Dentist Appointment Tomorrow

[crossover_chick]

So it's a semi-early night (the appointment's at 10:30, so I'm going to bed around 1 to get up at about 9), which means lots of tumblr queuing. Fortunately I actually had a moment to draft my replies this time around, so I'm in good shape there, hoorah. Especially since Forgotten's replies have kind of exploded -- they actually have a tendency to do that on Fridays. Guess I'm not the only one catching up.

Moving on from that, it's birthday season -- first, Happy Birthday, George McFly! No, I'm not forgetting this year -- especially not with the 6th BTTF comic freshly out and about. Second, Happy Birthday Simon! Yeah, I went really simple with the party post this year -- I'm basically out of ideas for what they can give each other, so I'm probably going to just go with "hey they're here! [funny comment of some sort] Say hi!" from now on. I've been doing these things for years -- I think I'm allowed to finally get a little lazy.

Moving on from that, kind of a rough day at work -- I kept running into "wtf happened here" situations (mostly involving people being put in twice or people being confused with relatives). Very glad I have the weekend, even if I do have to have my teeth cleaned. I'm planning on following it up with a trip to the local bookstore to use my gift certificate to it -- need more Pratchett soon! I'm seriously thinking of taking a personal day for sanity reasons in a week or two -- April is one of two months that has no holidays (either state or religious) meaning a shortened week. June is the other, and that's when I'm hoping to finally take an official vacation (since you need lead-up time to request it and it's never seemed to be a good time before now). We'll see how things go, but yeah -- plan so far.

Moving on from that, favorite April Fools jokes of the day:

-->Lenovo sending me an e-mail about "Cat Tops" -- basically, computers for cats
-->devART introducing what is basically a pedometer for drawing (it measures your "strokes"), complete with "buy it now" button that runs away from your cursor and makes faces
-->tumblr doing an election between three lizards and what I believe is a salamander, complete with a special "election" version of the website with a tickertape at the bottom and fake news broadcasts. Candidate "Mop" ended up winning.

And now I need to move on to finishing my various replies -- night all!

Comments

[gigs_83]

Heh, I have a dentist appointment on Saturday, too. Just a cleaning but I can complain again about the filling they put in last time making my lower teeth sensitive.

[crossover_chick]

Mine was just a cleaning too -- no complaints necessary in my case, luckily. Sorry to hear your filling's giving you grief, though. Teeth being sensitive is the worst.

[gigs_83]

I wound up with six "pockets" in my teeth and mild gingivitis in my bottom gums. :/ I had antibiotics inserted into the pockets and they gave me toothpaste samples and a new toothbrush since the one I was using wasn't the right kind of bristles. The pockets are in my bottom molars, three on each side, so I can't brush or floss them for 10 days until the medicine does its thing. I also can't eat anything crunchy, hard or sticky. My lunch right now is the leftover mashed potatoes I'd made for Antoinette because she wanted "chicken" (actually pork from a roast I cooked (...yes, I cook now on the weekends) yesterday) and mashed potatoes because they won't get stuck in my teeth.

As for the filling, I can wait for the sensitivity to go away (the filling material is not that far from the nerves, hence the sensitivity) or have a root canal. I opted to wait, naturally. :/

[crossover_chick]

O.o "Pockets?" *has never heard of this before -- then again, her teeth have generally been in good shape* That rather sucks, though. I'm sorry you have to deal with that bullcrap, tooth-wise. Hopefully the antibiotics do their work quick!

Meeeh. *patpat*

[gigs_83]

Basically the plaque buildup around the gums has pushed said gums away from the teeth, leaving open pockets that food and stuff can get trapped in.

My dental problems mostly stem from the fact that as a kid I could not have dairy at all (both lactose intolerance and a milk allergy I've since thankfully grown out of) and so my body absorbed calcium from my teeth leaving them weaker than the average person's. And I don't know if I've ever let it be known that my teeth are crooked due to a long thumb-sucking habit I had for more years than I'd like to admit so food gets caught easily in my teeth. For a long time I didn't have dental insurance so it was YEARS (from being on my parents' insurance to getting married and finally getting it through the Marine Corps.) before I could get regular cleanings and now the damage is done.

I also dump any dentist that suggests I get braces even after I told them I don't want them. When I was a kid I was told my crooked teeth give me character and I've stood by that all my life.

[crossover_chick]

Ooooh, I see -- well that's icky. :(

Cripes, that's fun. . .glad you grew out of that, but yeah, I can see how that would do a number on your chompers. And yeah, I can understand not being able to afford the dentist -- there was a patch where I couldn't go for regular cleanings/check-ups either because we didn't have proper insurance. Fortunately now my employer covers that. I really count myself lucky that the worst I've had are a few chips in the front (once tried to open a TV antenna with my teeth -- don't do that), occasional slight inflammation, and a wisdom tooth that's taking its sweet time actually showing itself.

Heh, yeah -- I'm used to my chips too. Dunno if I'd even bother getting them capped at this point.