The harmattan is now in full swing. I don’t know if it’s just me or if that’s how it is all over the country, but we’ve been experiencing some serious levels of dry cold since yesterday. Just this morning when I woke up, I had dry lips. They were so parched that I would have injured myself greatly if I attempted to peel them off myself.
What does all this mean for me? Now I have to always rub my body cream just so that I don’t get to look like something the cat dragged in. I’m also applying lip gloss simply because I can’t afford to walk around looking like I kissed the hot end of an iron. There’s nothing much to do about all this, it’s the season after all. So, we can only make do. I guess.
But then, the harmattan is not the only thing that is happening around now. It just seems like this season, despite all the plans I made to have a good time, some force or the other seems to be working hard to thwart it. No matter how hard I think about it, there has to be some explanation and I’m pretty certain that it’s in no way a coincidence.
Because, why would it be now, of all other periods of the entire year, why do I get to grow my molar now? I’m growing my molar and guys, it hurts like hell! For the past couple of days now I’ve been nursing this ache in my gums and it’s been growing steadily. I can’t even open my mouth to eat food and when I finally get the food in, I have to lop my head to the side, just not to set off another chain of painful reactions. That’s what I’m going through right now!
I’m currently taking pain medications and it’s managed to calm the ache a little bit, however the fact that it’s only just starting and could even get way worse is terrifying. I can remember when my elder sister grew her own molar, no one could hear anything because of her. It was always painful and at a point, she literally cried. Someone else that I knew had it way worse, about half of their face was swollen up and even turning their heads to the side could cause them immense pain.
But then, not everyone has it so painful. One of my coursemates in school had it and she told me that while it was painful, she managed to endure it enough to the point that she didn’t have to resort to drugs. The only major discomfort she suffered beside the pain was her inability to eat whatever she wanted. Yeah, that was a real pain.
I guess this growing of the molar is different for everyone. I just hope and pray that now that it’s my turn, it won’t be so bad for me and it would be a kind of pain that I can endure. Because so far so good, I’ve not been liking this pain that I’ve had to go through. And I can only hope that it doesn’t get worse. Because then wahala go dae ooo.
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