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Thank you Atrixa, SW, Skinty and SH.
Loads of snow today.
This isn't sensitive teeth, I can have hot / cold drinks hit molars without flinching.
I always use sensitive toothpaste due to breaking some over the last few years.
Can't stand whiskey, got very drunk and ill on it as a kid 😂
I've identified the problem tooth, it can't tolerate any pressure against it. I must have cracked it or something for it to suddenly come on, or it's an infection. Unless my wisdom tooth has decided to form and grow. Will find out tomorrow.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.3 -
Sorry to hear about your tooth. Painful. Hope you get sorted soon.If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 100/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720253 -
Thank you DIA
So do I as I'm getting very annoyed with the pain.
- I've planned / costed a few options, depending on what the dentist says it is.
TomBo baked some bread today, light and fluffy inside, crusty outside (ouch).
Going to have some yoghurt in a bit.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.2 -
Dentist was fine, nothing broken, cracked, no hole or infection. (Cost £0)
Good news - I can now bite upper and lower jaw together.
Bad news - I can't eat on that side still without pain.
Dentist did say to contact, if it's still a problem; Plan B is repeat Plan A, Plan C is looong hospital waiting list.
The tooth may be touching the nerve in my jaw when I eat, they're a fraction apart; explains the pain spreading 🤫
- maybe it needs to calm down before I try to eat again, which could be weeks, months, never with me!
I will give it another week, see how it goes but suspect this is further 'proof' my body reacts to pain 'differently'.
Popped to £ type shop. TomBo raided the kitchen section, I did the garden / beauty sections (£16).
There's currently two lots of dough in the lounge and discussions about us watching Great Brit Bake again.
Having pork belly and veg for tea.
Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.2 -
Yum to nice food. Yikes to tooth. It sounds really painful.Aiming for a minimal spend 20222
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Sorry the tooth situation still isn't resolved. Shop sounds nice... miss those...Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/252 -
Thanks you SW and SH.
At least I know what the problem is; possibly the only solution is removal (plan c at the hospital).
We had to pass time so popped into the only non-supermarket which was open. I got some:
- strawberry plants / runners.
- onion sets, they get planted in a few months.
- emergency hair dye and some other bits.
Plan for this long weekend:
- pot up strawberries
- colour hair- test PC / camera compatibility- start art paintingMortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.2 -
Glad you are getting into your painting again... Sure you'll love it.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/252 -
How is tooth pain this morning? Is it easing off?
Glad you have some creative time coming up.If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 100/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720252 -
It's fine as long as I don't chew on that side DIA. Think it needs time to recover before I use it for anything other than soft foods 😃
I've got 7 long weekends left and want to make the most of them. TomBo is looking up places to visit, I'm also going to do DIY, gardening, painting, photography and some pampering. I think that's a nice variety of things to pick and choose from over all of my weekends.
- the visits will cost petrol only as we always take our own food to places, DIY is the cost of paint, everything else is free as I've already got it at home.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.3
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