Health

Last Friday I spent almost 3 hours in the dentist chair.  

One of my teeth (a bottom molar) had chipped probably 6 months ago, and so every time I ate something, food would get stuck between my teeth.  So I flossed a lot, but it didn't bug me--until last week.  So I finally called & got an appointment (I don't know why I dread going to the dentist because I really do like to have my teeth cleaned & we have dental coverage).

There were a few "good" things about this dentist trip:  

     1--I did NOT need a root canal.  But the tooth had decayed some so he had to do a cap for the tooth.

     2--I got to use "happy gas" for the first time since I've gotten married.  All the other times I went to the dentist, I was either pregnant or nursing.

     3--I was able to get my permanent cap instead of having a temporary & coming back another day for the permanent one. (one reason I was there for 3 hours)

     4--I was able to watch TV the whole time (a great distraction from the tooth work!)  I  mainly watched the HGTV channel.

     5--I had a $65 dollar credit from the last visit (insurance actually paid more than expected last time) & if I paid in full, I would get a 10% discount.  So it wasn't quite as expensive as I first thought it would be.

     

Things not so good:  I couldn't talk for about 2 hours afterwards.  (After the dentist began, he had to numb things a little more because I could still feel things).  My mouth & tongue was quite numb!

Then Monday I had my physical for Wood Badge.  At least that one was much more pleasant than the dentist visit!  And I found out some wonderful news!

They actually measured how tall I was.  I expected to have lost a half an inch or so.  But I found out that I am actually 5 foot 5 inches!  My whole life I thought I was 5 foot 4 inches!  After finding that out, I realized that I really have never been measured for my height since high school.  When I first got married and was pregnant, they just asked me how tall I was.  And that has happened over, and over again.  I don't ever remember being measured to see how tall I actually was.