[Magdalen] root canal

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

They have directed me not to chew on the left side of my jaw, which is
where most of my molars are, but I have discovered that I can actually do
pretty well with the right side, and if I chew a little on the left, it
seems not to be a problem. I'm avoiding hard stuff, period, for the time
being. Those few times when I bit down on something with a little solidity,
I did notice that the tooth is a bit tender, but only slightly.

OH, and my ankle.  I went about a year with a sprain, and the doctor
finally sent me to a PT.  She had me take off my sock and -- no
exaggeration, the sweet lady gasped and said I had the flattest feet she
had ever seen, and THAT was probably my problem.

We did a lot of exercises and tendon massage and so forth, and the pain
lessened.

Then, at St. James, Chuck Kramer announced that there would be the usual
laying on of hands after the service. Hey, what have I got to lose? I got
his gentle hands on my head, and went home.

It was about a week later when I said, hey, no ankle pain!

Maybe it was going to be better anyway, but why quibble?

God is good; my ankle is better.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:03 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I broke a tooth, and eventually came in for the root canal. The dentist
> was very nice. I said, more or less jokingly, that I would like some music
> while he did his work. He said he regretted he did not have anything like
> that, ending with, "Let me see what I can do." He brought in a radio and
> they tuned it to a nice NPR station; it was either WQXR or WMHT
> http://www.wmht.org/radio/classical/listen-live/wmhtfm-online-player/
> However, after a time, he stopped, having buttoned me up, and said that he
> regretted he could not make out my roots, and did not wish to risk damaging
> my teeth, so sent me to get a professional job from an endodontist.
> Yesterday, I went in for the root canal.  It was a very nice experience,
> aside from the root canal itself. They gave me a list of CDs to choose
> from, and I settled for Bach. It gave me something to listen to other than
> the crushing and grinding, and the DDS and her tech talking about what they
> were going to do over the weekend.
> One of the best looking dentists I've ever seen -- not that I saw a lot.
> She gave me several shots. It paid off, since I had no real pain.
> They gave me some advil and recommended I keep taking it whether or not I
> felt I needed to.
> I have virtually no pain, so I assume my assessment of the tooth being
> dead already long since was probably true.
> I learned that they stick a small piece of cotton in when they are
> working, so there is no question how far the previous dentist was.
> I am not to chew on that side of my mouth (the absolutely worst part,
> since the other side of my mouth has less molars), but have no pain at all.
> Great work, folks!
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>