We're a month removed from Xmas. By now it's little more than a faded memory. What was all the hurry, stress, and worry for? It all seems so pointless now.
I crawled out of bed at 5:40am today. I played hide and seek with the clock for about the last hour in an attempt to maximize my total sleep number, I like saying sleep number. It’s the new “buzz” word in sleep. Per the usual, I pee’d, brushed my teeth, then flew downstairs. I was excited for today was the day I’d get my permanent crown back, at least as long as everything went as planned.
My exercises and walk with Ykraps were completed and in the bag before 6:05am. I was happily sipping coffee just moments later. After my morning meditation and email to Mindy I went about making my breakfast. I had no need to pack my lunch today because we were having our monthly potluck later this afternoon. This month’s theme was a chili cook-off. Because there were already at least ten people bringing chilli, I made my double thick, chocolate fudge brownies, topped with milk chocolate frosting, powered cocoa, and toffee bits. To die for! The extra time I gained by not packing my lunch was spent surfing the net, albeit on constructive matters, of course!
By 7:45am I was out the door to work. Once at work I settled into my usual morning routine. It seemed no sooner than I got there and organized, it was time to head off for my dental appointment. I left at 9:40am as planned. It takes 16 minutes on average to get there from the time I close my office door. Today was average. I pulled into a parking spot at exactly 9:56am! I took my camera hoping Dr March would agree to take pic of my smile minus my permanent or temporary crown. It turned out (see pic) he was more than happy to oblige. After all, what better advertisement than to display his ortho prowess.
My situation was somewhat unique in that my crown had broke off because the under lying sub-structure broke. In an effort to save an otherwise perfectly good crown he planned to insert a porcelain post into a newly drilled 1/3” deep hole in my tooth (almost all below the gum line) and then re-glue the crown to that. But in order to accommodate such a procedure, he had to send my crown back to the lab where it was originally made and have them retro fit the post and alter the interior of the crown. It seemed almost an impossible feat to me, but as he said, it can’t hurt to try. Worst case is we’ll need a new crown ($1000 -1500). His first objective was to remove the temporary crown and post. Usually those things practically fall right off and often one has to return to the dentist to have them re-glued before the permanent crown is even ready. In this case, he couldn’t budge it. It was on there pretty damn good! After drilling and pulling, it finally broke apart exposing the temporary post in the recently drilled hole. That was tough for him to remove, too. In fact, at one point he had a set of dental pliers clamped on the post and both feet, one on each arm of the dental chair using his weight as leverage to pull it off. If it wasn’t for the personal restraint system he employs, I might have flown right out of my seat. It finally gave way and out it came – lucky for me. :) pardon the embelishment!
Next goal, after a bit of clean-up, was to test the new porcelain post. As luck would have it, it wouldn't go in all the way, and if it didn’t go in all the way, the entire operation would be a failure. Dr March toiled with the post for about 20+ minutes trying to determine what was prohibiting it from sliding easily into the hole he had drilled ten days prior. After x-rays to reveal no visible obstructions, he was about to throw in the towel thinking we’d need to do a whole new crown, which made little sense to me, but then again, I’m not a dentist. My thinking was, if it was the post that won't set right, what’s a new crown going to do? The post will always have to seat correctly for any crown – this or another, right?
So, I convinced him of such and he tried it again exept this time giving me a mirror so I could see the dilemma unfolding befor my eyes. Low and behold, after toying around, it miraculously began to fit up snuggly as designed. And after he sanded an ever so little amount off the girth, it snugged right up to the natural tooth cleanly. And then, snapping the original crown onto the post, without glue of course, it looked perfect again. Presto!!! Glue her down Danno! My smile is back!
I left Dr March's office with an appointment for Ashley to return for our semi-annual exams the week of her spring break. Using Dr March means spending a little more since he's not a participant in Aetna's web of controlled densitry, but sometimes good help is worth it! I returned to work by 11:30am. I went right to the gym in lieu of of my office. I prepped for a run in rather chilly temps, at least compared to the many mild days we've had lately. Still, the temperature was above freezing. The run went well. Soon I was back in the gym lifting weights then in the shower.
Back in the office it was time to dig into some chilli! There were ten entries, and plenty of sides. I tried three different chilli's. All were very good - each probably better than my standard recipe. In addition to the chilli, I had some corn bread,chips, and one of my famous brownies. I was stuffed! I voted for number 6 as my favorite. Turns out, it didn't win; Number 2 did.
The afternoon expired quickly. Soon I was headed home on what was a Mindy Wednesday. I was home by 5:36pm. I wnet into action quickly. I walkedYkraps, made coffee for Thursday, but didn't wash lunch containers. I didn't have any. Mindy didn't arrive until about 6:15pm. That gave me time to smoothly transition from my work role to the role of boyfriend extraordinare. I do so much better under those circumstances. Call it a quirk or whatever you'd like, but one things for sure, it works!
I can't explain the rationale, but I can tell you that I've lived with myslef for 46+ years and have come to know myself rather well.
Mindy and i looked at some pics and discussed our travel itinerary. next we made a salad and sliced some sour dough dough bread she brought. It was yummy. To complement the light dinner, we enjoyed the leftover brownies I brought home form the work potluck. After our food settled we found our waty to the hot tub. It felt extra great tonight given our achy selves. Once back inside we laid by a roaring fire for about 45 minutes. Mindy left soon after. I had thought about doing some more painting but thought better of it in the end. Instead, I prepped for a somewhat early bed time. After reading and a good night phone call, I was putting my head on my pillow sometime around 10:30pm. Good night!
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We're a month removed from Xmas. By now it's little more than a faded memory. What was all the hurry, stress, and worry for? It all seems so pointless now.
I crawled out of bed at 5:40am today. I played hide and seek with the clock for about the last hour in an attempt to maximize my total sleep number, I like saying sleep number. It’s the new “buzz” word in sleep. Per the usual, I pee’d, brushed my teeth, then flew downstairs. I was excited for today was the day I’d get my permanent crown back, at least as long as everything went as planned.
My exercises and walk with Ykraps were completed and in the bag before 6:05am. I was happily sipping coffee just moments later. After my morning meditation and email to Mindy I went about making my breakfast. I had no need to pack my lunch today because we were having our monthly potluck later this afternoon. This month’s theme was a chili cook-off. Because there were already at least ten people bringing chilli, I made my double thick, chocolate fudge brownies, topped with milk chocolate frosting, powered cocoa, and toffee bits. To die for! The extra time I gained by not packing my lunch was spent surfing the net, albeit on constructive matters, of course!
By 7:45am I was out the door to work. Once at work I settled into my usual morning routine. It seemed no sooner than I got there and organized, it was time to head off for my dental appointment. I left at 9:40am as planned. It takes 16 minutes on average to get there from the time I close my office door. Today was average. I pulled into a parking spot at exactly 9:56am! I took my camera hoping Dr March would agree to take pic of my smile minus my permanent or temporary crown. It turned out (see pic) he was more than happy to oblige. After all, what better advertisement than to display his ortho prowess.
My situation was somewhat unique in that my crown had broke off because the under lying sub-structure broke. In an effort to save an otherwise perfectly good crown he planned to insert a porcelain post into a newly drilled 1/3” deep hole in my tooth (almost all below the gum line) and then re-glue the crown to that. But in order to accommodate such a procedure, he had to send my crown back to the lab where it was originally made and have them retro fit the post and alter the interior of the crown. It seemed almost an impossible feat to me, but as he said, it can’t hurt to try. Worst case is we’ll need a new crown ($1000 -1500). His first objective was to remove the temporary crown and post. Usually those things practically fall right off and often one has to return to the dentist to have them re-glued before the permanent crown is even ready. In this case, he couldn’t budge it. It was on there pretty damn good! After drilling and pulling, it finally broke apart exposing the temporary post in the recently drilled hole. That was tough for him to remove, too. In fact, at one point he had a set of dental pliers clamped on the post and both feet, one on each arm of the dental chair using his weight as leverage to pull it off. If it wasn’t for the personal restraint system he employs, I might have flown right out of my seat. It finally gave way and out it came – lucky for me. :) pardon the embelishment!
Next goal, after a bit of clean-up, was to test the new porcelain post. As luck would have it, it wouldn't go in all the way, and if it didn’t go in all the way, the entire operation would be a failure. Dr March toiled with the post for about 20+ minutes trying to determine what was prohibiting it from sliding easily into the hole he had drilled ten days prior. After x-rays to reveal no visible obstructions, he was about to throw in the towel thinking we’d need to do a whole new crown, which made little sense to me, but then again, I’m not a dentist. My thinking was, if it was the post that won't set right, what’s a new crown going to do? The post will always have to seat correctly for any crown – this or another, right?
So, I convinced him of such and he tried it again exept this time giving me a mirror so I could see the dilemma unfolding befor my eyes. Low and behold, after toying around, it miraculously began to fit up snuggly as designed. And after he sanded an ever so little amount off the girth, it snugged right up to the natural tooth cleanly. And then, snapping the original crown onto the post, without glue of course, it looked perfect again. Presto!!! Glue her down Danno! My smile is back!
I left Dr March's office with an appointment for Ashley to return for our semi-annual exams the week of her spring break. Using Dr March means spending a little more since he's not a participant in Aetna's web of controlled densitry, but sometimes good help is worth it! I returned to work by 11:30am. I went right to the gym in lieu of of my office. I prepped for a run in rather chilly temps, at least compared to the many mild days we've had lately. Still, the temperature was above freezing. The run went well. Soon I was back in the gym lifting weights then in the shower.
Back in the office it was time to dig into some chilli! There were ten entries, and plenty of sides. I tried three different chilli's. All were very good - each probably better than my standard recipe. In addition to the chilli, I had some corn bread,chips, and one of my famous brownies. I was stuffed! I voted for number 6 as my favorite. Turns out, it didn't win; Number 2 did.
The afternoon expired quickly. Soon I was headed home on what was a Mindy Wednesday. I was home by 5:36pm. I wnet into action quickly. I walkedYkraps, made coffee for Thursday, but didn't wash lunch containers. I didn't have any. Mindy didn't arrive until about 6:15pm. That gave me time to smoothly transition from my work role to the role of boyfriend extraordinare. I do so much better under those circumstances. Call it a quirk or whatever you'd like, but one things for sure, it works!
I can't explain the rationale, but I can tell you that I've lived with myslef for 46+ years and have come to know myself rather well.
Mindy and i looked at some pics and discussed our travel itinerary. next we made a salad and sliced some sour dough dough bread she brought. It was yummy. To complement the light dinner, we enjoyed the leftover brownies I brought home form the work potluck. After our food settled we found our waty to the hot tub. It felt extra great tonight given our achy selves. Once back inside we laid by a roaring fire for about 45 minutes. Mindy left soon after. I had thought about doing some more painting but thought better of it in the end. Instead, I prepped for a somewhat early bed time. After reading and a good night phone call, I was putting my head on my pillow sometime around 10:30pm. Good night!
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