Moon Watches

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Typhoon VII, or Chanthu roared over Kanto area around midnight. One thing for Mei-Shun is that she tends to catch a slight cold by failure in air conditioning while typhoons go by. They bring heavy rain and sultriness which force her to be shut up indoors all day long. She knows artificially cooled bedroom is the worst for health, yet it is the best after bath. Ms. Full Moon, great to see you. Please tell her what to do when she misses you in thick clouds.

+ 3Days

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It makes Mei-Shun feel a kind of thrilled to change her regular schedule — she has seen Dr. A in Friday morning so far. However, it would be in Tuesday afternoon from now on. It has been a bit difficult to find convenient parking space before noon, while she knows it is quite easy to do after lunch time. Furthermore, since her “every other month” means 8 weeks precisely, it would see October 4th for the next appointment. If kept on Friday, it would have been on September 30th to tell a lie to dear followers.

Right Ceramics

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It has come on Mei-Shun’s molar of the lower right jaw. Yes, on the right. Actually, she had her left jaw swollen by narcotic injection in June. She therefore had her right molar shaven instead of left last month — no nerve, no pain for this one since it decayed seriously 2 decades before. It is regretful that she did not take good care of her teeth in younger days. They say Streptococcus mutans infect in babyhood, yet such finding is based on accumulated sacrifice by millions of patients.

Wait a Minute

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Please let Mei-Shun talk a bit more about her teeth. According to Dr. M’s explanation, any covering except for metals could be cracked if pressed by natural teeth. Occlusion strength does not matter. Therefore, in order to solve Mei-Shun’s problem, another treatment is required to prevent her lower molar from touching its upper counterpart. The former, after shocked twice, must be shaven more to make a slight, indispensable space. Then, the 3rd ceramics would come on it, looking quite better than zirconia.

3rd Tooth

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… has come to cover Mei-Shun’s molar of the lower left jaw. Yes, the third one. It seems her occlusion is too powerful to accommodate ceramics. The first one came into a soft candy, a bit sticky one, which she chewed. The second one had been safe for just a week before it was found broken when she got up in a morning. Dr. M therefore chose a zirconia to replace the latter, saying so sorry. Well, the only wish for the patient is that her choice would be the last.

Minazuki

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Half of 2016 has already passed. This Japanese confectionery written in 水無月, meaning June, is popular in Kyoto. We have no time to drop in on sweets shops last time, so ordered it from たねや as usual. Shin has made a step into summer diet. Now a competition between him and Mei-Shun starts — winner would have a right to ask him/her to buy his/her favorite food!

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After 1Y + 12Wks

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It is really nice to be able to forget your disease: Mei-Shun seems to be used to receive a “Yes” phone call from Dr. A. She rang Mei-Shun’s cellphone on 19th, Sunday. Kindly let her apologize for delayed up to this weblog. She hopes to keep such mindset as long as possible.

Three-day Ascetic

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It is not easy to continue discipline. And doubly so if you could live a happy life without it. That is why Mei-Shun often becomes titled 三日坊主, that her father warned her not to in his letter. You are exactly right, dad. She would never fall into the bottomless swamp of neglect. Even if rainfall disturbs her way to the shrine, she would find dry route to follow. That will prevent her from the itchy rash in thighs.

Scar Treatment

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Mei-Shun’s operation scar is browning and fading little by little. Following advice from Dr. A, she has continued to spread on it a medical gel commercially available. K pharmaceutical says that it improves blood flow, facilitates metabolism, soothes inflammation to restore normalization power of skin. They recently have introduced another version which works as a concealer as well, yet employs only one color to her regret.

After 1Y + 9Wks

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Mei-Shun saw Dr. A in the morning before going to see her home dentist Dr. M. “Hospital crawl” is not easy — going to a pub after another is enjoyable for people in good health. However, seeing a doctor after another is never enjoyed by patients who have some trouble in mind and/or body.