So I called the dentist today.
Just to be clear ... CALL DENTIST ... has been on my TO DO list for months. Twenty-two months to be exact.
I get Lori on the phone. Seems nice enough, until she checks my records. Lori: "Your last appointment was (chuckle) May of 2007 (more chuckling ... no, I'd say laughter)."
Me: I try to explain my way out of it - to no avail.
Lori: "Since it's been SO long (chuckle), you might need a deep cleaning."
Me: (Thinking) Hmm, FUN!!
Appointment scheduled. For tomorrow. The torture starts at 8:45.
Ten minutes later, phone rings. It's Lori.
Appointment scheduled. For tomorrow. The torture starts at 8:45.
Ten minutes later, phone rings. It's Lori. Lori: "Since it's been so long since your last appointment (laughter), I need to switch your appointment to the dentist side. He'll need to see you first and determine the course of action."
Me: (Thinking) ... Course of action? Really, is twenty-two months THAT long?
"Okay. And then I'll see the hygienist for a regular cleaning?"
Lori: "If you get a regular cleaning ... we'll have to see. It has been a long time (laughter)."
I hope my teeth enjoy all the attention tomorrow because I'm going for twenty-three months, next time around!!
Yes! That is a long time. Ugh...I so don't like going to the dentist. Every time my appointment rolls around I have a discussion in my head about cancelling it...and then the realistic voice speaks louder saying I'll have to go eventually and I'll be glad I did it. I'm never glad I did it, just glad it's over for another six months. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI haven't gone since I had a crown. Kate was certainly not one yet. I win, but I don't want to meet Lori.
ReplyDeleteI'm going on 3 years. Perhaps 4. Can we still be friends?
ReplyDeleteI'm going on 7 years. Is that the winner? That's kind of gross, I'm realizing! Maybe I shouldn't have admitted that out loud.
ReplyDeleteHey - how'd it go at the dentist? You won't believe it but I had am appt. today. I knew it had been a little while because they were in the flooded part of town so they had been closed. She took me back to the room, opened my chart & told me my last visit had been October of 2007. What?!?! So I got x-rays and she scraped my teeth for hours and my gums are still sore tonight. Hope you made out better than me
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