Ouch

Well, not really "ouch" - just more like "potential ouch". I had my six-month dental appointment this morning. What a way to start off an otherwise decent day! It could've been worse - things didn't look bad, and he settled for cleaning my teeth and taking a couple of x-rays. Hopefully nothing will show up that wasn't perceived by the naked eye.

I've never been fond of going to the dentist - really, come to think of it, who is? Since I had a knee replacement six years ago, I'm now subjected to having to take a massive dose of antibiotics one hour before each dental appointment - so they usually try to take care of any problems at the same time I'm there for my checkup, so I won't be subjected to the 2000mg of Amoxicillin too often.

I didn't have the pleasure of meeting the family dentist until I was 12 - late in the afternoon, he was grumpy, and I had three cavities. They left Mom in the waiting room, so he vented at me for my not having seen him before. Fun. Really fun. It was another three years before I went back - same scenario, except that one tooth had to be pulled in addition to the cavities. Back then, everything was done in one appointment - regardless of what kind of mood the dentist was in!

After that appointment, I told Mom I would not see him again. When she suggested that I probably would, I told her that if I saw him again and he got grouchy, I planned to bite him. Surprisingly, that worked - I got a new dentist! (Sorry, Mom)

When you're young, the dentist is scary - but mostly you get your teeth checked, cleaned, a new toothbrush, and you're done. These days, it's more of checking out how many teeth I actually have left - and if the ones I have are loose or are hanging in there! Getting older is such a learning experience.

We had a nice trip to Chillicothe today - another command performance at the Career Center for Unemployment. We enjoyed lunch under the Golden Arches, then shopped at WalMart. It was a nice day, in spite of hot weather with high humidity. It is June, after all - and the weather has finally decided to act like it at least for a couple of days. Now we're enjoying a relaxing evening - hope everyone else is as well.