Crown Fell Out in 2020s

I was going to save my writing for Thursday, but I think I have enough going on now, and I’m in the mood to write. I don’t want to get too backed up with things.

The partial crown that fell off in 2017 fell off again this morning. It’s an upper right molar toward the back. I can’t get an appointment until tomorrow afternoon. I’m going to the place I was scheduled to visit in August. Luckily, I’m not in pain; I just have to be careful about what I eat. Since I’m a new patient there, they’ll need to take X-rays and all that shit.

A few days before I saw my last dentist, I thought it felt weird when I was eating, almost like it was loose or something. I was glad they were going to do X-rays in case anything was wrong, but I guess you can’t always see when a crown or a partial is loose.

Tom went to his new doctor yesterday after donating plasma. Unlike the last one, there was no waiting time, and the doctor didn’t rudely chat on the phone with other patients while seeing him. The doctor told him to cut out carbs, saying he would lose weight really fast. It sounded like Atkins, I told Tom, and he’s going to do his best, but it’s going to be super hard for him. It was hard for me to get my carbs down to just 20 a day, and I like most foods, but he doesn’t, so it’s going to be a challenge. He loves bread and pasta. Rhonda advised against it because, yes, you lose weight fast, but you gain it back fast too. In my case, I can’t lose anything at all no matter what I do; only nearly starving myself would do the trick. We agree that 20 carbs is a bit extreme, and that keeping it around 100 is a good start, which is what Rhonda recommended for me.

His doctor said to call anytime if he needed a same-day appointment, and if he had any problems in the middle of the night, he could call his personal number. That was a bit surprising.

Also, instead of having to go to a lab for blood work, they’re going to do it right there in the office.

Now for a bit of funny news: We went to Publix to get me soup and smoothies because of the lost crown. As we were getting out of our car, we saw someone in the distance who looked like Sue coming toward us. She looked a little confused when I called out to her, and I thought she just didn’t recognize me. I said my name, but as she got closer, I realized it wasn’t Sue. Damn, she was a close resemblance, though!

So then we went into the store, I gathered up the items I wanted, and we proceeded to check out. Tom was standing in front of me, and in front of him was what I thought was the wrong Sue. I couldn’t help but think, “Damn, that really looks like her.” But then I realized, wait a minute, that is her, the real Sue. So I said hello, and she recognized Tom and me. She said she thought she heard someone calling her too.

LOL, it reminded us of the confusion over the two Tinas in Oregon 20 years ago.

Last updated June 18, 2024