Dental Woes

Yesterday was a day of medical appointments for me. Well, two. But they still basically took all day, what with the driving hither, thither, and yon.

I started the morning off with my semi-annual trip to the dentist. On the positive side, no cavities. Yay. I think I've had one of those in my lifetime. Possibly two, as I can't recall completely. Point being, strong teeth for the win.

I got those from my mom.

On the flip side, I have inherited my father's terrible gums.

I floss. I rinse. I brush -- not too hard! 

In fact, the dentist always compliments my oral health. 

Even still, I ended up needing gum grafts in 2005. (I have to thank ye olde blog here for helping me see that it was June of '05 when I was recovering from same.)

And now I have a referral to go get evaluated for them again.

Le sigh.

I guess it's nice that they lasted nearly twenty years? (Desperately looking for the bright side here.) 

The post from the initial surgery suggested that it wasn't an awful procedure, which falls in line with my general recollection as well (other than getting insanely sick on the way there because of the Celebrex they wanted me to take pre-op to help with inflammation.) And still, I am, not surprisingly, excited about the prospect of having to do it again. And if we're looking at 20 years for the duration, maybe even one more time in my life?

Bleh.

You'll understand when I say I'm not in a hurry to reach out and schedule that consultation.

The other visit was an annual skin check (yay for being fair skinned and predisposed to skin cancer?) - no spots of worry, so that at least was good.