More Dental Stuff

Was off to the dentist to get the permanent filling for my root canal yesterday. Didn't take nearly as long as the previous appointment- yay. Discovered that the swelling and soreness in my gums this week had nothing to do with the root canal itself. Turns out it was some condition that happened when a bit of the freezing put into my gums for the root canal accidentally got into a blood vessel and causes swelling and puffiness and a yellow colour to the skin around the jaw. It's called hemo-something, but I couldn't find the term on the web again when I got home. I was told it will go away soon, though the yellowish colour in the skin may turn reddish or purplish before it goes away completely. It is a lot less painful today than it was earlier in the week, which seems a good sign.

Off to Newmarket tomorrow to spend the day practising music for Boskone with Deb and Jodi. We have a concert, a children's concert, plus music excerpts to prepare for an Instrumental Music panel for the con next weekend, so we'll be busy. Have to get up early to go to my Weight Watcher meeting first, even though I'm pretty much sure to gain this week :-/. I'm not doing anything horribly wrong and I've been treadmilling regularly, but my body seems to hate to see me accomplish any weight goals without fighting for it tooth and nail for 3-4 weeks first. Bleah, so I decided "what the heck?" and I had a large Valentine's cookie at the school Dance-a-thon today against my better judgement. Sometimes I think you just need to have days like that before seriously tacklin' the weight loss thing again.