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I’m not sure to be honest, it was probably the pain making me crazy. Or at least turning molehills into mountains. How could giving up blogging be a good thing??? Ummm, it wouldn’t be, for lots of reasons. But my reasoning was a little distorted, to say the least.

Early in November I was in a little bit of pain from an abscessed tooth. But there was a problem – my Uni exams were about a week later and I couldn’t miss them, right???? So, I did what any needle-phobic student with exams looming would do, went into denial and just took painkillers. I thought it was a great idea, just keep popping Nurofen Plus (ibuprofen and codeine in one marvellous tablet) and everything will be OK. I got the first exam done and then the next day (Friday) I admitted defeat and went to the Dentist. She gave me a script for antibiotics and an appointment was made for the Monday (straight after my second exam) to have the tooth out.

Remember that bit about me being needle-phobic??? That means for me to go to the Dentist and have a needle I have to have someone with me to calm my nerves a bit and squeeze the life out of their hand while the needle goes in. Right, Hubby lined up to take some time off work and come with me. We waited almost an hour in the waiting room and still no sign that I would be seeing the Dentist any time soon. By this time I was a sobbing mess at the anticipation of having to have a needle. I was close to being physically sick so we walked out. After talking to the Dentist about my needle phobia, another appointment was made for the Wednesday night and I was going to have to go by myself *gulp*.

After an hour and a half in the chair, I left with one tooth less than I walked in with, a stitch in my mouth where the tooth was and a script for some super pain killers. Oh, and a tendency to dribble after having a local anaesthetic . So the plan was now that the tooth was gone and the antibiotics finished all would improve. WRONG!!!!!!! It got worse……. I had Dry Socket (that link is to Wikipedia and gives an easy to understand explanation if you have never heard of it). The pain was worse than the abscess had been. I struggled to get through every day for another week and a half. I was so miserable because I wasn’t expecting to get worse, I was in pain and I couldn’t eat anything that required chewing at all. I guess the upside is I did lose a bit of weight.

This was about the time that I posted that I wasn’t going to blog anymore. I really wasn’t keeping my head above water and I was getting behind at work and at home. I really felt at the time that the best option was to remove any online distractions, including my blog. The other online things are gone, except for Aussie Bloggers Forum and I have decided to keep my blog going, for a few reasons.

Early this year I decided that this was going to be a year for me to do things just for me and the two big things are Uni and blogging. To give up now with the blogging would mean giving up something that I love doing. Not just the blogging, but the friendships formed through blogging and the people that I have met, both online and in real life. That means too much to me to give it up.

So, if anyone still has me in the readers, or their blogroll, then I am officially back

Things are looking up a lot – I have had 3 or 4 days with no painkillers and my Uni results are in and even with the tooth dramas I still managed to pass both units. So now I have time with family and friends over Christmas and two weeks off work for relaxing to look forward to. Bring it on.

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