Saturday, December 8, 2007

Biding my time biting my mouth

Bite Til It Bleeds by *PeppermintStripe

Warning this is a boring post for no purpose other than to vent about biting my mouth today.

That's about how my mouth looks at the moment, but I'm not wearing lipstick - just blood. I bit my right cheek during lunch and it bled and continued to swell to the point that I keep biting on the same fucking place over and over again (jaw clenching/teeth grinding problem) and it is driving me fucking crazy. I keep washing my mouth with Listerene and spitting up blood to the alarm of my dogs.
Maybe I should take a Rozerem and go to sleep with an ice pack before doing further harm.

10 comments:

Ogg the Caveman said...

Ouch!

Anonymous said...

I have bitten myself like that before. When I sleep my cheek gets pressed in between my molars, then for some reason I bite down hard. Then, as you say, it keeps happening. Try packing with gauze during the day.

Akubi said...

Edgar,
Thanks for the gauze suggestion! I found some in my emergency kit and it really seems to help.

FlyingMonkeyWarrior said...

Dear Akubi,
I have had the same mouth teeth breakdown of communication for a lobg time.
One can only baby it,to quote my dentist.
It is really painful to, smile, chew or talk, but other than that NBD, RIGHT.

NotAnOptimist said...

=(

I've had that happen, it's not fun. Tends more to happen when I'm eating tho, so I just pack some soft food (rice, bread) into that side of my mouth (like a squirrel? or a hamster?) and keep on munching.

Hope you're all better now.

Akubi said...

@FMW,
While it has definitely improved with the gauze solution, chewing is still a problem (particularly eating because the foods I like tend to irritate it) - perhaps more due to my own paranoia that I will bite it again.

Hi Notanoptimist!
I haven't seen you here in ages. Thanks for stopping by. I had hoped you would play the 6 Degrees of Casey Serin to Dick Cheney game last month.
I just bought more gauze, but bread or rice is an excellent idea as a substitute I hadn't thought of.
I hope you're feeling more optimistic.

Akubi said...

In completely unrelated news, there's been a recent tragic local story about a despondent woman who went on a hike last week with a government-issued handgun and hasn't been seen since. It's a puzzling story. I don't understand why the official search was suspended so soon.
Also, does anyone know why an IRS agent would carry a government-issued handgun?
Per article:
Based on what was missing from Veronica Ruiz's home, her sister said, it appears she took her gun and badge as well as a black iPod Nano music player, a cellular phone with a wireless earpiece, and a gray and orange CamelBak hydration backpack.

Ogg the Caveman said...

@ Akubi:

That's sad. As for the gov't issued gun, a surprising number of government agencies have armed employees. If you can get past the paranoia, this list is useful.

Akubi said...

@Ogg,
U.S. Postal? WTF?

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