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Originally Posted by DixieGal
I personally like the formal or polite way of addressing people that French and Spanish use. I'm a bit uncomfortable calling strangers, doctors, and older people by their first names. Mr. or Mrs. works well, and yes sir or yes ma'am also.
VISION UPDATE
I didn't get my eye fixed yesterday. It's too messed up for the laser. Next Tues, they will admit me for anesthesia and a victrectomy. On my good eye.
Meanwhile, I'm having the scarring complication AGAIN on the bad eye, which will need another victrectomy in a few months. Gonna live with the pain and blurriness as long as possible before letting them go back in and scrape loose the scar tissue from the original surgery.
Not only could I not see the big E on the eye chart projection, but I also couldn't see the projection at all with this eye.
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You know you are in my prayers, Dixie!
I feel bad ranting about my day when people have problems that are so much worse, but here goes. I spent the morning at the periodontist to get a titanium screw implanted in my jaw where they had to extract a tooth 2 months ago. The extraction went so badly that what should have been a simple and quick procedure took 2 hours. Because my peridontist missed a little of the old tooth, I had to spend another 2 hours in the chair today having her picking and tugging and drilling to get that little bit out. Consequently, She wasn't able to do the implant and I have to go back in another 2 months to get it done. I don't mind that so much except that the procedure is VERY expensive and now they are going to charge me extra (and I mean EXTRA) because she missed that little bit of tooth. (The actual cost is the same as Zack's tuition at GMU for one semester.
) Unfortunately, though I have two kinds of dental insurance, this procedure isn't covered because they consider it "Cosmetic Dentristy".
It isn't. I kind of need that tooth to chew things. On top of all that, it is very painful, my jaw is swollen, and I can only eat mush for the next few days. I don't like mush.
There is a silver-lining, though. My children, thank God, received their dental genetics from my husband who has strong healthy teeth.
