dentist...

i had to go back to the dentist this morning becuase somehow i chipped some of a tooth off one of my molars. it is on the part of the tooth that butts up next to the other tooth, so it has created a crevice where food and popcorn kernel skins are getting stuck in. :( i am currently a floss-a-holic. my coworkers must be totally disgusted.

anyway.. i had to call him this AM at 7am. he was able to squeeze me in at 915. he took another xray and said it doesn't look like the tooth cracked all the way into the roots of the tooth, which is good. he gave me two options for fixing it.. 1, he could numb it and drill a hole into the existing cavity, and then fill in the crack, but that might act as a wedge and cause further breaking down the line, or 2. he could cap it. i am all about caps. caps are at least all the same color.... i think eventually i will have all caps. :) however he said the insurance company might not pay for that cap because its not 100% necessary.. he's submitting a request and i should know in another month what he can do..

in the meantime he said not to poke at it, and floss gently periodically.. that is going to be hard for me to do.

in other "body falling apart news"...

my foot feels semi good today.. there is a faint ache, but i can tell the inflammation is down.. i am to wear my new leather inserts for an increasing hour a day until i am up to wearing them full time.. say prayers that all this works...