Today was another visit to the dentist’s chair. Actually, a bit beyond dentist as I was at the periodontist to have a “crown lengthening” done. I’m in the middle of a lengthly set of dental work being done to replace a long bridge in the upper left front of my mouth.

The dentist Dr. Akers (who hasn’t thought very much about a web presence, it seems) said as I got settled in the fairly uncomfortable chair, “This will be the easiest thing I’ve done in the past couple of days.” In the next breath he had his assistant call in an order for Vicodin to the pharmacy for me to pick up when he was finished. His assistant hooked up the nitrous oxide and off I went into la la land. Even though I know that the bones amplify the sounds going on in my mouth, it sure sounded like he was doing major work around #13 tooth. A couple of times he stopped and said that this was turning out to be a bit more complicated than he had originally thought.

After more than an hour in the chair, everything for this visit was completed. Dr. Akers then wrote out an prescription for Percocet! Vicodin wasn’t going to be enough, I guess. He told me to take a Percocet along with 800 mg of Ibuprofin when I got home and to repeat it when I went to bed, but not before 10 p.m. So, I’m on drugs tonight. Feeling no pain. In fact not feeling much of anything except that I’m a bit loopy.

We did get some snow yesterday but mostly we got COLD. Last night we went well below zero and the high today at the airport was 17 degrees. It’s going to be cold the rest of the week, but no more snow forecast for the next week. The snowblower got a small workout this morning. It’s working well. Now we just need enough snow for me to need it!