Sammy** July 13, 2012 8:36 pm

I want to eat... something with consistency again. °-°
Something... that's not pureed. Maybe just a simple piece of meat. Yeah.

So, not a rant, more like a daydream!
It's going pretty well but I still can't properly eat, so.. that's annoying. :D

**Posted by Molly Hooper** July 13, 2012 9:06 pm

Go Sammy! We're all behind you!!

**Posted by sherlockskitty** July 14, 2012 9:58 pm

Here;s some bologna (baloney) for you sammy!!

**Posted by hepzibah** July 15, 2012 12:58 pm

Sammy wrote:
Thaaank you

well, at least it's this kind of thing you only have to endure once in your life.. ;)

Err, sorry to be the bearer of scary news but I had my 2 bottom wisdom teeth out about 20 years ago, then had to go back 5 years ago and get 1 top one taken out.
How many did your dentist take out?

**Posted by Davina** July 17, 2012 6:22 pm

My pets go to the vets or the vet comes to them in the case of the horses if there is something wrong with them. The dogs have a health check annually when they have their vaccinations. With the horses it depends what is wrong as to whether I call a vet. Some people call the vet out at every little thing which is crazy. Never met a poor vet yet!

**Posted by Sammy** July 17, 2012 6:31 pm

hepzibah wrote:
Err, sorry to be the bearer of scary news but I had my 2 bottom wisdom teeth out about 20 years ago, then had to go back 5 years ago and get 1 top one taken out.
How many did your dentist take out?

All four of 'em!
Yes, of course it could be that some day I need to get another tooth taken out, but I don't think it will ever happen again that I need four teeth removed at the same time - because of that the "once in life". ;)

Anyway, thanks for cheering! I can eat almost normally again now, yay.

**Posted by Molly Hooper** July 17, 2012 7:02 pm

Yay!
I haven't been able to bite into an apple for two years now or eat corn-on-the-cob (Stupid Train-tracks!!)

**Posted by Davina** July 17, 2012 7:08 pm

Nice to get braces off once it's all over! And well worth having it done.

**Posted by sherlockskitty** July 19, 2012 4:48 am

I had traintracks when I was younger--on the day before I was supposed to have gotten them off, I fell off of my bike, and my teeth hit the road. So-- I had to have them on for another year or so!! Boy I hated them. Had to give up rootbeer, too.

**Posted by Davina** July 19, 2012 4:58 am

I had a brace with a plate, yuck, I don't think train tracks were even invented! The worst incident my daughter had when she had her train tracks is when she was jumping a pony and the pony's head and her mouth collided. Really not good.