What's on your mind?

[sampa]

I might have found some answers to the teeth problems I've been having since March. Today was my second dental cleaning for the year. The dentist said, it's possible that it is TMJ that maybe causing the pain or inflammation or pressure I feel when eating. Also the uneven bite, I thought a tooth was going to have to be ground down but laying in a certain position I didn't feel it. I'm supposed to use some ibuprofen for a short time to bring down swelling, eat softer foods, he's adjusted my night mouth guard, hot compresses on the TMJ and reduce my stress. I think this will also explain why I've had so many headaches this year. I hardly ever get headaches. The only thing I can think that is causing unusual stress maybe is covid-19.

I hate to think that my training would be causing some of it too. My training has a lot of fun to it, but there are times that I have to work myself up for it. And pushing myself harder mentally when I don't think I can do four more miles. Next Saturday will be my biggest push but that will be the last longest run for the year.

I really hope this works. I have been so down about not being able to eat normally without pain. Otherwise the dental hygienist said my teeth were perfect maybe five or six times and the dentist also. So it's good to know since March that no damage was done. I'm just putting this here because it was a prayer request I put out quite some time ago to my Bible study and was just losing hope. I had been referred to a specialist but insurance does not cover TMJ. And I don't have $700 just to do for test and who knows how much for the solution. Anyways this seemed kind of long-winded but it's sort of a praise for possible progress with something I've just been dealing with all these months.

 

[bèlla]

I watched War Room. It was really good. The Love Dare and War Room should be viewed by all believers. Especially those desiring to marry.

 

[GodDoesListen55]

I can't wait to sleep in my own bed tonight!

 

[sunshineforJesus]

I might have found some answers to the teeth problems I've been having since March. Today was my second dental cleaning for the year. The dentist said, it's possible that it is TMJ that maybe causing the pain or inflammation or pressure I feel when eating. Also the uneven bite, I thought a tooth was going to have to be ground down but laying in a certain position I didn't feel it. I'm supposed to use some ibuprofen for a short time to bring down swelling, eat softer foods, he's adjusted my night mouth guard, hot compresses on the TMJ and reduce my stress. I think this will also explain why I've had so many headaches this year. I hardly ever get headaches. The only thing I can think that is causing unusual stress maybe is covid-19.

I hate to think that my training would be causing some of it too. My training has a lot of fun to it, but there are times that I have to work myself up for it. And pushing myself harder mentally when I don't think I can do four more miles. Next Saturday will be my biggest push but that will be the last longest run for the year.

I really hope this works. I have been so down about not being able to eat normally without pain. Otherwise the dental hygienist said my teeth were perfect maybe five or six times and the dentist also. So it's good to know since March that no damage was done. I'm just putting this here because it was a prayer request I put out quite some time ago to my Bible study and was just losing hope. I had been referred to a specialist but insurance does not cover TMJ. And I don't have $700 just to do for test and who knows how much for the solution. Anyways this seemed kind of long-winded but it's sort of a praise for possible progress with something I've just been dealing with all these months.

I hope and pray you feel better soon.

 

[sampa]

I hope and pray you feel better soon.

Thank you

 

[Niels]

...people from the past breaking years of silence to reach out. Timing is odd. Caution in abundance.

I hear you. An old college buddy of mine left a voicemail at my office number several months ago. Why he didn't reach out to me in other, more personal, ways like email or personal phone I can only speculate. Something seems off. Rather than thinking it's nice to hear from him, which would be my usual reaction, I'm questioning his motives. Beyond that, I'm also questioning my own reaction. Wondering whether there's something wrong with me for responding this way. Although my intuitions about people are generally accurate, it's not like we ever had a falling out. I may eventually call him back, as we were on good terms, and I wouldn't mind catching up. I'm just not sending money, joining a cult, or buying whatever he might try to sell me.

Also, he apparently has a new last name. Did his mother remarry and he took his step father's name? Was he secretly gay, and is now married to a guy? Did he marry a woman who insisted that he take her last name instead? Did he appear on Maury, and discover that the man he called Dad wasn't his father? Admittedly, I am curious.

We were both Christians back in the day, and attended the same Intervarsity group, so there's a remote possibility that he will read this. If so, I am interested in catching up. Just send an email, rather than leaving a voicemail at work.

 

[bèlla]

Desire gives fervor to prayer. The soul cannot be listless when some great desire fixes and inflames it…Strong desires make strong prayers…The neglect of prayer is the fearful token of dead spiritual desires…There can be no true praying without desire. —E. M. Bounds

 

[DragonFox91]

Well I survived my first day back at the office. It's okay. It's like a library it's so quiet. So many won't come back & will stay working from home.

 

[HisGraceAbounds]

I've been in front of a classroom in one capacity or another since 2003 and one thing has remained consistent during that time - if the average college student can, they WILL exploit any and all 'accommodations for learning disabilities' they can get. It's amazing how many of them suddenly have the student accommodations office send me official letters asking for 1.5x test time and private testing rooms proctored by third parties...after they take my first test.

These are the future leaders of this country folks! Weep for the future. It will be attained by malingering and taking advantage of resources meant for people who ACTUALLY need them...apparently.

 

[HisGraceAbounds]

I'm double posting to say that I am very 'salty' this evening, and knowing such, I shall conduct my behavior according to the axiom "If'n ya ain't got nothin' nice to say, ya ought best keep your mouth shut"*.

*...I like it better said with a little flourish of hick, don't you?*

 

[SarahsKnight]

Desire gives fervor to prayer. The soul cannot be listless when some great desire fixes and inflames it…Strong desires make strong prayers…

I think no truer words could be spoken in my life as it is now.

 

[SarahsKnight]

I ask for your prayers right now for the sake of my cousin Courtney and her family. While I have not seen my great Aunt Kathy (on my mother's side) in six years at least, she unfortunately died last week with some suffering from a brain ailment I do not have the details on, just that ... her brain bled. So I guess it was cerebral hemorrhaging. Strangely, it upsets me more these last several years since becoming a conditionalist Christian that a person I know or love dies in a seemingly painful or debilitating way, more so than the very fact he or she is gone, in and of itself. But for Courtney, her husband, and two children, I know it must be hard for them as they lived a lot closer and of course spent much more time with Aunt Kathy than I did even as a child when I could be around extended family a lot more often, Kathy being Courtney's mother and all. Please pray for their peace at this time, but especially for Chelsea, one of the two children. This is almost twenty years after my time in the same stage of schooling, so, I can only imagine how much worse in so many ways it is for Chelsea having to deal with people bullying her in high school. This is her senior year, so God willing at the very least such painful times will naturally go away on their own once she hits college next year. Still, even with a likely end in sight, such times are hard and often seem hopeless to get through in the eyes of the victim ... if my personal experience from when I was in high school and below is anything to go off of, like so many others. And remembering what I do of Chelsea's cutely diva-ish nature when I last saw her at 11 or 12, I do feel some big-brother-like indignance that she of all people has to deal with this kind of thing; who could dislike her personally enough to want to torment her in school? (Not that anyone actually deserves to be bullied of course, but why such a nice girl as Chelsea?)

I hope I have not said or revealed too much about these affairs when for all I know - with what little personal interaction I have had with Chelsea or Harrison (the other child) ever since Chelsea was born 18 or so years ago - Chelsea may not even remember my name and face if I were to be there for Aunt Kathy's funeral, the date of which has yet to be determined, and see she and the others I speak of in this post. I just know that I feel the same protective stance over her after hearing of her being bullied in school that I would over, say, friends like @Multifavs or a younger version of Bella or Sampa. And I and likely many others in this community can say that, unfortunately, we've been through the same.

 

[GodDoesListen55]

Feeling the urge to get rid of more stuff to help others.

 

[Niels]

More relatives showed up on a genetics site I'm using, Including another cousin and an uncle. It's nice to see familiar names on there.

 

[bèlla]

I ask for your prayers right now for the sake of my cousin Courtney and her family.

I’m sorry for your loss. May the Lord comfort and keep you while you grieve and protect the vulnerable and defenseless.

 

[VanillaLion]

I went swimming at the pool yesterday. It was fun.

And I played more Guild Wars 2 lol.

 

[VanillaLion]

I made mac and cheese.

 

[bèlla]

I think I’ll skip fall decor and focus on winter. Maybe I’ll have time for seasonal crafts.

 

[bèlla]

My stomach has been hurting off and on for two days. The stress about the shooting and uncertainty is causing it. Soup and rest help a bit. Then the phone rings and it starts again.

 

[sampa]

In November I have a small gathering planned that we will try to wear period costumes or corsets or both at an old corset factory that is now a brewery. Excited to see what we come up with. The last time we got together was for a steampunk Victorian Tea outing and botanic garden before. They are creative individuals, it's always fun coming up with something without spending a bunch of money. I think I'm leaning towards Rocco style dress. About to look at a resale store to see if I can find something and just have to worry about buying accessories with it.