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It's been hurting for days now and it's only getting worse. I've tried taking ibuprofen, but I'm taking 40mg at a time and it isn't helping and this pain is pretty severe - I can't chew anything and can barely swallow liquids, it's keeping me awake to the point where I'm up at 5am because of this pain, and when I try to brush my teeth it hurts so bad I start tearing up. How do I lessen this pain?

I know someone's going to tell me to go to the dentist, but it's the weekend and my dentist won't be in office until tomorrow, so I've got to deal with it until then.

I have a $100 gift card (the person who got it for me probably wasn't thinking quite right, but that's beside the point), and I'm trying to sell it online somewhere to receive cash in return. What are some good websites to do that, how do they work, and are they trustworthy/reliable/not going to scam me?

Thanks!

The internet won't play anything and WMP is showing little red Xs next to my songs when I try to play them and says "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file". What has happened? How do I fix it?

I've discussed it a bit with him. It bothers him slightly that I don't share his religion, but he likes that I am spiritual and exploring different things and dedicated to my path, and I love how passionate he is about his faith and how it makes him a better, more loving person.

I guess my point is...are there successful Christian/Pagan match-ups out there? Is there anything I need to be aware of that might crop up over the course of our relationship?

My grandmother died over 20 years ago, but there are some things my mom still has not resolved with her. She endured physical and sexual abuse from my grandmother's boyfriend and she's always blamed my grandmother for seeing it and doing nothing about it.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, is there anything I can do for my mom? I don't want to necessarily hear details about it - I'm not sure I could handle it - but what can I do? How do I deal with this? How does she?

I want to get away from people, or at least away from the people and landmarks I'm familiar with. I also don't have a lot of money. What can I do in the space of less than two days? I need to get away for a bit.

I don't want to have to erase any of the music that is already on it.

I have screwed up a lot of my past relationships because I had emotional issues I was dealing with. I was suffering from depression and disordered eating several months ago. I think I'm mostly over it, but what I would like to do now is help heal myself and come to love myself. I know that no man will be able to make me whole or happy, and that I will have to achieve that myself.

Any suggestions for things I can do to bring about this change in myself?

I have screwed up a lot of my past relationships because I had emotional issues I was dealing with. I was suffering from depression and disordered eating several months ago. I think I'm mostly over it, but what I would like to do now is help heal myself and come to love myself. I know that no man will be able to make me whole or happy, and that I will have to achieve that myself.

Any suggestions for things I can do to bring about this change in myself?

I have a classmate in my nursing program who is heavily Christian and has been home-schooled for most of his life. He has been made deeply religious by his family and does not have a lot of social experience. He asks "dumb" questions in class and seems to blurt out whatever he's thinking without regard for others (to the point where he's actually said that women on birth control or women who abort their babies "deserve to die"). In fact, I think he has been rather sheltered and he does not seem to have the capacity to pick up on other peoples' behaviors or see things from their point of view.

For the longest time he annoyed me and, like many of my classmates, I gossiped about him behind his back. For some reason, my feelings toward him have changed. I feel sorry for him and I'm not sure what to do to help him. I worry about his lack of experience and how he will treat his future patients.

What can I do to help him or at least help myself accept him more? I feel like I should maybe take him aside and offer some words of wisdom to him or something, but I'm not sure what to say. I know that the way I have acted towards him is immature and I want to change and to help make things better. What can I do?

I have a classmate in my nursing program who is heavily Christian and has been home-schooled for most of his life. He has been made deeply religious by his family and does not have a lot of social experience. He asks "dumb" questions in class and seems to blurt out whatever he's thinking without regard for others (to the point where he's actually said that women on birth control or women who abort their babies "deserve to die"). In fact, I think he has been rather sheltered and he does not seem to have the capacity to pick up on other peoples' behaviors or see things from their point of view.

For the longest time he annoyed me and, like many of my classmates, I gossiped about him behind his back. For some reason, my feelings toward him have changed. I feel sorry for him and I'm not sure what to do to help him. I worry about his lack of experience and how he will treat his future patients.

What can I do to help him or at least help myself accept him more? I feel like I should maybe take him aside and offer some words of wisdom to him or something, but I'm not sure what to say. I know that the way I have acted towards him is immature and I want to change and to help make things better. What can I do?

I love the way lilies smell and would like to grow them in my house, if possible, for their beauty and scent. My lawn also does not seem very forgiving as far as plants go - we've tried growing several kinds of flowers/bushes/etc. and they do not survive. If I get lilies, I'd prefer to grow them indoors.

What would I need to do for them if I grow them in my house? Would they be okay on a windowsill?

It reads

"I know I must be truly insane, because only an insane person would throw away the best parts of her life for nothing. I know I am an addict because only an addict would give up her goals, principles, self-respect, independence, + love and [unintelligible] for a stupid beer. She would give up the welfare of her children and herself in order to escape reality for a day. You may think I don't feel bad for this. But you will never know the regret that assaults me day + night. How lost + disgusting I feel. I welcome death + hope it arrives soon."

I am not sure what to do about this. How can I help?

I don't see how I got through this many years of public schooling without learning how to do it, but I seriously have no clue where to start. There's an attractive guy in my classes and, especially since I've been so busy with studies and coursework, I don't know how to approach him. Help?

I'm in nursing school, and a few weeks ago we had to inspect our nails, and I noticed mine have a purplish tinge. I can't tell if this is something that's always been there and I just noticed it, or if it's only starting happening in the last couple of weeks. We learned that this could be due to poor vasculation in the extremities, but what could be causing it?

She has been a seamstress for 2 or 3 decades now, so I think she knows more about it than I do, but it's obviously supposed to be a surprise, so I don't know what she may be looking for. I know she wants the kind where she can sew stretchy fabric with it - she used a word for it but I don't remember what it was. I'm not so worried about the price, but she has had the same machine for about 30 years now and she seriously needs a new one. What are the best kinds?

She has been a seamstress for 2 or 3 decades now, so I think she knows more about it than I do, but it's obviously supposed to be a surprise, so I don't know what she may be looking for. I know she wants the kind where she can sew stretchy fabric with it - she used a word for it but I don't remember what it was. I'm not so worried about the price, but she has had the same machine for about 30 years now and she seriously needs a new one. What are the best kinds?

I want to take up surfing, but I know I'm a long way off from being ready for the "big waves". Are there any good places near me that are decent enough that I could get some good practice in?

I find that I seem to pick and choose who knows and who doesn't. My atheist father knows, but nobody else in my family. My best friend and most of my good friends know, and I've worn to pentacle to school and work so I'm assuming some people have seen it, and a few of my classmates have asked, and I, not wanting to appear like I'm hiding something, was honest and told them.

Just wondering what others' experiences have been. I suppose this goes not just for Wicca but for Paganism as a whole - how have you as a Pagan handled the issue of who knows what about your faith?

It's about halfway up my ear, and it's always felt a little "swollen", almost like a hardened lump, and it still hurts to put in or remove earrings even though I had it pierced in May of 2010. (And when I say it hurts, I mean that, on a scale of 1 to 10, it's at least a four.)

I had it pierced at Claire's via piercing gun, if that information helps.

What's going on with my piercing? Is there a way to make it stop hurting? And if so, how?