The Dental-ry
" The days are just packed,” has become my byword since retirement several years ago. Instead of a regular schedule of 9 to 5, my days could begin at 5 AM and go until 3 PM. Another day might be a short one of 10 AM to 1 PM. The rhythm and predictability are gone; five days of 8 hours’ work are a thing of the past. The time that I so carefully spent working for someone else is now divided between sporadic teaching jobs, daily exercise, and writing assignments. Recently, my day was spent at the dentist. Perhaps you can feel the excitement. The need for dental care began the week before with pains in my jaw. As any Senior citizen would do, I took pain medication hoping that my jaw aches would go away. No such luck was in my corner and the pain continued, in fact, it grew worse and worse leading me to call our family dentist. An appointment was granted and I entered the domain of…The dentist. Entering this domain is ...