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Who knew all this would happen afterwards! I used to write several blogs, but thought just concentrating on one would be easier for me and my readers. Sorry, it ends up having several topics in each post!

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Getting to know the Dentist

 

The line of people are polite, and wait their turns 6 feet apart, most wearing masks. These two women at the front desk were together.
The Dental Clinic is part of medical services for low cost in downtown in Asheville. So I'm in a waiting area with other folks, some of whom are going for a doctor's appointment. This last week the dentist called me in because they found a cavity in a recent X-ray. I sat in the waiting room about an hour, which was a lot longer than usual. But my dentist is so upbeat and cheerful, as well as understanding, that I was willing to wait for her. Last month I noticed a sign which said the clinic was under-staffed due to COVID. I didn't see it this time.


I'm very grateful that I have dental insurance as part of my medicare plan.

After the assistant showed me in, I waited quite a while for anyone to come help me. It seems the assistant wasn't feeling well, after having her COVID booster shot that day. So another assistant was called in. 

My dentist talks all the while, which kind of takes my mind off things. But it wasn't until later she said my assistant had been sick, and that she also has MS and is getting an infusion soon, which was why she needed to have the booster.

Later my dentist also told me that she herself had had COVID and since then had been having heart palpitations, so was wearing a heart monitor (she showed me) at that very time! I hope she'll be ok. We both commiserated about the discomfort women have during a heart echo test...that the technician has to push so hard against our breast to see some areas of the heart. I do hope she is going to be alright.

I however ended up with half my face swollen up from a bit of infection from the Novocain needle site. I switched to lots of warm teas and soups, until it went down. I also used good old antibiotics! Wearing a mask in public meant  nobody noticed it at least!

Today's quote:

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

ANGELA DAVIS

12 comments:

  1. ...I know my dentist all too well.

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    1. I've certainly found that I like the one I usually see...she does a great job of putting me at ease.

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  2. We have public health care for doctors and hospitals, but certainly not for dentists. It gets very expensive.

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    1. I didn't know that about Canada. Too bad for everyone's teeth!

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  3. It's nice that you like your dentist there. I haven't found one I like very much here at all. Been trying for seven years and have seen five dentists.

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    1. I went through many in my life too...not really happy about a lot of them. I hope you find someone you like working with.

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  4. Good for you to get in there.
    Canada does provide free dental care for people on assistance. But the rest of us...
    Thank you for your kind words about my children's loss. We were divorced in 1993, and my ex died 8 years ago. It's been a time.

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    1. I've been divorced since 72, and my ex just lost his third wife Christmas before last. He just moved into an apartment and gave me back all the letters I'd written before we married. Needless to say, that was an eye opener!

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  5. My insurance is good for dental costs, and my visits tend to be routine.

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    1. You probably have healthy teeth...I admit to being a bit jealous!

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  6. I love the Angela Davis quote. Sorry to hear so many folks have been ill. I've had a ton of dental work but stopped getting novocaine decades ago. I just have fillings done cold-turkey; it's not bad. I do get medication for root canals.

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  7. My favorite dentist retired and the practice is in the hands of a very capable young man who looks like an eighteen year old.

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