Yesterday and today was were full of them.
Yesterday was dentist day. Dentist afternoon, really, but it seemed to affect the whole day.
It takes us 45 - 60 minutes to drive to the dentist normally, but BB had driven through heavy rain, half-flooded roads and three sets of roadworks for an emergency appointment on Wednesday and it had taken heading for 90 minutes. (He'd broken another crown on Tuesday, did I already say?).
So we allowed extra time, and found the rain had stopped, and the puddles had drained away, and only one of the roadworks caused any delays. We were half an hour early.
Meanwhile we'd had a light lunch, just a toasted cheese sandwich, at 11.30 instead of a main meal around 1. It felt... weird. Are we getting too set in our ways?
The new hygienist obviously decided I was a fragile invalid and I was treated to the most delicate and gentle experience ever... not what I'd been expecting after my son had described her as having done an 'industrial level cleaning' when he went some months ago.
'You'll be fine,' I said to BB, based on my experience, as we waited for his turn. Half an hour later he emerged her the room looking... well, looking as though he'd just undergone the industrial version. It's not that she's rough or hurts you or anything, but she was very, very, very thorough! Give me the delicate version every time!
I also had a checkup. The dentist has a new gadget, and scanned my teeth in such a way as to be able to display a 3-D image of what looked a set of false teeth on a screen. I have never seen such a set of crooked teeth, all overlapping and leaning against one another at crazy angles. Were they really mine? I suppose they must be!
We came home, starving, and had a main meal at about 5 instead of light supper at 6. All - just - weird. Again.
Still, that's me done and dusted for 6 months. BB is back next week for the crown. Or maybe a different one, I think there is an earlier replacement crown still to be finished. I lose track.
Today has been blissfully quiet and uneventful, and all the meals happened as normal.
Apart from one major, important, joyful cause for celebration. BB's wedding ring slipped off his finger AGAIN about two weeks ago, and we had resigned ourselves to its loss.
But this morning as I rummaged through the vegetable drawer in search of baking potatoes, there, at the very back, was a glint of gold...
We rejoiced.
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Sometimes it's best to be treated as a delicate flower, especially by a dental hygienist.
ReplyDeleteYes, I used to resist being treated delicately, now I'm only too happy!
DeleteSo glad the ring has turned up!
ReplyDeleteSo are we. Neither of us could say anything.
DeleteI find the dentist traumatising but I have not been since 2019 as Covid happened and by the time I tried to phone the dentist, they had chucked me off the books and I haven't remembered to find another one! Glad they were kind and the ring turned up too!
ReplyDeleteLots of people do... it's a shame you live so far from ours (Sutton in Surrey) as they are all lovely and very very calm and considerate. We used to travel to this practice from Buckinghamshire as children as it was the only one my mother would go to. Different dentists now (that was back in 1960s) but same ethos.
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DeleteDo you have hypermobility? That can affect the way injections work. Husband had first pain free treatment in his life after he discovered this.
DeleteHow wonderful that was, the lost ring showing up...in the veg drawer!!
ReplyDeleteYes! I'm insisting on extra toast for breakfast in hope his fingers will get fatter; he is tall and thin, opposite of me!
DeleteHow good that you have found the ring.
ReplyDeleteI felt traumatised after my Hygienist visit too! - It will be just dentist visits from now on.
I don't mind the hygienist, especially since the practice introduced WARM water into the process instead of cold!
DeleteOnce she had called in an assistant to work the suction thingy husband found it all ok.
DeleteI am not a fan of visiting the dentist usually but now I have the most wonderful new dentist who is gentle, business like and explains everything that he is doing calmly and I just hope he stays a long time it is a group practice and dentists come and go. The hygienist is fine and has been there quite some years I don't mind seeing her at all. What joy to find the ring. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteIt's quite something how a single bad experience with a dentist can cause years of anxiety and fear that can take a long time to overcome. I have known people who need a general anesthetic in hospital in order to have any treatment at all, which is hardly ideal.
DeleteFinding the ring was wonderful.
The last Scout meeting before Christmas my husband’s wedding ring fell off twice. The first time he saw it happen. The second time was only discovered after the meeting when leaders were standing around talking and a Venturer came in saying “I just found this in the hall - does it belong to any of you?”. That time it got put in my purse. We decided that the Christmas rush was a bad time to take it to a jeweller so it waited until mid-January and he just got it back yesterday. It’s still loose when it’s on, but it’s very snug going over the knuckle so won’t be coming off easily!
ReplyDeleteHow ties change - I remember when my own ring was an uncomfortably tight fit over the knuckle - not anymore! Such a relief when it was found for us and no doubt for yourselves.
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