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Dentists who
can't help

 Things get from bad to worse ... healthwise. While my heart problem is hardly solved, I now broke a molar ... the entire crown just crumbled, leaving the roots in the gums. The pain is excruciating. I couldn't sleep for the past few nights ... nor tolerate the days. The dentists dare not do anything because I'm under strong blood thinners. I need the cardiologist to advise me ... but he only starts work tomorrow and I'm not sure at which hospital. No pharmacist dares to sell me any painkillers. So I'm in terrible agony these few days. My head hurts and I cannot think or eat or sleep. This Lent is unlike any other Lent.

With these unbearable pain, I hardly follow what's happening in the country. All I know is there were even larger protests countrywide. Military and police reservists refuse to show up for work. Financial leaders are warning of collapse. Companies are pulling out of the country. School students boycott school in order to protest. There's been clashes between palestinians and israeli soldiers. The country is no better than I am.