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November 26, 2007

 

I'm back from the dentist.  I thought this was going to be a simple procedure to just patch up a tiny hole.  And that's the direction we were going, until my dentist decided she'd do things the "right way."  So, she stuck a long swab into my mouth with some topical anesthetic, shot me up multiple painful times with that numbing drug, and went to work with the drill, telling me I won't be able to eat for a few hours (a few hours!!) and that my mouth may very well be sore for a couple of weeks. (A COUPLE OF WEEKS!!?!?!)

 

 

I can't really talk now, and I don't want to drink any fluids because the last time this happened, I spilled water all over my self.  Perhaps I will buy some soup on the way home and drink it with a straw.

 

 

Figuring I may need to recuperate, I decided to cancel my trip to Boston tomorrow.  Plus, I could use the extra day to wait for my performance review to be scheduled.  (I'm not sure how many times I need to remind folks I'm finally going on my honeymoon after having rescheduled it three times to accommodate work.)  And, we must get our wedding gift thank you notes in the mail before we leave town.  (Sorry friends, but some of them are in the mail - really - and others are in various stages of completion in my backpack... yes... where they have been for a month.)

 

 

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I spent a lot of time last weekend lying on the couch, watching movies, and eating popcorn. I'm hooked on Dale & Thomas popcorn and try to justify my consumption of it by telling myself it's a healthy source of fiber. So what that it's coated in white chocolate and peanut butter or caramel and chocolate. At the core, it's good for me.

 

Saturday morning, after a prolonged chomping session, I felt a rough edge in my mouth and figured I had a pesky corn husk stuck between my teeth. I flossed and brushed, and I couldn't get the rough edge to go away. I stuck my hand in my mouth attempting to extract the foreign body, but I was having no luck. In better lighting, I could clearly see it wasn't that I had anything stuck between my teeth. Part of my tooth was now gone! An edge of my filling is now making its way through my body - an extra source of fiber.

 

 

I'm supposed to leave for three weeks, starting tomorrow. My dentist is incredibly kind and conveniently located, which means it usually takes months to see her. Not good.

 

 

Figuring I should probably take a break from the popcorn, I used our Frisper (www.oliso.com/frisper/) to keep my popcorn fresh for when my teeth resume their full functionality.

 

 

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christina_sonygps

christina_sonygps

Member since: Oct 18, 2007

I'm spending the next months in San Francisco, NYC, Washington DC, Hawaii, Tahoe, Japan, and Vietnam, and I’ll remember exactly where each incident occurred, thanks to the Sony GPS system. Read about my adventures and get a peek of my experiences.

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