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Thursday, October 25, 2007

The Joy of Having Root Canals

There's nothing like spending your day off at the dentist office. I was so looking forward to seeing a movie, playing with the kids, etc. tomorrow (Nevada Day). I'm sure I will laugh at this in the future and remember how crazy my life was in my 30's. Let's recap, shall we? I went to the dentist recently with tooth pain. Come to find out, after the dentist was done wiggling my teeth, I end up with a crown that appears lose enough to drive my batty. So I go back only to find out that there's a crack in my root canal . He says smiling, "Looks like you are probably going to need an implant." Let's not forget what teacher's salaries are. And I'm left driving home with a fake looking tooth that's barely being held to my gums and wondering if I have any realtives that have come into any money. Wait, it's not over! I go to school thinking that I will deal with this on my day off on Friday. I get a call from my husband (while I am teaching) who is at my dentist office saying, "You have to come right now or else you won't be able to see the peridontist tomorrow." Luckily I get someone to cover my class and speed over to the office (which is like 25 minutes from school) like a maniac. Of course they get me in a half an hour later, and do some work on my tooth and put that fake tooth back in till tomorrow. I raced back to school after the appointment and wonder why didn't I eat at least one steak dinner the last two weeks. Needless to say, protein shakes don't go very far. Of course my protein shakes consist of ice cream, and chocolate syrup. Hey, I figure if I am going to drink my meals, they better taste good.

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