Numb

Once again, I am numb. That's the third time in a month!! Finally was able to get my gimp tooth filled. Things could go well with it, or badly. I am really hoping after spending as much as I have on the thing, that it will be good. The filling is fine, just that the cavity exposed a pin hole amount of pulp and that could either be good or bad. The bad resulting in a bridge, and a yanked tooth. Not extremely thrilled about that idea. All that is left now is to pray and hope that the Lord will bless me. (please!?)

My lucky day..... sort of

Yesterday I had some dental work done. Long story, but to keep it short - a tooth I had damaged as a small child (bicycle accident) finally decided to cause more problems. Now I have stitches and everything, not to mention feeling the way that the godfather looks (saggy cheeks). I have swollen a little bit due to planning complications. I hope that goes down soon. It is hard to really want to eat anything that isn't super mushy.

The Lucky part of my day was when I went to walmart to get a big girl bike for Melanie. We weren't planning on getting it until her birthday - but we are getting ready to go camping and the people we are going camping with are all bringing bikes. So.... we decided to do it a little early. As I was walking down the bike aisle, I see the bike she wants (16" disney princess one) ON SALE!! I grabbed the matching helmet and knee pads and off we went. Saved at least $25 on the whole shabang. VERY excited. She got to test drive it today... pictures to be uploaded soon.


Overall, pretty impressive day.

Down in the Mouth

I feel pretty stinking lucky these days with how things are generally turning out. Times like these truly make we worry about what is ahead. My life has just gone that way most of the time. Things will be really bad, then get really great, to then happen across something that puts a bump in the road. This bump in the road has to do with my "gimp" tooth. Why "gimp" you ask? Well, it doesn't really fill the normal job description of a tooth. I don't get to chew on it much since it didn't have the opportunity to come in the whole way. So, it just sits there and causes problems (different story entirely). The dentists didn't even really know what to do with it when I first came to them. "Oh, well, we'll keep a close eye on it and see what happens". Being it is EXTREMELY rare - so much so that my dentist had never seen something like it before, it is pretty much a learning tool. But, it finally did something. It decided to decay - but had this funky hole in it that goes the whole way down to the bone. Apparently there is some hope for it. I will have to consult a specialist to find out for sure, or else, it's my first trip to the oral surgeon and a fake (permanent) tooth for me! It's amazing how we get these teeth for free and then spend the next 80+ years spending 100s-1000s of dollars on upkeep and preventive measures. Plus... the way I got this gimp tooth was by falling off my bike nearly 17 years ago. BEWARE THOSE VICTIMS OF BICYCLE CRASHES - you may be in for some hefty dentist bills! I will keep you posted (not that you care.... I care mostly for posterity's sake). Maybe in the future dentists will finally realize that we all should have a full set of dentures, instead of paying out the wazoo to keep ONE tooth!