Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

I have been to the dentist, and the device may now be fitted properly. Near the end of the visit, the assistant said that, given the shape of my teeth, the thing is basically cosmetic, and if we can't get this to work at all, it will be okay from the dental viewpoint.

On the way out, I said something about hoping to see them in four months, for the next step in the implants (rather than more visits for the partial), and the dentist said that he should be back in Watertown Square by the end of the month, if that's easier. I told him that this Brookline location works well for me too; what didn't occur to me until I got home was to ask if that office has a hygienist for routine cleanings. The last word I have on that is an all-patients email from the hygienist I'd been seeing at his Watertown office, giving her hours in Belmont (Saturdays) and a couple of other locations that seemed less convenient (somewhere in Concord, or Acton).

( details on the dental visit, for my reference )

The adjustments worked well enough that I walked out of the office wearing the partial. The plan is to wear it for at least an hour today, two hours tomorrow, and so on--my suggestion, based on the instructions they gave me when it was first fitted--and if it continues to feel wrong, call for another appointment. I am currently trying not to press down on it with my tongue, because that's still not comfortable.

Meanwhile, I'm still having trouble standing for long, so I took a lyft both ways rather than walking down to green line C. I used the iota carrageenan nasal spray this morning, because dental visits are the largest reason I wanted it.

ETA: I took the partial out after about two hours, because it was getting less comfortable. Also, it feels weird having that in when I cough, and the cough brings up phlegm.

I left the flapper home when I went to Montreal last Wednesday, to let the inflamed bit of my gum heal, and because I didn't want to risk losing it if I had to take it out and find somewhere to put it. I got back yesterday afternoon, and tried putting the flapper in after dinner, but it wasn't really comfortable.

So, I decided to wait until today. I've tried several times today, all without success, but with different kinds of failure: inability to get it seated, so it sort of wobbles in my mouth; pain in my gum along the entire bottom of the flapper; pain in the same place as I was having ten days ago; and having it stick out and get in the way of moving my tongue in my mouth. Discovering new ways for it to not work really isn't progress.

I have another appointment at the dentist's Friday afternoon. I may make one more attempt to put the thing in tonight, or I may wait until tomorrow morning. *feh* This is frustrating as well as painful. (The best I've managed was to wear it for about an hour, after the dental assistant helped me put it in place the first time.)

The other problem is that my legs and knees were in bad shape last night, and no better today, in ways that make both stand and walking even short distances painful, and I'd have to climb 15 or so stairs to get from the sidewalk to his elevator, plus the half dozen steps from my apartment to the sidewalk.