Definite win, Revue,

Since you both mentioned teeth - she's a terrible dentist. She tells me everything is fine, when it isn't so I don't believe a word she says. Square Peg, I hope your wife has a better dentist than I do.
Did I tell you that when she put the temporary in, she caught a piece of my lip in the flipper? I tried to tell her that, but she didn't believe me. I managed to pull most of it out before I left her office, and the next day, she got the last piece out. She said we needed better communication. She got that right.
She pulled teeth, and sewed sutures where she had cut. She left a piece of thread about two inches long on one of the sutures. A few days later, I thought I had a hair in my mouth, and pulled on it. Ouch. The roof of my mouth had just been cut and was very sensitive. That area of my mouth is still sore, five months later.
She didn't give me anything to strengthen bones and prevent further bone loss. I'll look for the toothpaste you suggested, Square Peg.
She replaced all the teeth on the top of my mouth, and yes, what I have now is permanent, not temporary. It's a little more comfortable than the temporary, but not much.
On the flip side, the temporary was not centered in my mouth, but off to one side. Kinda funny, actually. The permanent is centered, but it's wider than my original teeth, so I bite my cheek a few times a day. It's not as bad as it sounds, because I expect it, and don't chew very hard. I know that keeping these teeth is contingent on me keeping them clean, but they're hard to clean, and there's a spot I can't reach with the water pick. There were supposed to be five ports to help me keep everything clean, but these permanent teeth don't have them. ???
The chewing surfaces don't line up well, so my molars bite instead of chew.

Before the surgery, I had two loose teeth, one cracked tooth, and five teeth that were fine as far as I was concerned. My second opinion dentist didn't see a problem with them, but she said they were infected.

When she was checking my mouth after the surgery, she said into her tape recorder unfortunately, my teeth weren't going to last. (covering her backside?)
Before all this, I had dentures that worked okay. They attached to the three bad teeth. One day I wrapped them in a paper towel, and accidentally threw them away (the dentures, not the teeth). I would have opted for dentures, but my other two dentists didn't want to make a set like the last one. They wanted to pull the three bad teeth. And I figured the others were going to get pulled eventually, so I may as well get it all over with at once.


On the way cheerier side, I'm propagating mini roses. So far it looks like it's going to work. I have five that rooted and are sending out leaves. I started them in September. I'm doing about thirty more which are either going to get sold at a plant sale if we have one, or given away on mother's day at our church. Very fun.

Writing is fun. I was going great guns, and have slowed a little, but I'm still in the zone or close to it.

I've also got other projects going, which are making me so happy, but my house is a mess.

With that note, I'll get dressed, take my vitamins, and do a couple of chores before getting back to fun things.


Good wishes.