I Suck At The Dentist

It was quite the interesting morning today.

I had an appointment scheduled with my dentist today. The appointment was for the usual recommended six month cleaning. Like most appointments that I have in Quincy, I drop Karen off in the morning at the train station and then hang out with my parents until its time for my appointment. Today was no different.

Needless to say, I walked from my parents' house to the dentist's office. Normally, it's not a bad walk. The problem, however, is that this morning was absolutely freezing. With the cold weather and the howling wind, the walk to the dentist's was terribly harsh and cold.

Luckily, I made it to my dentist's office okay. Unfortunately, when I walked into my dentist's office, the office was also cold albeit a little warmer than the temperature outside. Apparently, the furnace went out at my dentist's office. It turns out that one of the employees accidentally flooded the basement this morning. With the water all cleaned up, the furnace did eventually kick back on. Unfortunately, it takes a long while for the office to actually get heat. (I think when I left, one of the radiator ribs produced heat.)

If the flooding/lack of heat weren't a sign of things to come, my dental hygienist (Joan) then walked in with a cast on her arm. Joan had dislocated her pinky finger during a freak soccer playing incident with her family. She had been out all week. And it just so happened that I was her first patient since dislocating her finger. Lucky me!

I must say, I was quite impressed with Joan. She was still able to clean teeth with no problem. It almost reminded me Rick Allen, the drummer for Def Leppard who lost his left arm yet still continued to play drums for the band. Sure, it's two totally different situations. Joan wasn't using her feet to scrape the plaque from my teeth. But the fact that she was still able to perform with one arm was pretty amazing. At least, I thought so.

Anyway, when the cleaning was complete, my dentist came over to take a look at my teeth. The good news: no cavities! Unfortunately, I suck at the dentist. The bad news is that there are a couple of possible trouble spots that need to be monitored. Bummer! That was disappointing. Oh well.