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[gurdymonkey]

Shame I missed taiko last week - I was rusty last night. Not abysmal, but definitely rusty!
Our recital is next week. Any Bay Area peeps who are free on Tuesday evening are welcome to attend.

Admission is free, however, we are accepting donations for Japan disaster relief.

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In the "Huh" category, I was at the dentist this afternoon, lying with my head lower than my knees and my hygienist informed me that bleeding gums are also a feature of menopause. Then when she let me sit up again, she tried to sell me a $150 electric toothbrush (plus replacement heads every three months). You know something? The last time her boss looked inside my mouth, he pronounced it "boring in here." After three marathon sessions to reverse decades of neglect, I've obviously been doing just fine with the Nimbus toothbrushes they give me at every visit, dental floss and my Water Pik. I think I'll keep on with those, not having $150 to throw at yet another thing that has to be plugged into a wall charger.

I will say that I DO like the Nimbus brushes. The bristles are soft so as not to beat up one's tender estrogen deprived gums. However, they're pretty much useless for scrubbing grout once it's time to switch to a new one. Don't bother trying to find them in a drug store, your best bet is the Internet.

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I love my apartment mostly. I chalk the running up and down stairs up as being good for me and I mostly don't miss having a tub to luxuriate in. There are occasions, however, when the logistics are less than ideal. The layout being what it is means that I do not have a bedroom door. So when Dad overnights with me, even if I go to bed, I get to hear whatever TV programming he's decided to fall asleep to downstairs at 79-year-old-man volume. Monday evening it was Miami Blues, which involved a fair bit of shouting, shooting, siren-blaring high speed pursuits and so forth. When I woke up in the middle of the night, the TV was off. There was snoring. At least my snoring didn't keep him awake.

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So much bad news this year, especially this week. I know I'm tired of governmental dumbassery, race riots in London, economic upheaval and toddlers getting shot. So, Monday I felt like posting some "good news" to my FB profile: our company has been hiring construction workers all summer. Monday alone I processed hiring packages on seven. I did two yesterday and three more today. Tuesday's good news was about Londoners taking to the streets - with brooms. Today's is about t-cell therapy for treatment of leukemia.

I'm going to try to keep this up. I invite you to do the same. People need some good news. Who knows, maybe it'll go viral.

Comments

[xrian.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. If your dentist is trying to tell you that bleeding gums are "normal" or nothing to worry about, I think my dentist would disagree with him.

I'm ten years older than you are and have been taking care of my teeth very well over the last 5 or 6 years and I have little if any bleeding even when they are doing repairs.

And I admit that for me the secret was an electric toothbrush, specifically a Sonicare. It cost about half what you have reported and I only need to replace the heads every 6 months.

If you can take excellent care of your teeth and gums with a manual toothbrush, more power to you, but for me the electric brush really helps.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

It was the hygienist, she said bleeding gums are a symptom of menopause and she was going at some plaque with something pointy when the subject came up. I have not experienced any bleeding when brushing or flossing recently.

When I first went there she was preaching the religion of a pricy toothpaste and mouthwash called CariFree. It came up once and she never mentioned it again. This may be more of same. I see Dr. H in December for an actual exam and we'll see what he says.