Twenty years ago the title of this post would have been “The Dreaded Dentist,”\u00a0 but I’ve been working with a woman the past 23 years who has helped me get over some of the fear I have of dental work.\u00a0 My periodontist has asked for the complete set of x-rays so that he can determine if I have had any bone loss.\u00a0 I decided to ask the dentist to do the x-rays because we have worked on techniques to put me at ease that the periodontist doesn’t do.<\/p>\n
I arrived at the office at 6:40, twenty minutes early.\u00a0 I wasn’t sure how bad rush hour traffic would be, and whether I might have to wait on commuter trains.\u00a0 The dentist arrived about five minutes to seven, and we got started on time.\u00a0 She had to take EIGHTEEN x-rays.\u00a0 The new office assistant was developing them as they were taken.\u00a0 Unfortunately, she didn’t realize that the films had to be put through the machine in a carrier.\u00a0 So, the machine ate them. (sigh)\u00a0 I had to take four or five of them a second time, but they were the ones in the front, which bother me the least.<\/p>\n
I waited for half an hour for the doc to be able to read all the x-rays.\u00a0 That was almost worse than actively taking the\u00a0 x-rays, but finally I was free to go home.<\/p>\n
There was a message on my answering machine.\u00a0 Doc was looking at the films and wants to take three of them again.\u00a0 She feels the camera angle can be improved to show there isn’t anything bad going on.\u00a0 (sigh)\u00a0 I’ll have to go back.<\/p>\n
I want to record that I behaved myself in the dentist’s office today.\u00a0 I was pleasant, and easy to work with.\u00a0 But, I really would like to get things like this over with in one try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twenty years ago the title of this post would have been “The Dreaded Dentist,”\u00a0 but I’ve been working with a woman the past 23 years who has helped me get over some of the fear I have of dental work.\u00a0 … Continue reading