September 25, 2007

• The Dentist

  The inevitable has finally arrived.  My day to have my tooth fixed by my "patience of Job" dentist. 

  This is the tooth that broke while eating Chinese food - back in June (July?).  Since my lungs were so messed up, I couldn't be sedated, for fear of never being revived.  Each month I had to cancel the appointment and move it forward 4 weeks.  My last 4 weeks is up today!

  Today I'm supposed to take 20mg of Valium 2 hours before the appointment and a Halcion one hour before, then bring the second Halcion with me.  Since I didn't sleep well last night (had BAD nightmares), maybe I really WILL be sedated for this visit. 

  If all of those pills and the gas don't sedate me, there's no hope.  I will forever talk a blue streak through my appointments and then go home and sleep off the drugs that DIDN'T work *during* the appointment.

  I started feeling scared on Sunday when I realized how close Tuesday was approaching.  I'm okay right now, mainly because I feel exhausted from lack of sleep.  At least I know I will recover from being sleep deprived AFTER the appointment - which is at 1pm.

  While I'm there, I will have him check the work he did last year, as the teeth don't feel secure.  I don't even bite a simple soft bread sandwich with those two teeth because they feel unstable and like they will break off in the bread.

  Okay, It's late and I have to get Luci to daycare before the thunderstorms hit in a little while.

  What an ominous day . . . LOL

  • 10:35 am
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