Well, I went to the dentist. I made an error in judgment, but more on that later. He took an X-ray and immediately said that I needed a root canal. Huh? I had one 25 years ago in that tooth! He said I’d need another one. So, naturally I asked why, since I reminded him nerves can’t regenerate. He said that when it was done, technology wasn’t as advanced as it is today, so in other words, the moron who did it didn’t do it properly and left some nerve tissue in a branch or delta and it took all these years to fester. Thursday morning I have an appointment for a root canal, but that’s not as bad as surgery and a dental implant. I’m in no pain right now, the Penicillin has finally taken full effect. The fever has broken but I’m still taking Penicillin and Ibuprofen around the clock so I don’t have any pain. I only had a bowl of soup for lunch; I was too nervous to eat, but had a nice salad and turkey for dinner, which was my first real meal since Thursday.

My error in judgment? I had called the endodontist originally, but then figured he’d take an X-ray, charge me $50, and send me to my regular dentist. So instead I went straight to my regular dentist. Ha. He charged me $96 for the friggin’ X-ray and now I go to the endodontist for the procedure! The entire thing will cost me about $1,100 but this is why I work and save money, ya know?

Root canals don’t bother me much as my endodontist is wonderful. He knows I can’t have Novocaine and instead have Marcaine, which numbs it somewhat but doesn’t fully numb it — Novocaine gives me severe palpitations due to the epinephrine — so he tries to go quickly and tells me if it will hurt.

Came home and worked, finally updated my gourmet food blog. A lot of links were outdated so I put up new software, deleted the old links, and rebuilt it from scratch. I’ll be working on it for a few days to fill it up with items.

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