Days 176 - 179

As I'd hoped, the diet went well on Thursday and Friday due to being rushed off my feet but unfortunately, my sleep pattern went a bit crazy too. I had a few nights of insomnia this week and by the end of it I was exhausted and looking forward to the weekend.

On Friday afternoon I went to the dentist and had a filling and although I didn't have particularly bad toothache before the filling, later that day, when the injection wore off, I was in so much pain I wanted to cry every time I moved my face. The paracetamol I took didn't even touch the pain and I couldn't even have my CD soup without agony! I hardly had any sleep at all that night because which ever side I tried to lay on seemed to be the most painful side.

On Saturday I had to go out for most of the day to help boyfriend find a respectable outfit for his dad's wedding that he could feel comfortable in which was a challenge not only because he's a real jeans and t-shirt type of guy who feels completely wrong in a shirt but also because I couldn't speak without the pain bringing tears to my eyes. Luckily we got through it somehow. Boyfriend bought a dark blue pinstriped suit that was nothing like what he had set out to buy but he felt comfortable in it and it actually really suited him and I bought some Solpadeine (on the pharmacists recommendation) which worked a treat and that afternoon I finally managed to get the first bit of proper sleep I'd had for almost a week.

When I woke up, in the very early hours of this morning, I hardly felt any pain at all in my jaw, just a dull ache. My newly filled tooth still seems a bit more sensitive than usual to hot and cold, but it's bearable and isn't putting me off my food and sachets any more luckily. Although I kept really strange hours this weekend, I utilised the time quite well and have pretty much decided what sort of motorbike I'm going to buy and how much it should cost me. If I'm frugal and sensible, I might even be able to hire a bike for this week for some extra riding experience before my helpful biker friend helps me buy one of my own. I've decided not to mess about with scooters though, I'm just going to go ahead and get a geared bike. I passed my CBT on an automatic, but I feel I have enough experience with gears to do OK and the sooner I get some practice in, the sooner I can start thinking about getting my proper motorbike license!