Can we talk about teeth? If you have any, know that your fillings will fall out and your teeth will crack until you buy a dentist a BMW with what you or your insurance company spend on crowns.


Now here at last, I have some REALLY good news.

I had always been scared of dentists, but I got over it. Until the day I went, innocently, to the oral surgeon my insurance would pay for, about 9 years ago. I'm going to pass over the details. Suffice to say that it turned out he'd almost killed a lady in the chair the year before, and he DID kill one the year after. Others came forward about their experiences.... I didn't know any of this when I filed my own affidavit, but my mauling went into the file that got his license permanently yanked, and I walked out of it all with a nice case of PTSD.

Since then our dental benfits and my terror have combined to keep me out of chairs of all similar sorts. I can ALMOST tolerate being tipped back when a hairdresser gets the shampoo out.

But now for the first time our dental benefits are pretty good, and I have met a potentially great dentist for me to try again. I also have a great doc who gave me the Xanax I know I will need to move forward with appointments. Now I just need a driver to get me back and forth for some serious drilling and periodontal work, but I have the first appointmet set up for later this month to discuss what all will be needed and how the benefits will cover the work. My mom was in the busuness, so she's been a great help estimating how long and arduous each procedure will be, so I can plan accordingly. But I am going to outlive my damned teeth and bad gums, by golly! And I don't have any fillings to fall out-- only holes waiting for brand-new fillings.

So there again is a "benefit" of aging-- sometimes the wheel turns, your way.


Regarding Saran Wrap-- geeze, I have a hard enough time using it in the kitchen, so I'll keep it in mind but I dunno....

~Susan