Dear Helcat:

You are welcome and thank you for wishing me well.

“I’ve never had cloth in my mouth at the dentist before. I wouldn’t like it either“- I think of it as a form of torture. I will bring it up, I bet there’s a way to do what they need to do without the cloth (plus the assistant didn’t know how to use the cloth, called another assistant and the way they talked, it was as if they used it for the first time and were experimenting.. which could explain why my tongue is still sore, 4 days after).

“To paraphrase Nelson Mandela ‘Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.’“- thank you of reminding me of this!

If I triumph over fear and attend the next appointment (in 9 days from now), and it’s completed, I will have a temporary crown, then will have to return for a permanent and some other less major work, total, if all goes well, 3 appointments.

Thank you for your support. It’s this week that you’ll be taking your dog for blood work. I hope it goes well, and I hope things are still calm on the relationship front.

anita