Dentist Visit & Girly TMI
Feb. 14th, 2006 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennythereaderI just got back from my first dentist visit in years. Definitely my first since moving to Albany, maybe even my first since high school.
They said that my teeth were actually in very good shape for such a long gap. No gum disease, surprisingly little tarter, and only one cavity. They also said that I have one impacted wisdom tooth, but since it's not giving me any grief they don't think anything needs to be done about it right now.
I made an appointment to have the cavity filled on March 7th, and my next regular visit will be in September.
On a less cheerful note, my period started last night. OK. I don't mind the bleeding, it's messy but part of life. Also, it is nice to have the proof that my birth control choices continue to work. What I don't understand are the side-effects. Why does my back need to feel like someone has been hitting me with a baseball bat? Why does my appetite go screwy, so that some months I'm unable to stop eating and others I can barely force myself to eat at all? Why the other digestive issues? Why the mood swings, so extreme some cycles and non-existent others? Why does all of my energy just vanish? Why all the discomfort, dammit?
They said that my teeth were actually in very good shape for such a long gap. No gum disease, surprisingly little tarter, and only one cavity. They also said that I have one impacted wisdom tooth, but since it's not giving me any grief they don't think anything needs to be done about it right now.
I made an appointment to have the cavity filled on March 7th, and my next regular visit will be in September.
On a less cheerful note, my period started last night. OK. I don't mind the bleeding, it's messy but part of life. Also, it is nice to have the proof that my birth control choices continue to work. What I don't understand are the side-effects. Why does my back need to feel like someone has been hitting me with a baseball bat? Why does my appetite go screwy, so that some months I'm unable to stop eating and others I can barely force myself to eat at all? Why the other digestive issues? Why the mood swings, so extreme some cycles and non-existent others? Why does all of my energy just vanish? Why all the discomfort, dammit?
