Thursday, November 20, 2008

Wenesday evening, I picked up Mark from work ontime (6pm). The left side of my face was still numb at that point. Mark wasn't ready to leave work, so I called my sister Janice and talked to her about us visiting our father next month. Then I called Michael Anderson and left him a message about some Doctor Who DVDS. Then I called DJ, who is always a joy to talk to! He's stopping by today to pick up Season 4 of Doctor Who. And finally I called Trevor. I'd missed some messages from him, as my phone had nearly died earlier and I had to charge it. We talked for a few hours, as we seem to do everytime we talk. It's nice. It's a simple joy that provides much laughter, and stirs other emotions. I let him go around 9pm I think. I had a light snack, spoke to Mark for a bit, and then went to bed. My face was no longer numb at that point, but my jaw ached from being held fully open for so long. Just before going to bed I watched "Silence in the Library [Part I]".

I woke up around 5am...so I got at least 6 hours of sleep. That's nice. It seems I've been only getting 4 hours of late. My jaw still aches. I read the news and e-mail. Then I ate and watched "Forest of the Dead [Part II]". Fantastic Doctor Who 2 parter. I hope Michael & DJ love them. I hope we see River Song again. I'm guessing the chances for that are pretty good as the man who wrote the 2 parter will be the showrunner starting in 2010. ;-)

I've also been reading my Trek book. I'm about 200 pages in. This trilogy is massive in it's way. But I've looking forward to it for about 2 years so I suppose I set my expectations a bit high, and so I'm slightly disappointed. It would have been different I think if they had come out and I hadn't been looking forward to them for so long. Still, they do have their moments.

I don't really have any plans for today, except to visit with DJ, probably chat with Trevor, and to rest my jaw. I don't know how long it will be before it stops hurting. When I open my mouth all the way it hurts so bad. Perhaps I should see a specialist. I approached the idea years ago, but back then I was hoping for a surgical solution. My doctor at the time told me that they don't like to work on that joint if they don't have to because it's the most complicated joint in the whole body and they can potentially make any problem much worse...while trying to help. He told me that if I had a problem but felt I could live with it, that it would probably be best to leave it along. I took his words to heart...and I trust those words because they make a certain amount of sense... But I think I'm looking at the problem from a different angle now. I mean...I'm not really looking for a cure now, so much as advice on what to do about damage like this. Perhaps I should be using an ice pack on my jaw or something. I simply don't know.

   posted by Bald Jason at 07:01 AM
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