Thank you t-p.  I have a feeling that the tooth fairy is going to be bankrupt by tomorrow.  A new Nintendo DS game has already been mentioned and of course the coin under the pillow is expected...  He is extremely brave at the dentist though.  He's had to have a couple out before and the pain-killing injections are themselves very painful.  They don't seem to use gas for children any more these days.  I would rather they would anaesthetise him totally because I stand there next to him and I'm crying as well.  They are thankfully baby teeth, but they're not very good.  He seems to crack them!  It's just as if he eats rock all the time!  They're just very weak teeth and it doesn't matter how much care we take -  I'm scrupulous about cleaning them - they just chip and then get infected underneath so he gets an abscess.  He's just finished a week's course of antibiotics and he has to have another one out.  Still we can only work with what we have and hopefully his second teeth will be much stronger. That's one aspect he doesn't take after our side of the family for.  I've still got all my own teeth, my husband only had a couple of fillings and both my sons have nearly perfect strong teeth.  It's that 'ol gene lottery again.  

Hope this helps a bit Mary

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Thank you Bryn!  Being male, he'll probably much prefer that one.   

To get outside is very good for me too. It always distracts me and walking is good for my nerves.
If I had time now I would go to town, visit a few book shops, have some coffee. I am waiting for a student at 11. He wants to play something by Bartok. I don't know that piece and look forward to hear it. The student is not advanced. I will probably have to play right hand, left hand separately with him. I think he wants to play Raphsody by Bartok.
Ron, What do you drink vinegar with warm water or do you rub it on your knee?

Thanks for interposing there, Bryn

Yes, t-p, first thing every morning I have a slosh of cider vinegar topped up with warm water in a mug - and then wait at least half an hour before having anything else. It's not a strong taste, and not unpleasant: you can add honey if you like, but I just take it as it is. I've been doing this for about eighteen months now, and it's certainly doing no harm, and (I believe) some good. Any decent-sized supermarket should have it, and it's not at all expensive - perhaps a euro for a standard bottle, rather more if you want the organic variety, though. 

Ron, I just could not resist the "apple acid, vine acid, fruit acids, lemon acid, essential oil and amil esters from ant and capronic acid".

For myself (and my estranged son), I'm quite thankful that general anaesthesia (GA) is no longer typical practice, since one of the articles I typeset in a previous job dealt with statistics concerning serious complications during GA under dental care. In fact, it seems that more and more dentists are now using topical gel to numb the gum (!) before applying the needle.

I wish you both a trouble-free appointment, and trouble-free healing for the youngster.

Thank you Ron and Bryn.
I am going to try that remedy. It probably purifies blood. I am going to see if it is cheaper than % euro in our supermarket or health shop.

I got through the lesson. The student played Medtner Fairy tail op. 40. May be next time he will bring Bartok.
May be we have some enthusiasms of Medtner. I don't find Fairy tails to exciting. When I studied our teacher used to give them to students with technical problems because many of them are with chords, not finger technic.