Adventures at the Dentist
Today I woke up early because I had an appointment at GENTLE DENTAL, my dentist here in Cambridge. Saturdays and Wednesdays are the only time that the ROOT CANAL specialist can come so I had to schedule it for this wonderful day. Oh well…
Amidst the cheesy top 40 and soft rock garbage I was able to catch up on stupid magazines while waiting for the lady to call me into the room. The ROOT CANAL specialst turns out to be an American Born Chinese (ABC) and her parents are from Fujian province. I spoke Chinese with her a bit. It was fun. Then she took all her frustrations out on me. Apparently you can’t see to well in someone’s mouth so there is a lot of “feeling” around with metallic objects and pointers. I flinched in pain a few times with this large blue plastic apparatus anchored on to my tooth and half obscuring my eyesight. The assistant mentioned that I look quite attractive… I felt so humiliated…there was nothing a could do.
Needless to say I was able to walk out of there with half of a procedure done. You see the way I look at it is: Dentists have got you anyway you look at it. They separate the learning process of ROOT CANALS and CROWNS in Dental School. So the lady I was with today can’t help me with a crown and or finishing the tooth. I have to go back for possibly two more visits!!! So it is about a grand just to do what I did today and then I have to have some sort of crown on my tooth…KING CROWN!! I have to check the price of the crowns…probably the same. FORTUNATELY for me I have insurance. I was only allowed to pay less then 150 dollars!!!!!!!! Thank you PEET’S Coffee and Tea!!’
Than I went to FOR EYES, a great eyeglasses place here in Cambridge. There I had my first eye examine since I think 2000!!! I have to go pick my glasses up in a couple weeks but I am so pumped…. ready for this…I got a pair of BROOKS BROTHERS glasses!!!! WICKED CHEAP!!!
Posted Saturday May 15th 4:20pm
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