Holly O'Reilly

Friday night I went out to a pub to hear live music with my friend Dana. What a treat. I was so excited. We were going to start at her house and she was going to drive. Then I got to sleep over at her empty house. Matt said he could handle the Friday to Saturday morning schedule. My freedom on Friday was matched by having to attend a Chuck E Cheese birthday at Noon on Saturday. Fair trade in my book.

So we arrive at find princess parking. We get to the pub and order up a couple of drinks. I don't really drink anymore so one beer is a lot. I see Holly across the room and my excitement mounts. We have emailed, texted, and phoned since last summer but had never met. It was so amazing to finally be together. She is an amazing musician and a fabulous babe. She introduced me to her finace. They seem truly happy.

Anyhow, Dana and I enjoyed the music. She is so talented. Additionally, she had a drummer and mandolin player on stage at times which was nice. Her family was in the audience so it was a special evening. I was thrilled and actually started crying when she said, "It is my birthday and so I am playing what I want to hear. No requests. Except this one for my friend Michele." She went on to play my favorite "Gifts & Burdens"

I don't think I can live with all these gifts and burdens, or the weight of learning. I'd give some to you, but in time you would surely be sorry. Only time can help you now, you can only live through, not over or around.

I just love her, her music and her spirit. You should check her out. You should buy her music and her shirts.

www.hollyoreilly.com/home.html

You can also check out a lot of other indie musicians at CD Baby.

http://cdbaby.com

A cavity

There is this horrible side effect of taking Zometa or any bisphosphonates called osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ.) After the Z-pac in the previous post made me sick I was taken off it. I was still having this horrible sinus and face pain. I took some Sudefed to dry things up and still face pain. It was getting worse.

Well if you ever look up ONJ on the internet have a barf bag ready because it is pretty gross. I had absolutely made myself believe that I had it. I just knew it! In my new "mandible free" life I would not be able to talk or eat or be seen in public. I would become like that freak Michael Jackson and constantly be wearing a surgical mask. Eventually it would become a burqua. Nightmare!

Well, I went to my dentist (who rocks) and asked him "have you ever seen a case of ONJ?" He said yes he had as he had been in the Public Health Service and worked for 5 years at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center. He said he saw it in a woman on Boniva (the Sally Field Drug.)

OKAY SO NOW I AM FREAKING OUT! I was told that Zometa is 10,000 times as strong as Boniva.

He does some probing, pushing and scratching around in my mouth that will only be with me for a short time I am sure. Blows some air and I jump out of my skin.

You have..........................a cavity. OMG I was so happy to have a cavity I can't even tell you. He eve got out the little camera that takes you inside your own mouth and showed me, "See the big brown hole by the old filling I put in? That is the cavity."

Well, the cavity was filled. I no longer have face pain and I know that me and my mandible will be together for a long, long time.

Now I will never be silenced. Too bad for you!