dental &medical ugh
Welp, I have a cracked tooth and there's a root canal in my future. (there's part of a root canal in my past, now, and a quarter of my face is numb, but at least it doesn't hurt for now.)
My swallowing disorder made it hard to not drown during the procedure, so we negotiated an "I need suction" hand-signal for next time. It's funny how often I've explained my lack of peristalsis to medical professionals and still have to say, no, you don't understand, my swallow is *broken*.
