You know how, when you eat too much taffy in one day, your teeth feel loose the next day? That happens to other people, right? Like when I was a kid, and we went to Silver Dollar City, and got some taffy at the candy store, and my sister the little future ex-mayor's wife and I ate it in the back seat of our Olds 98, during the 5-hour ride home.
I have not been eating taffy. I have not eaten anything different from my usual foods. Yet on Saturday, I woke up with my teeth feeling all loose. And sort of painful. Mainly the top teeth. Front and back, on both sides. Not the molars next to my wisdom-teeth holes. But the others. It was weird. Felt just like I'd been chomping on too much taffy. Or maybe eating a whole convenience-store size bag of Corn Nuts. That happened in college. Though to be fair, I barely have a recollection of it.
The only difference in my routine was Friday's trip to two casinos with Sis and the Ex-Mayor. The second one was really smoky. I could smell the smoke in my hair the next morning when I stepped in the shower. I must have grown used to it throughout the afternoon. My head got all stuffy. And headachy. Which made the back of my neck all tense and painful.
Sunday morning, I was still stuffy, with Loose Teeth Syndrome. They didn't actually wiggle. Just felt loose if I tried to bite down. I used my head vibrator on my forehead, and felt that pain move to my right ear! Apparently, the forehead bone's connected to the right hammer/anvil/stirrup combo! I also sneezed six times, and blew a lot of clear snot out of my nose.
I'm hoping to start convalescing by Monday. I can't spend all day in the shower with my face in hot running water.
I can't explain the loose teeth syndrome, but I can explain your Sunday morning stuffiness. You slept Saturday night on the same pillow as Friday night, so the pillowcase and maybe also the pillow have absorbed the smoke smell from your hair. Air the pillow in the dryer on as hot as the label says it can take and put on a fresh pillowcase. In the past whenever I came home from somewhere smoky, I'd shower and wash my hair right away. Nowadays, with the asthma being worse, I avoid anywhere smoky as much as I can.
ReplyDeleteWhy couldn't you? If you were in the bathroom, in the shower, wouldn't you be guaranteed some alone time?
ReplyDelete(At least in our house, that's the only place where I'm sure to be alone--totally alone and unbothered... Unbothered until someone else needs the toilet. And then my serenity comes to a screeching halt.)
River,
ReplyDeleteI'll give that a try. The problem with getting smoky is that I get used to it, and don't realize I still stink. I should learn a lesson from all my teaching years, when it was obvious which kids came from smoking homes. Or snuck a clandestine puff in the bathroom!
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Sioux,
I'm spoiled with alone time, because Farmer H is on a trip! I can get my alone time in any room of the Mansion! Spending all day in the shower would make me pruny. Which would be yet another malady I could write about...
Did you grind your teeth in your sleep? I do that sometimes and my teeth will feel loose. Sinus problems can make your teeth hurt, too.
ReplyDeleteKathy,
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm pretty sure I don't grind. I'd think it would be an ongoing problem, and this just popped up. Most likely, it was a sinus thing. Lasted for five days, then GONE! The afternoon it seemed to be getting better, I had that kind of tingly itchy feeling in my teeth and gums, like when you've had a numbing shot from the dentist, and it starts wearing off.