L had a dental appointment yesterday. She bit into a fork the other night and slightly chipped one of her teeth. The dentist decided to bond it with some glue as the small chip is still well attached, and we'll see what happens. She happens to have perfect teeth and has never even had a cavity. Such is life.
K had an eye exam at the optometrist. I asked if we should be seeing a specialist for a specific annual check on his retina as he had surgery last year to seal a retinal tear. He said 'if we feel it's required we will, but not at this point'. So we should just be aware of changes or symptoms. His associate, the optometrist that discovered the condition unfortunately moved out of the area. It's interesting that the optometrist's wife is now a real estate agent. Their kids are all grown up, so she decided to go back to work. Our pediatrician's wife also went back to work for the same reason. I picked up a Reader's Digest magazine in the waiting room and this aging expert advised in an article that we should try to make changes to our routines to avoid getting too upset when we are actually forced to change them. For example, take a different route on your regular bike ride. It sounds like good advice.
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"...try to make changes to our routines to avoid getting too upset when we are actually forced to change them..." I never thought of it like that before. It make a lot of sense.
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Ohhh I hope her tooth holds! It's amazing what they can and do do these days.
That is actually really good advice to do things differently. My mother does the same thing all the time and can't stand change. Since we've been bringing her on some trips it's helped her adjust a bit better.
I probably shouldn't admit this, but I once chipped a tooth licking the edge of a bowl of gumbo... hey, it's was my MOTEHR'S gumbo and she's a awesome cook ;-) At least I gave the dentist's office something to laugh about.
Good advice about change. I never thought about that.
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