When they pulled the Demon Tooth today it hurt like hell. Wasn't all the way numb. The surgeon said when a tooth is already that painful they can't get it all the way numb. And then the numbing agent wore off within 10 mins, leaving me in severe pain.
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I normally don't take anything stronger than Tylenol, but it was so bad I decided to fill the script for pain meds. It was an agonizing drive to the pharmacy. While I waited I sent an update to my Lama. I didn't hear back, but within 15 mins the pain completely stopped.
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I'm also on blood thinners, and based on my clotting time the surgeon expected it to bleed for several hours. However, the bleeding stopped completely when the pain did-- ie, about 40 mins after the tooth was pulled.
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I'm sure some skeptics will say it's the placebo effect, but I have a big hole in my head with stitches and have zero pain. Zero. No bleeding at all, despite being on blood thinners. What kind of placebo effect could cause THAT?
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This was the miraculous display of a supremely enlightened being. My small prayer for help, answered by a living Buddha. Thank you to my Precious Lama, Jetsunma AhkΓΆn Lhamo Rinpoche.
May all beings be free of pain & have an auspicious outcome to surgery.
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I want to share something that I experienced yesterday, in the hopes that it might help someone else. (Actually there are 2 things, but I'll do them in separate threads)
This one is about PTSD. π§΅
Beginning in my late 20s, novocaine stopped working well for me. I had several fillings done or replaced and a crown done, all without being fully numbed. It happened with several dentists, some of whom I knew to be outstanding, so it wasn't them, it was me.
Each time the tooth seemed to be numb, but then at some point BAM! the pain would hit. One dentist did 3 injections, including into my jaw and even added gas. I wasn't able to move voluntarily or speak but was still jumping every time he hit part of the tooth. It was nightmarish.
"None of your assumptions about who you are, who you make-believe you are, or the labels you attach to yourself is the real βyouβ; itβs all guesswork."
~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
"And it is this very guesswork β assumption, make-believe, labelling and so on β that creates the illusion of samsara. Although the world around you and the beings within it βappearβ, none of it βexistsβ; itβs all a fabricated illusion."
~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
"Once you fully accept this truth β not just intellectually but practically β you will become fearless. You will see that just as life is an illusion, so is death...."
"If you wish to eradicate your afflictions, you must follow your teacher and study for a long time. Otherwise, studying for only a few days will not have any significant effect."
~ Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche
"...Some people today are not willing to study or reflect on the Dharma, but they are enthusiastic about meditation. They believe meditating all day with their eyes shut is the ultimate practice. I do not think much of this."
~ Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche
"Although there are people of the highest calibre who attain enlightenment without study or reflection, are you of such calibre?"