{"id":532,"date":"2005-09-07T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/07\/feeling-teethy\/"},"modified":"2005-09-07T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-08T02:00:00","slug":"feeling-teethy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/07\/feeling-teethy\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Teethy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listening to music &#038; reading my flist at the mo&#8217;. Just being lazy, for the most part. But I thought I should write a little since I&#8217;ve not in a few days. (Yes, I&#8217;ve still got Friday from my trip to write about. The exciting story of Trina getting a sunburn while she swims at the villa!) <\/p>\n<p> I had a great time with <a href=\"https:\/\/elsaf.livejournal.com\"><b>elsaf<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/judiang.livejournal.com\"><b>judiang<\/b><\/a> this weekend! The Henry Ford was lots of fun (and I can&#8217;t believe I forgot about the Model T ride &#038; the Dymaxion house <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/trinalin\/136013.html\">when I wrote about the day<\/a>). Judi and I succeeded at preparing a meal worthy of Elsa. We had a wonderful barbecue with Elsa&#8217;s family on Monday. And the drive back was safe! (Although I took my time coming home, with many stops cuz of the stupid sun making me sleepy! Actually, one of the stops was to visit the Media Play in Toledo and I bought Eric Idle&#8217;s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonline.com\/eric_idle.html\">Greedy Bastard Tour<\/a><\/i> book. It was a whim. Should be a fun read. I love travelogues by funny people (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/features\/billbryson\/\">Bill Bryson<\/a>, please stand up).)<\/p>\n<p> On Tuesday morning, the NPR DJ mentioned it was September 6th and I thought &#8220;Oh yeah! It&#8217;s Tuesday! I have a dental appointment today!&#8221; Well, my usual dentist, Dr. Bentley, referred me to Dr. Kim, a tooth surgeon, to get my wisdom teeth out. They&#8217;re starting to get cavities and he&#8217;s afraid they&#8217;ll ruin my other (perfect, I might add &#8211; well, nearly) teeth. So Tuesday was my consultation.<\/p>\n<p> Things were, as usual, harried in the tech department at the end of school, so I was two minutes late getting to the office. They took the overly expensive 360\u00b0 x-ray of my mouth. Then I had to wait over an hour (typical! hurry up &#038; wait!) to see Dr. Kim. He informed me that, as lovely as my teeth are (he did complement me on my teeth), he&#8217;s going to have to cut the bottom two. Their roots curl a little and might be wrapped around the nerve! Eep! He asked if I wanted a local or general anesthetic. I asked his advice and he suggested, with getting 4 out at once (top two and easy pull), I should go with unconscious. Never been under before, so this will be interesting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> He asked about family history and I do have family that get ill with anesthetics. So they&#8217;re giving me the anti-sick pill before they put me under. Dad&#8217;s gonna drive me back and I&#8217;ve got a 3 day weekend to recover. I plan on have a VERY easy schedule for the following Monday &#8211; which I can do if I&#8217;m able, or which a sub can do if I&#8217;m not. <\/p>\n<p> So, when does Trina go under the knife? October 14, 2005. This date serves two purposes. First, it&#8217;s on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woea.org\/\">WOEA Day<\/a> &#8211; we have that day off. Second, it&#8217;s in October, when our medical reimbursement account refreshes for the new work year. And with the bill coming to $841(!!!) when surgery is done, I&#8217;ll need that $500 reimbursement! (I still have $240 left in this year&#8217;s &#8211; getting glasses next week, I think. Plus there was the $35 consultation fee that I paid for that appointment.) <\/p>\n<p> I must admit, ever since Dr. Bentley referred me, I&#8217;ve been licking my wisdom teeth a whole lot more. It&#8217;s gonna feel VERY strange to not have them in my mouth! And gee, I hope I don&#8217;t lose any wisdom when I lose the teeth &#8211; I haven&#8217;t much to spare!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listening to music &#038; reading my flist at the mo&#8217;. Just being lazy, for the most part. But I thought I should write a little since I&#8217;ve not in a few days. (Yes, I&#8217;ve still got Friday from my trip to write about. 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