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Day 7

It's been a week and the pain is finally starting to subside.

My mouth feels more uncomfortable now than painful, though any time I accidentally knock a tooth, I am immediately reminded by the shooting pain through my gums.

I've been finding ways to eat, but have almost become vegetarian overnight as I can no longer chew anything, including meat. If it's not minced, liquefied or mashed, I can't eat it and that includes most meat.

While I feel better for the planet in that sense, I am otherwise bereft with plastic guilt.

Every bloody thing I can eat at the supermarket comes wrapped in plastic and it's dire. I feel absolutely terrible about buying these products and supporting the status quo when it comes to plastic, we are just using far, FAR too much.

As for my teeth, I haven't noticed any real movement yet, but I'm taking a photo a day and will eventually turn that into a little video.

https://www.instagram.com/the_tooth_is_out_there/

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