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The Dentist.
Sep. 4th, 2003 07:42 amYes. Yesterday I went to the dentist. I seem to have picked a nice one. Dr. Chen is very nice and her assistants are as well.
It helped that they were pleasant when they gave me the news of doom. I have to go in next Friday and get my back two upper molars drilled to see if I need root canals there. There are cavities but they don't know how extensive. The conversation went a little like this:
Me: How urgent is all of this?
Dr. Chen: Can you come in Friday?
So, I'm going to go get that fixed. If I don't need root canals, this becomes much cheaper. If I do, I have no idea how I'll afford all of this. It's crazy, crazy stuff.
Also I found out that my teeth are just slowly turning to mush. It's great. I have soft spots that should show up in my teeth for another 20 to 30 years or so. The dentist isn't sure why that is. I can help stop and reverse that by not drinking sugary things and using Act and brushing 2 - 4 times a day. So, no more soda for me. No more fruit juice for me. No more candy for me. This will help me in other ways, so, that's good, but I'm not thrilled about the withdrawl this will create.
Yeesh. And this doesn't include what I knew was coming, the "Your wisdom teeth must come out right now!" speech.
So. Let me be a warning. Go to the dentist! Go!
It helped that they were pleasant when they gave me the news of doom. I have to go in next Friday and get my back two upper molars drilled to see if I need root canals there. There are cavities but they don't know how extensive. The conversation went a little like this:
Me: How urgent is all of this?
Dr. Chen: Can you come in Friday?
So, I'm going to go get that fixed. If I don't need root canals, this becomes much cheaper. If I do, I have no idea how I'll afford all of this. It's crazy, crazy stuff.
Also I found out that my teeth are just slowly turning to mush. It's great. I have soft spots that should show up in my teeth for another 20 to 30 years or so. The dentist isn't sure why that is. I can help stop and reverse that by not drinking sugary things and using Act and brushing 2 - 4 times a day. So, no more soda for me. No more fruit juice for me. No more candy for me. This will help me in other ways, so, that's good, but I'm not thrilled about the withdrawl this will create.
Yeesh. And this doesn't include what I knew was coming, the "Your wisdom teeth must come out right now!" speech.
So. Let me be a warning. Go to the dentist! Go!
