Had a terrible night's sleep. Took some TOIL this morning and only worked in the afternoon. Went to Tesco after work and put my complaint into the Deputy Manager who logged it for me but said I would be best to speak to the head office, so I will do this when I am able to, either after work tomorrow or on my day off on Friday. Still can't take in it what happened yesterday. Feeling very delicate today. Started doing the beginning of salt washes this evening and already fed up with eating soft food only.
Weather feels very Autumn like today, fairly strong winds and lots of rain and a mixture of sunshine.
Everything was normal at work today until lunchtime. I had some Cauldron Moroccan Falafels which I purchased from Tesco. I started to eat them and what felt like a piece of grit crunched into my tooth – a tooth that has had the same large filling in since I was a teenager (top left tooth, not in my smile thank goodness). The pain was immediate and raw. It was so painful I could hardly swallow. I couldn't drink or eat the pain was so intense. Managed to get an emergency appointment with my private dentist for 3.40pm. Note: I couldn't get an NHS dentist when I first moved here, so had no choice but to go private.
The result after an X-ray was that the tooth had a vertical crack right through to the nerve, no wonder if was such a raw pain! The choice was a root filling and crown and the emergency appointment totalling a whopping £16,000 or £290.75 for emergency appointment and tooth extraction. I had no choice but to opt for the cheaper option. After the extraction I sat in the surgery to wait for the required biting down on the dressing to form the clot for 15 minutes and then very slowly ambled back to my car and drove home. Feeling VERY sorry for myself. Lit the fire and sat on the sofa all evening to rest and fell asleep. The advice sheets states to rest as if you exercise etc it can raise your BP and make the wound site bleed.
I'm so angry with what's happened. I will be taking it further. I found the piece of grit, kept the packaging and receipt and will be contacting Tesco as soon as I feel a little better. Had to take paracetamol mid evening and taking some more shortly. On a positive note I'm hugely grateful to my dentist for fitting me in so quickly. The Family Dental Clinic is a first class service and my dentist who is a very kind person is called Stefan and was recommended to my by Hugh H. when I moved here. So looking forward to having to do all the salt washes and so on, huge fun, not! 😭😪
I was in Lerwick doing a big shop and afterwards tried to find my own birds but didn't find anything at all. The midges were out in force all day long from dawn until dusk. I can't cope with them, so returned home and got several essential jobs done indoors. It was torture just hanging the washing out, getting it in later and taking the rubbish out – can't wait for midge season to be over! 🙏
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Rest in peace Dolly 💠 🕊
My YouTube video (taken on 14th October 2016) was recently used by Austin Morley which was downloaded and overridden with music – it gives the impression that he took the video and there was no reference to say it was mine. Its been posted on his Start Birding Now Facebook page. This shouldn't have been downloaded or overridden with music. He didn't ask my permission. This is Copyright infringement. I made a comment to state this on the post, but he failed to respond. This needs to be removed please.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17nhL1H1qr/
UPDATE: Austin has removed my video from his Facebook page.
All my North Ronaldsay Trip Reports are now complete with all photos added. Click on the links to find them quickly.
North Ronaldsay Trip Report Friday 7th & Saturday 8th August
North Ronaldsay Trip Report Sunday 9th August
Chimney swept this morning at 9am. Chilly here, mostly dull but sun came out for a short while. So many jobs to catch up since I have been away. It was so chilly this evening I lit the fire! Selected all the iphone photos for my North Ronaldsay trips and now going to add them.
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