The other chair episode was on Monday. I had been having intense tooth pain over the holiday weekend, so first thing on Monday I went to see the dentist. He was unable to find the source of the pain either by visual inspection or on an x-ray. Thus I have gone from being a medical mystery (as I was all last year before my mesothelioma diagnosis) to being a dental mystery. Apparently there are fancy 3D CT scanners that can find issues that normal x-rays can't, but that requires a referral to an endodontist. I don't think I'd ever even heard of an endodontist before.
Luckily, I've learned how not to bother the tooth (no cold liquids, only gentle movement of the head), so I'm managing while I wait for my endodontist appointment next Monday.
Meanwhile, life got a bit exciting here for a while today. When I got out of the shower this morning I noticed that there was smoke wafting past the window. A closer look revealed a tree fallen onto the power lines and burning where the wood touched the wires. I called the power company and then, at their suggestion, the fire department. It was my first time calling 911.
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| The view out my window this morning |
A fire truck showed up promptly, and the three men and I waited around for a while for the power company people to come and turn off the power. Just as they were going to do so, the transformer blew with a huge popping sound. With the power out, the fire went out; and with the fire out, they could cut down the tree and restore power quite quickly.
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| Attention from the fire department and the power company |
It made for some non-health-related drama, after which I went back to scheduling healthcare appointments, confirming those appointments, and filling out paperwork ahead of appointments.
Oh my goodness! That is some view!
ReplyDeleteWow, exciting! I mean, of course, your tooth. But boy are y'all lucky to live in such a beautiful place. I don't mean to compete on the falling tree / power outtage (OK, I kinda do), but we just got through the biggest typhoon to hit our area in 40 years (it snuck behind the mountains that normally protect us), and parts of campus (where we live) are still a mess. Fortunately nobody was hurt locally. I also have to one-up you on funny dental terms: at our local hospital, the place where the dentists work has a helpful English sign that says "stomatology" (it's a lot more transparent in Chinese of course).
ReplyDeleteDefinitely one-upped me there.
DeleteGot total chills about tooth pain. It's a finger-nails-on-the-blackboard thing for me. Yikes. I, too, have never heard of an endodentist!! Thank GOD you at least can avoid certain things to minimize the pain. I honestly didn't know that a falling tree could be ignited in such a fashion. Thank goodness you took action!
ReplyDeleteI hadn’t heard of an endodontist either until I needed a root canal six months ago
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