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My slice is borrowing the format in Elisabeth Ellington’s slice yesterday. Elisabeth stated that she got her idea from Kessick at Teachers Write. Unfortunately, my new dentist moved across town and neglected to tell me that the appointment I made to have my teeth cleaned six months prior wouldn’t be recognized in the new office. Fortunately, I called the new dentist office the night prior to my appointment, learned the upsetting news, but was able to make a new appointment the very next day. Unfortunately, the hygienist, who by the way gave my teeth an excellent cleaning, found two old fillings that needed replacement and the one on my left side had a cavity brewing beneath the filling. Fortunately, I made an appointment a week later so the dentist could gently pull out my lip and insert a long, skinny needle. The novocaine shot was wonderful in eliminating the pain as he dug away like an excavator in my deep, dark, cavernous mouth. Unfortunately, hours later when the novocaine wore off, I was in excruciating pain. Fortunately, I had made a third appointment with the dentist in order to address the second filling, on the right side of my mouth. The dentist tried to file down the tooth on the left in the hopes of easing my pain before he began to remove the second filling and replaced it. Unfortunately, I am still in pain after I eat or drink anything cold. The pain begins on top and radiates down to the bottom part of my jaw. It’s quite unpleasant. Fortunately, I am in pain on only the left side of my mouth, so I can still eat on the right!
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3/23/2022 04:51:23 pm
I am not the worlds biggest fan of the dentist so I appreciated all of the unfortunate parts of this. But I love how you balanced it with the positive side. A fun structure, I may have to try this one out!
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Beth
3/23/2022 05:33:19 pm
I am a part of the Teachers Write group. Our instructional coach who organizes us has given us a number of structures we can use if we're stuck and the Fortunately/Unfortunately structure is one of them. She also uses it with students to teach them about slicing. I'm sorry for your dental woes.
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3/26/2022 02:37:23 am
This is a great topic for this particular format. I cringed at all the unfortunate parts--I hate the dentist too. And your slice reminds me that I really need to make an apptmt!
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