My Mouth

I've had a reoccurring dream throughout my life that I am out somewhere and my teeth start crumbling or falling out of my head!  That hasn't exactly come true.  BUT over the past several months I have had numerous problems with my teeth.  Who knew so many things could happen to your teeth.  I've had an infection in a tooth.  I've had fillings and root canals.  I've had teeth extracted.  One I supposedly don't even need.  Another is in a place where I do need one so I'm getting a bridge to put a tooth back into that space.  If you recall I even had the dentist accidentally CUT my tongue while doing a procedure The endodontist says there's potentially even more work that needs to be done.  

Could be the cause is overuse!  Talk too much and clapping those teeth together constantly.  Might be eating too much.  But, it's not like I'm eating rocks.  Seriously, how hard can ice cream and peanut butter - my main staples (ask my doctor and my cholesterol labs that just came back) be on my teeth!!!

The blessing is there's only been one time when I've really dealt with any pain.  My new "As much as it is possible live in peace" mantra includes living one day at a time.  My dentist appointment to fix the newest issue is Friday at 9 a.m.  Since I have no pain...no reason to even be upset about it.  I AM praying that it will be a SIMPLE FIX of refilling it and no major story of "we can't restore that tooth.  It will have to be extracted and you'll need a bridge on this side, too.  If THAT'S the case...you can just start calling me Nancy Massett.  I loved that woman.  She loved me.  I think she might have been my best friend when I was a little kid once I was allowed to cross the road by myself.  That's when life was simpler - at least for me.

Perhaps I'll write about going across the road to Nancy's another day.