Just over a year ago I wrote about the trip I took to go get X-rays on my teeth in preparation for a root canal surgery. I guess there was plenty of preparation needed as it took them just over a full year to perform the repair. They had told me a year before that I would need a root canal. The alternative would be extraction. I'm just now 35 and I really don't want half my teeth missing when I come home. Call me vain if you like, but I'm quite proud of my smile and besides I'm a big fan of steak and prime rib. I don't want to be gumming them when I finally get to sit down to a T-bone and a cold Bud Light.
As stated earlier this was a repeat of the road trip I took over a year ago. Shackles, strip search, a trip in a van with security officers and finally to the surgery.
You have to think, if your tooth give you a problem, you call, make an appointment and get results. I began to feel as if they were trying to corral me into pulling it.
At last the surgery was performed and I felt a wave of happiness. I shook the doctors hand and told him thank you. I brush and floss after each meal. I am a health conscience person and knowing I have some funk in my mouth was unsettling at the least. I truly feel repaired. Not to mention, I just had a $2500 surgery on you. Well, you're the taxpayer here.
I paid a $5 co-pay. I feel like a million bucks. So, I wanted to tell you thank you! You helped pay for my surgery and I'm one happy dude. I would like to point out I have been paying taxes through employment since I was 15 years old. Truly I don't feel bad about finally taking advantage of a benefit. Still, I'm real blessed to have this thing done.
My countdown continues. Six year here in prison. Only four left. And really, I'm just under that. Time is rolling past. I remember having those perfect days in the free world. The sun shining, you're on a beach soaking up the sun, the seagulls are flying overhead and the waves gently come ashore. You sit there and wish time could stand still. Well.....right now I pray them Godspeed.
May the days pass quickly and bring the day that I will once again pray for time to stand still.
1 comment:
You sure do have a purrdy mouth, Michael. I cannot even imagine looking FORWARD to a root canal, but considering the alternative... yeah, I'd be bummed to have a tooth pulled at 35. I haven't been to the dentist in 10 years! And I'm not in prison, I just can't afford dental insurance, so who knows? I love you! I hope that was a quick and painless recovery.
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