So, not only did I get my braces this morning. Sad but not tragic.
My grandma-in-law passed away as well.
We knew it was coming, it's actually a blessing. She's been out of it, no response/talking, for at least a couple weeks now. Last time she had anything to eat was Monday and then it was barely a 1/2 a can of ensure. I'm surprised she lasted until this morning.
Yesterday my MIL had a harpist (through hospice) come in and play for her for awhile.
Sad day.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
Is it ok to not like a 12 year old girl? One I don't remember even?
So, I will forever hate Thursday December 20, 2012. Well, at least for two years anyway. HA!
And here's why. Way back when I was 12 years old and in the 6th grade during gym glass one day we were playing floor hockey. Somebitch girl high sticked and hit me square in the front of my mouth. She knocked out, shattered really, one of my front bottom teeth. There was just a little jagged piece left sticking out.
I went to an oral surgeon who did a root canal and put a crown on it. I continued to see him for my dental needs for the next several years. Until we moved to Louisiana and I got a new dentist that is.
That dentist took a whole new set of x-rays as the ones that were transferred to his office were outdated. When he came back into the exam room (I'm 16 at this time by the way) he asked me if I had been having any pain in my chin/jaw area. I told him no. He asked me if I had any strange tastes in my mouth, that had nothing to do with food. Again I told him no. He then put my x-ray up into the light thingy and pointed at a large black spot. He then told my mom and me that I have had an infection for who knows how long going on inside my gums that has been slowly eating it away. That since I hadn't had any pain or tasted anything odd that it had been draining into my system internally. And I was lucky I had no pain.
So, I had yet another root canal done along with a root canal for the teeth on either side of it. A new crown, this time permanent (he was completely amazed that the crown I had on hadn't fallen off at any time because apparently it was a temporary one) was put on and that's what's been there ever since.
Now several years later I actually did start to feel pressure every now and then. No pain, just pressure on the teeth. And then a little puss pocket would show up on the outside of the gum under that tooth. I'd pop it like a pimple, soak up the puss and go about my way. Because, as you all know, I'm the Queen of Procrastination.
This has gone off and on now for several years. Last December during a routine cleaning my dentist says it's time, that tooth has got to go. She gave me a referral to an oral surgeon and an orthodontist. She says my bottom row of teeth are so close together that once the tooth is gone that she believes the spot will be small enough that I could do braces to slowly bring the remaining teeth together to fill the gap rather than put another crown in. This should alleviate any lingering problems that are causing the infections to happen.
So, my husband puts aside money in a Flex account and we haven't used any of it fully planning on it going towards this whole tooth issue. A year later and we're about to lose the money if I don't go in. So the Queen of Procrastination has made her appointment for Thursday at 10:00am to have braces put in on her top row of teeth.
Top row? What, wait, isn't it the bottom tooth I've been talking about this whole time you ask. Yep, sure is. But I have a major overbite. I don't have buck teeth but I do have a major overbite when I close my mouth all the way. Any braces the orthodontist would put on the bottom my top teeth would destroy. So I have to correct the overbite which means braces on the top to move my teeth back enough that he then could put braces on the bottom.
That's going to take about four months. Then once he's satisfied I'll make the appointment to have the tooth extracted and then get the braces on the bottom right away. Over all I'll have to wear braces for up to two years. TWO. YEARS.
Hence why I will forever hate December 20, 2012, or at least for two years anyway.
I'm going to be 43 in just over two months. 43 - 45 wearing braces!!! UGH!!!!!
And I've heard it's going to hurt like hell. That for adults to get them hurts worse than kids because our mouths are done growing/changing. And I already am prone to getting mouth ulcers. Now I'm guaranteed to have them all the fucking time. Yep, so not looking forward to this.
Media quote of the day: The Goonies. Ah, I love this movie.
[Andy has accidentally kissed Mikey] OK, you kissed. Now tell. - Stef
There's something weird. - Andy
What? What is it? - Stef
Does Brand wear braces? - Andy
[Stef bursts into laughter] Why are you laughing? Stef, it was beautiful. - Andy
Next time you kiss him, do it with your eyes open. It's a whole different experience. - Stef
And here's why. Way back when I was 12 years old and in the 6th grade during gym glass one day we were playing floor hockey. Some
I went to an oral surgeon who did a root canal and put a crown on it. I continued to see him for my dental needs for the next several years. Until we moved to Louisiana and I got a new dentist that is.
That dentist took a whole new set of x-rays as the ones that were transferred to his office were outdated. When he came back into the exam room (I'm 16 at this time by the way) he asked me if I had been having any pain in my chin/jaw area. I told him no. He asked me if I had any strange tastes in my mouth, that had nothing to do with food. Again I told him no. He then put my x-ray up into the light thingy and pointed at a large black spot. He then told my mom and me that I have had an infection for who knows how long going on inside my gums that has been slowly eating it away. That since I hadn't had any pain or tasted anything odd that it had been draining into my system internally. And I was lucky I had no pain.
So, I had yet another root canal done along with a root canal for the teeth on either side of it. A new crown, this time permanent (he was completely amazed that the crown I had on hadn't fallen off at any time because apparently it was a temporary one) was put on and that's what's been there ever since.
Now several years later I actually did start to feel pressure every now and then. No pain, just pressure on the teeth. And then a little puss pocket would show up on the outside of the gum under that tooth. I'd pop it like a pimple, soak up the puss and go about my way. Because, as you all know, I'm the Queen of Procrastination.
This has gone off and on now for several years. Last December during a routine cleaning my dentist says it's time, that tooth has got to go. She gave me a referral to an oral surgeon and an orthodontist. She says my bottom row of teeth are so close together that once the tooth is gone that she believes the spot will be small enough that I could do braces to slowly bring the remaining teeth together to fill the gap rather than put another crown in. This should alleviate any lingering problems that are causing the infections to happen.
So, my husband puts aside money in a Flex account and we haven't used any of it fully planning on it going towards this whole tooth issue. A year later and we're about to lose the money if I don't go in. So the Queen of Procrastination has made her appointment for Thursday at 10:00am to have braces put in on her top row of teeth.
Top row? What, wait, isn't it the bottom tooth I've been talking about this whole time you ask. Yep, sure is. But I have a major overbite. I don't have buck teeth but I do have a major overbite when I close my mouth all the way. Any braces the orthodontist would put on the bottom my top teeth would destroy. So I have to correct the overbite which means braces on the top to move my teeth back enough that he then could put braces on the bottom.
That's going to take about four months. Then once he's satisfied I'll make the appointment to have the tooth extracted and then get the braces on the bottom right away. Over all I'll have to wear braces for up to two years. TWO. YEARS.
Hence why I will forever hate December 20, 2012, or at least for two years anyway.
I'm going to be 43 in just over two months. 43 - 45 wearing braces!!! UGH!!!!!
And I've heard it's going to hurt like hell. That for adults to get them hurts worse than kids because our mouths are done growing/changing. And I already am prone to getting mouth ulcers. Now I'm guaranteed to have them all the fucking time. Yep, so not looking forward to this.
Media quote of the day: The Goonies. Ah, I love this movie.
[Andy has accidentally kissed Mikey] OK, you kissed. Now tell. - Stef
There's something weird. - Andy
What? What is it? - Stef
Does Brand wear braces? - Andy
[Stef bursts into laughter] Why are you laughing? Stef, it was beautiful. - Andy
Next time you kiss him, do it with your eyes open. It's a whole different experience. - Stef
Friday, December 14, 2012
Merry is being not so Merry lately
So the latest....
We were going to be total geeks and see The Hobbit at 12:00 this am. I even bought tickets for the 12:02 showing since the 12:01 was already sold out Wednesday when I went online. I had told HDT that we shouldn't be going because I had to work the next day and our company end of year party (so called because one of our employees is a Jehovah's Witness and she couldn't attend if we called it a Christmas party) is tonight. And then he ended up having two appointments today, one as early as 10:30am. The movie is just under three hours long.
So yesterday around 5:00 he gets a call from his mom saying she thinks his grandma is about to pass. She has labored breathing, she hadn't eaten anything all day and she was pretty much comatose all day. His mom is watching her granddaughter so HDT left work right away to go pick her up because she doesn't need to be there for that. By the time he got there she was sleeping peacefully and was breathing just fine. He was able to wake her up and drink some water with some thickener in it. Then she went back to sleep. He still took K though and told him mom to call if things got worse again.
Then we met up at his dad's house to celebrate his stepmom's birthday. His sister was there with her two kids so K was excited to spend some time with them until they left.
While there he starts to get really sleepy and says to me that maybe we shouldn't go to the movie after all. He's tired, been up since 5 a.m. By the time we drop off K and then get home it'll be after 9:00 and then we have the things to do today. Yeah, that's why I said we shouldn't go in the first place dude.
So yeah, he called to find out what we can do about getting a refund. Unless we went up to the theatre to state we wouldn't be able to make it we couldn't get a refund (which I also told him). But we could use it as credit towards another showing of the same movie or another. So we'll probably make it up there some time this weekend. At least that's the plan.
And so far today he hasn't gotten a call from his mom about grandma so she must be doing ok today. Fingers crossed.
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Merry is being a terror towards Pogo way too much. Twice that we know of he's chased Pogo up the stairs and around the living room. In there Pogo gets away and runs into the bedroom closet to hide. The first time it happened it was at 3 a.m. earlier this week. He had a tuft of white fur in his mouth and we saw the spot that it was taken from on Pogo. So we quickly clipped nails that we had been neglecting and gave Pogo lots of love to calm him down.
Then the other day he does it again around 5:30 p.m. I'm sitting in the kitchen waiting for my mom to come pick me up to do some shopping. It's nice and quiet, I'm playing Song Pop on the iphone and next thing I know I'm hearing hissing and spitting and running up the stairs. Pogo goes flying past me with Merry close on his heals. And as they're running around the coffee table Pogo gets ahead of Merry and makes it into the bedroom closet before Merry knows what happened.
I pick Merry up by the scruff and sternly give him a talking to. Then I go find Pogo and give him love and comfort.
Who knows how many times he's done this when we haven't been home. He and his brother really need to get neutered. Because of different reasons we haven't been able to get it done. But HDT is planning on taking them in for the initial exam next Wednesday and then from there he'll make their appointment. So hopefully within the next two weeks it'll be done.
Damn kittens.
Media quote:
None right now, don't feel like researching.
We were going to be total geeks and see The Hobbit at 12:00 this am. I even bought tickets for the 12:02 showing since the 12:01 was already sold out Wednesday when I went online. I had told HDT that we shouldn't be going because I had to work the next day and our company end of year party (so called because one of our employees is a Jehovah's Witness and she couldn't attend if we called it a Christmas party) is tonight. And then he ended up having two appointments today, one as early as 10:30am. The movie is just under three hours long.
So yesterday around 5:00 he gets a call from his mom saying she thinks his grandma is about to pass. She has labored breathing, she hadn't eaten anything all day and she was pretty much comatose all day. His mom is watching her granddaughter so HDT left work right away to go pick her up because she doesn't need to be there for that. By the time he got there she was sleeping peacefully and was breathing just fine. He was able to wake her up and drink some water with some thickener in it. Then she went back to sleep. He still took K though and told him mom to call if things got worse again.
Then we met up at his dad's house to celebrate his stepmom's birthday. His sister was there with her two kids so K was excited to spend some time with them until they left.
While there he starts to get really sleepy and says to me that maybe we shouldn't go to the movie after all. He's tired, been up since 5 a.m. By the time we drop off K and then get home it'll be after 9:00 and then we have the things to do today. Yeah, that's why I said we shouldn't go in the first place dude.
So yeah, he called to find out what we can do about getting a refund. Unless we went up to the theatre to state we wouldn't be able to make it we couldn't get a refund (which I also told him). But we could use it as credit towards another showing of the same movie or another. So we'll probably make it up there some time this weekend. At least that's the plan.
And so far today he hasn't gotten a call from his mom about grandma so she must be doing ok today. Fingers crossed.
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Merry is being a terror towards Pogo way too much. Twice that we know of he's chased Pogo up the stairs and around the living room. In there Pogo gets away and runs into the bedroom closet to hide. The first time it happened it was at 3 a.m. earlier this week. He had a tuft of white fur in his mouth and we saw the spot that it was taken from on Pogo. So we quickly clipped nails that we had been neglecting and gave Pogo lots of love to calm him down.
Then the other day he does it again around 5:30 p.m. I'm sitting in the kitchen waiting for my mom to come pick me up to do some shopping. It's nice and quiet, I'm playing Song Pop on the iphone and next thing I know I'm hearing hissing and spitting and running up the stairs. Pogo goes flying past me with Merry close on his heals. And as they're running around the coffee table Pogo gets ahead of Merry and makes it into the bedroom closet before Merry knows what happened.
I pick Merry up by the scruff and sternly give him a talking to. Then I go find Pogo and give him love and comfort.
Who knows how many times he's done this when we haven't been home. He and his brother really need to get neutered. Because of different reasons we haven't been able to get it done. But HDT is planning on taking them in for the initial exam next Wednesday and then from there he'll make their appointment. So hopefully within the next two weeks it'll be done.
Damn kittens.
Media quote:
None right now, don't feel like researching.
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