A small dental adventure (plus eggs)
Apr. 29th, 2020 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carbonelI had a dental adventure of sorts. On March 19, my dentist announced that the office would be closing, except for emergencies.
That same day, a piece chipped off of one of my molar crowns, leaving most of it intact, though there was a sharpish edge remaining. But as long as I didn't poke at it with my tongue, it didn't cause problems, and I figured I could live with it for another couple of months.
On Monday, another big piece chipped off, leaving a hole for food to get stuck in and another sharp edge. Possibly related to this, I found that I kept chomping my cheek as I chewed, making eating difficult.
On Tuesday, I called the dental office and left a message. He called back an hour or so later, and we had an interesting negotiation. My situation wasn't an emergency. But a broken crown that goes down into the tooth is considered one. Turns out he's allowed to perform procedures to *prevent* an emergency. What he really wanted was a photo for documentation, but since it was at the back of the mouth and I live alone, I couldn't manage that. But he said I could come in that afternoon for an appointment, and he would do a temporary repair. (Whew.)
It was weird going into the empty office, and the dentist was definitely a bit off his game having to wrangle all the equipment himself. But as long as I don't indulge in jujubes or chomping on jawbreakers, the repair has a good chance of holding up until things open up again.
On my way home, I stopped at Cub and picked up a few groceries, including a two-pound bag each of white and brown rice. Hooray! It wasn't until I got home that I realized I'd forgotten to check if they had whole wheat flour. Oh, well.
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On a totally unrelated subject, I really appreciate all the egg suggestions. A bunch of them are things I definitely want to try and never would have without a bit of a push.
So far, I have made beef fried rice (which I hadn't before) that used up two eggs, and curried chicken salad, with another two eggs. I hard-boiled six eggs, so I have four of those left. And I bought sour cream, so a sour cream pound cake is planned for this evening. That'll be six more eggs. Soon I hope I'll be able to transfer the remaining dozen eggs into a normal egg carton and get the oversized one out of the fridge.
I don't often think this, because I don't do proper cooking all that much, but right now I wish I had someone besides me to cook for. Good food is for sharing.
That same day, a piece chipped off of one of my molar crowns, leaving most of it intact, though there was a sharpish edge remaining. But as long as I didn't poke at it with my tongue, it didn't cause problems, and I figured I could live with it for another couple of months.
On Monday, another big piece chipped off, leaving a hole for food to get stuck in and another sharp edge. Possibly related to this, I found that I kept chomping my cheek as I chewed, making eating difficult.
On Tuesday, I called the dental office and left a message. He called back an hour or so later, and we had an interesting negotiation. My situation wasn't an emergency. But a broken crown that goes down into the tooth is considered one. Turns out he's allowed to perform procedures to *prevent* an emergency. What he really wanted was a photo for documentation, but since it was at the back of the mouth and I live alone, I couldn't manage that. But he said I could come in that afternoon for an appointment, and he would do a temporary repair. (Whew.)
It was weird going into the empty office, and the dentist was definitely a bit off his game having to wrangle all the equipment himself. But as long as I don't indulge in jujubes or chomping on jawbreakers, the repair has a good chance of holding up until things open up again.
On my way home, I stopped at Cub and picked up a few groceries, including a two-pound bag each of white and brown rice. Hooray! It wasn't until I got home that I realized I'd forgotten to check if they had whole wheat flour. Oh, well.
************
On a totally unrelated subject, I really appreciate all the egg suggestions. A bunch of them are things I definitely want to try and never would have without a bit of a push.
So far, I have made beef fried rice (which I hadn't before) that used up two eggs, and curried chicken salad, with another two eggs. I hard-boiled six eggs, so I have four of those left. And I bought sour cream, so a sour cream pound cake is planned for this evening. That'll be six more eggs. Soon I hope I'll be able to transfer the remaining dozen eggs into a normal egg carton and get the oversized one out of the fridge.
I don't often think this, because I don't do proper cooking all that much, but right now I wish I had someone besides me to cook for. Good food is for sharing.
