Hola, All! I want to continue the discussion of my last blog, which is 'Love your Pain' because I have a personal story to tell you. Some years ago, I had the 6th crown put in my mouth. That crown has never really fit well, even though I went back to the dentist a couple of times. He could not find any reason why I was having some problems with it. Since having that crown, I have never been able to eat anything hard, like a raw carrot, on the right side of my mouth. Also, since the alternative was to have a root canal, I knew I could live with it. When Ed and I drove to Chicago recently, my mouth started hurting whenever I ate, even if I only ate on the left side of my mouth. And, it would keep hurting even after I had eaten. I didn't say anything to anyone because I didn't want to waste any more energy on the pain than I had to. Also, I had the baby to distract me. This pain was something that I had not had before so still don't know what I did to cause it. I am careful not only about what I eat, but also about the hardness/softness of the foods I eat. For instance, anytime I eat granola for breakfast, I let it soak in the milk for 5 minutes or more. That way, it's softer when I eat it which my teeth are happy about. After coming home from Chicago, still in pain, and listening to Jo Dunning talk about how she healed herself, I decided to try her method. Whenever my mouth would start hurting, instead of trying to ignore the pain, I sent it love and made up a little song to the tune of "You Are My Sunshine". It went something like this:
You are my sunshine, I love my sunshine,
You make me happy when skies are grey,
You'll never know just how much I love you,
I love you today and everyday.
Something else I did was to send healing energy to my mouth whenever I listened to my healing meditation cd. After a couple of days, I noticed thatI wasn't in as much pain as before, and now, everything's back to normal! I'm still going to soften some of my food before I eat, since that one crown still is not right, but it's no worse than it was before. And that's something I can live with.
Please remember that healing myself resonates with me, and is my truth. Your truth may be totally different; I just want you to be aware that there are so many ways to approach pain.
Chao for now!
Dawnie
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