At the Bottom of the Box was Hope

Hey everyone,

It's Your Local Bardic entity, Gallus Rostromengalus of Bread Jesus and other Weird Tumblr Story Fame.

Despite my best efforts to mitigate mt Terrible English Dental DNA, today two of my teeth broke.

I don't even have a fun story about this, it's literally terrible genetics and stress-grinding my teeth in my sleep.

I just got back from emergency surgery to get the pieces pulled and the hole in my jaw closed so I don't get an infection, but a second reconstruction surgery to give me a bone graft and dental implants will be needed so I can actually chew and use my mouth for it's intended purposes.

I do not currently have dental insurance. I haven't talked about it here much, but my husband was unemployed after getting laid off for almost all of last year. He has a job again, but it pays like 2/3rds of his previous one and the benefits are crap. Like no dental insurance until he's worked there at least a year.

So I'm on the hook for the full cost of Today's emergency surgery, Medication, and the necessary follow-up reconstruction, which my dentist estimates will cost between $5000-$7000. Our dentist has given us every discount she can and we have a payment plan, but losing half our household income has left us with no savings and credit cards at their limits. Even though I only need to come up with $500 this month to go ahead with the reconstructive surgery, I do not have any money to spare. It will also be VASTLY cheaper overall to pay for everything up front rather than pay interest over the months with the payment plan, but literally anything will help me right now.

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Thank you all so much, Gallus

this is not life-threatening, but also who wants weeks of diarrhea and a fucking parasite in them lol. if you suspect you've already had this and it's passed, i would see a doctor. you might need an antiparasitic anyway. if you're actively sick, see a doctor and they might be able to prescribe medication to help you get over it faster.

try to avoid eating raw vegetables, scrub fruit with a produce brush and rinse thoroughly with water. again, don't bother with premade greens or bagged salads. if you buy lettuce, remove the outer 2-3 layers of leaves.

Wherever possible choose to COOK your vegetables rather than eat raw.

Wherever possible choose fruits that can be PEELED

Always wash hands before and after handling food.

Do not eat pre-washed pre-cut bagged salad greens

Use whole heads of lettuce / spinach other greens instead.

Remove and discard outer leaves

Wash all vegetables and fruits thoroughly in cold running water.

Rub leaves to aid in removing contaminants.

AFTER the vegetables or fruits have been washed, allow them to soak for 10 minutes in cold water with salt or vinegar or baking soda added. Add enough so that the water clearly tastes of the additive (choose ONE -- salt OR vinegar OR baking soda.)

Things are heating up for the summer as we get ready to get in Good Trouble with old friends and new July 17-19. Tuesday night the Trump regime announced plans to send "election monitors" to six states—Arizona, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Virginia—before their primary elections this summer.

This is the latest attack on voting rights from the regime, and this time it's focussed on deep-blue states that are likely to elect Democrats, and swing states where the mid term elections could determine control of Congress.

To get ready, we’re teaming up with the ACLU to offer a special virtual Know Your Voting Rights training on Monday, July 13th at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT as part of the Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action. Join us.

He used to be a bright kid.

Things are heating up for the summer as we get ready to get in Good Trouble with old friends and new July 17-19. Tuesday night the Trump regime announced plans to send "election monitors" to six states—Arizona, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Virginia—before their primary elections this summer.

This is the latest attack on voting rights from the regime, and this time it's focussed on deep-blue states that are likely to elect Democrats, and swing states where the mid term elections could determine control of Congress.

To get ready, we’re teaming up with the ACLU to offer a special virtual Know Your Voting Rights training on Monday, July 13th at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT as part of the Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action. Join us.

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Pro-Palestine activists disrupted a presentation by Amazon Vice President and CTO Werner Vogels at the UN’s 'AI for Good' summit in Switzerland.

The activists condemned the UN International Telecommunication Union’s partnerships with tech giants including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, accusing them of complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid.

Things are heating up for the summer as we get ready to get in Good Trouble with old friends and new July 17-19. Tuesday night the Trump regime announced plans to send "election monitors" to six states—Arizona, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Virginia—before their primary elections this summer.

This is the latest attack on voting rights from the regime, and this time it's focussed on deep-blue states that are likely to elect Democrats, and swing states where the mid term elections could determine control of Congress.

To get ready, we’re teaming up with the ACLU to offer a special virtual Know Your Voting Rights training on Monday, July 13th at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT as part of the Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action. Join us.