Dear Barb,
dear Ricky,
dear Melin,
dear Shirley,
dear JVolkman,
dear Frostbite,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you so very much for all your beautiful messages. You made me very happy and my birthday was a wonderful day.

I did not take Pulsatilla and I will describe the pain in detail when it returns.

The dental work unfortunately had already been done when I read that there better should be no grinding and ultrasonic cleaning. Because of the tartar I am now on a three months recall schedule and I am afraid the ultrasonic cleaning will be done again. At present I do not know what to do about it because tartar is a problem and it can lead to much worse problems if it grows below the sulcus. Periodontal bacteria unfortunately to my knowledge is the same bacteria that infects the lining of the heart. So I am eager to make sure that there is no tartar on my teeth.

This is my weekly report:

The week was great till Thursday. My emotional state is in direct proportion to the performance of our boat. On Thursday we tried to go out and encountered new problems which we tried to solve yesterday. In vain, as we discovered today, but we have not given up, yet. Today we were out all day – even on the water - and as time went on our problems grew bigger till we almost completely lost ability to maneuver the boat. Fortunately kind people assisted us to get back on land, so tomorrow we can continue to repair. We are both just very sad, depressed, angry, annoyed and frustrated about this situation but at the same time we both know that it is only a piece of plastic and metal and we should definitely count our blessings and not whine about something like this. At least we were out all day and I did stay remarkably calm in spite of all the mess that we went through. (Ricky, I tapped on this before we set out).

Now everything around me is rocking (this is the vertigo I always experience after being out on the water) and I have a hard time focussing the screen. And I have a sunburn (face and arms from wrist to elbow) – may I take Cantharis C 30??? I already put vinegar water onto the burned skin as soon as we returned home and after I took a shower I applied Calendula pure solution diluted with warm water.

I can not really tell whether I feel the Thuja is still working inside me or not. There were a few incidents again this week when I lost my temper and on one occasion my friend told me to ask you whether I would be allowed to "take your medicine" again. He said, he noticed me returning to the unfavorable emotional state and I fear he may be right and it may even be in time-connection to my visit to the dentist. Maybe I should just wait a few more days and see how things develop.

The screen is rocking badly – I will return tomorrow with a few questions on the new material that was on the latest link you, Shirley, recommended to read (Vitamin D and PCOS). If the vertigo grows worse I will take some Cocculus of which you informed me that it would be ok to take for me a few posts ago.

The diet – I did keep to it this week except for Thursday evening when I drowned my frustration in chocolate. It did not help, though, it did not change the situation and only made me feel much worse a few minutes afterwards and again during the night. I read my weight on Friday morning and I may have dropped a few grams. I seem to be a little below 92 Kilos now.

Bettina