animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

pinched

About three weeks ago, I woke up with a pinched nerve in my neck. I’ve had these before, so I wasn’t really concerned about it, as uncomfortable as they are. However, this one would not let up and kept getting worse and worse (I have a numb streak running down …

covid

It took three years, but Covid finally got me last week. I’m not positive where I contracted it because it’s not like I go out a bunch. However, I did go to an event last Sunday and someone else I know was there and is also sick, so that seems …

the tooth chronicles

I had my bi-annual dental cleaning appointment this morning. All was well except I chipped a tooth at some point over the summer and recently it became sensitive to cold. I had a pretty good idea what that meant, but the dentist confirmed it this morning–I’m going to need another …

crowned

Does this make me the queen? I like to think so. After an uncomfortable month of wearing a temporary crown, I got the permanent one put on a week ago. If I ever have to do this again, I’m going to make sure they schedule the two appointments closer together …

new dentist blues

I suspect this category of posts is going to get lengthy as I get older. I’d been planning on switching dentists for a while as I was still going to my childhood dentist in Portage all these years. My hand was forced this spring when he retired. I heard good …