Wednesday January 10, 2007

Well I did it...first time since ?1993??? A visit to the torture chamber...the chamber of horrors...the chair from hell... ok, ok it was the dentist. Not my favorite place! Sucked it up and decided to get there early...ended up 45 minutes early! No problem, fill out the paper work and let's get it over with, right? Wrong! An hour later they finally come and get me with a sorry for the delay we had a heck of a time getting the insurance to approve the exam. At this point I'm thinking maybe the insurance company is looking out for me!

Into the space chair...they really haven't changed since the 70's!...and xrays begin. Pictures all taken and I wait for the doc. Doc shows up looks at the xrays pics and takes a look at the mouth. They send me to the private client waiting room while they work up the numbers and the doc will be right in. (is anybody else thinking used car sales????? I was!!!!) About 20 minutes later I'm thinking these guys just really don't have their poop in a group, then I hear one of the gals talking to the doc down the hallway..."the insurance company won't even give me any percentages, they say it will take a week, I ask them what I was suppose to tell the patient and they said to tell him to wait"...well....I'm thinking that at this point it is the insurance! The doc comes in and we go over the results of the exam. Apple a day keeps the doctor away...not seeing the dentist keeps the cavities away? Anyway, 1 cavity!!! wooooohoooo and a bad need for a cleaning. This I expected. I was going to take pleasure in telling them that I wouldn't let them do a root canal, but this works out for me!

So...I have some mouth wash I have to use for a couple of days then on Friday at 11:00 they will fix the cavity and deep clean the right side of the mouth. On Monday at 7:30 they will deep clean the left side of the mouth. By time my oncologist appointment in the afternoon I should have stopped slobbering on myself and have a nice bright smile ;)

A heck of a lot of work happening at the office right now, which is a good thing. To much time on my hands means to much time to think and research on the internet.

Stay tuned to more of our brave knight Sir Steven and his visit to the Torture Dungeon of Doom!