I started waking up a few days ago finally. I went to the dentist yesterday. In the process of working on my next 2 crowns, one of the teeth wouldn't numb. I didn't realize it until later, but that is usually a sign of infection. That is the jaw that had the swollen gland. And the ear that sometimes has twinges of pain. Not enough for me to put it to the tooth, since the tooth itself never really hurt. Well, I'm having so much work done lately that at least I never focused on that particular one. Anyway, I feel a lot better now, the gland is no longer sore and in general I feel like I've rejoined the human race. Not sure what all he did, I lay there with my eyes shut and don't understand the conversation between the doctor and his assistant. I find it easier that way. I know he said he isn't done with that tooth yet, but I have 2 temporary crowns now on that side. I think 3 more crowns after this and I will have my new mouth.
I'm headed to the Capital for just the day today. It's a government holiday so I'm taking the military bus down and back. I'll just hang out, which is something I don't feel comfortable doing here.
I'm also cleaning the apartment. There are a few things that when I'm at that point in cleaning I know I'm making progress. Like disinfecting the wastebaskets, scrubbing the shower floor with bleach, digging even deeper into corners and sorting things to get rid of. I don't know where that moving van in my dream was going, but guess I'd better get ready. Actually, I don't really want to move with the group who was just making fun of me, but when the next adventure shows up I want to be ready!
I am going in this week to have a tooth pulled. It was one with a crown. Somehow the tooth decayed uneder the crown and most of it is gone. Taking anti-biotics now to help get the infection tamed down. Got a lot more dental work to get done. Bet mine costs more than yours (grin).
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We hear a lot in the US Media about how unsafe Mexico is but rarely hear anything good or bad about Honduras.
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"On Thursday, the Violence Observatory at the National Autonomous University of Honduras released a study indicating that the small Central American country of eight million was on course to break world records with its murder rate.
Honduras will reach 86 murders per 100,000 inhabitants by the end of this year, according to the observatory's coordinator Migdonia Ayestas.
Honduras leads 207 countries with its murder rate this year, according to a UN study that estimated it at 82.1 deaths per 100,000 people. It is followed in the region by El Salvador (66) and Guatemala (41.4).
Authorities have blamed some of the violence on international drug cartels, which have used Central American countries such as Honduras as transit routes to export cocaine to the United States."