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Nov. 5th, 2003 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rivkaMonday night I went to English Country Dancing. It really helped a lot to spend two and a half hours unable to think about anything but movement and music. I think it helped me to sleep well and have a much better day on Tuesday.
Today I have an emergency dental appointment at 3:30, argh. I hope I can get away with just an X-ray and some antibiotics today - the dentist's nurse thought I probably could - but any way you look at it, this is probably a sign that I have to stop avoiding regular dental visits. I haven't been in three years.
When I called the dentist assigned to me by my insurance plan, I discovered that although I live in a very large city with lots of dentists, I had been given a dentist in Westminster, a small town quite far from Baltimore. (Take a look at the map here.) It took about an hour on the phone to get things straightened out so that I now have an assigned dentist less than two blocks away from my house, an appointment with said dentist for this afternoon, and a prescription for prophylactic amoxicillin from my primary care doctor. (Because of my artificial hip, I'm required to take a large dose of antibiotics right before I have dental work done.)
Even with the dental stuff, I'm still feeling better today. Good.
Today I have an emergency dental appointment at 3:30, argh. I hope I can get away with just an X-ray and some antibiotics today - the dentist's nurse thought I probably could - but any way you look at it, this is probably a sign that I have to stop avoiding regular dental visits. I haven't been in three years.
When I called the dentist assigned to me by my insurance plan, I discovered that although I live in a very large city with lots of dentists, I had been given a dentist in Westminster, a small town quite far from Baltimore. (Take a look at the map here.) It took about an hour on the phone to get things straightened out so that I now have an assigned dentist less than two blocks away from my house, an appointment with said dentist for this afternoon, and a prescription for prophylactic amoxicillin from my primary care doctor. (Because of my artificial hip, I'm required to take a large dose of antibiotics right before I have dental work done.)
Even with the dental stuff, I'm still feeling better today. Good.
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Date: 2003-11-05 08:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-05 10:53 am (UTC)I feel your dental pain. I went through most of college without going to the dentist, and then last summer decided to schedule myself for a checkup. I had to go back once a week for the rest of the summer. It was awful. I swore to myself I would continue to go regularly, but it's been a year or so since I've gone back. Hopefully it will be better news when I do make it.
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Date: 2003-11-05 11:22 am (UTC)Is that because the hip bone's connected to the *beat* jaw bone? :-)
-J
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Date: 2003-11-05 11:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-05 12:18 pm (UTC)Hooray for feeling better!
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Date: 2003-11-05 12:24 pm (UTC)I hope your dental appointment goes well. It's good to know you felt better for the ECD. I'll try calling tonight after I finish teaching my class.