Saturday, December 24, 2011

tooth hurty

my friend jeremy recently asked me if that's what time my surgery was scheduled and if they were going to get to the root of the problem. heh...


well good news. the surgery went well and i'm on the mend! my mouth has been a bit sore & stiff... but there hasn't been much swelling at all and i haven't had too hard of a time eating. i'm just so glad this is all getting taken care of... and if that surgery was the worst of it, than i guess you could say it's all downhill from here. (ever since i saw the movie due date i've been confused about that saying)


if you haven't heard yet, i recently started a music blog with my friend jessica. it's called sound of souls. you should check it out if you have time.


merry christmas!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

all i want for christmas is tooth #30...

i'm getting surgery on monday. this is an actual picture of my failed root canal. you can kind of see on the right side of the highlighted tooth a dark line running down the root. that's where it got all jacked up. apparently the specialist thinks that there are fragments of a root canal instrument that broke off in the root & caused the failure/infection. bummer.


looks like i'm gonna have a swollen face for christmas.


even though it's somewhat sucky... the bright side is, they don't have to pull my tooth! in 3 months when the surgery is healed, i'll get a crown and be done with all this madness!


thanks for the prayers y'all!

daniel before the endodontic specialist...

so today i get to see an endodontic specialist. they're going to give me a consultation on my failed root canal. $100 just to look at is & see if they can fix it. if they can, it'll cost around $2,500... if they can't, i lose the tooth... tough choice. i guess i'm hoping they can fix it. nobody wants to lose a tooth. ugh...


we'll see what happens i suppose. pray for me y'all!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

daniel after the dentist

so i went to the dentist.
it didn't go as well as i'd hoped. my mouth is pretty jacked up.
that root canal that i had 5 or so years ago... it failed... so i need to get it repaired. and if they can't fix it, it has to get pulled. i have another tooth in the far back that needs to get pulled as well. not to mention i have 12 cavities ($300/cavity).


how's that for a reality check?


i'm still really glad i went. even though my fears were basically fully realized... i'm changing. things are bad right now, but they're gonna get better. i'll just have to add flossing to the ever-growing list of health changes i need to make... and a lot of those changes have already been made. i just finished a turkey sandwich jam-packed with spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes & green peppers and i'm about to take off to the ywca for some running with my beautiful girlfriend.


see? things aren't so bad.

Friday, December 9, 2011

daniel before the dentist

so... i'm going to the dentist today... and i'm decently nervous. mostly because the last time i went to the dentist i had to get a root canal.. and that was like 5 or so years ago. it's just been one of those things that i've always been afraid of for some reason. same thing with the doctor. i've had health care for the last 3 years and i haven't even used it.


until now.


when i was a kid, i got teased a lot about my weight. and it made me HATE going to school. honestly, i tried staying home "sick" at least once a week. i'm pretty sure that was really hard for my parents... having a child wake them up once a week pretending to be sick, but refusing to be honest & admit what was truly wrong.


as i've gotten older, people have become more polite than my former classmates. nobody teases me about my weight. could you imagine if they did?! how terribly rude! but the problem is actually... people don't talk about it... at all. it's like my body is a secret everyone is trying to keep from me so that my feelings won't be hurt. and i have LOVED the comfort of that place. it's honestly helped me to become more confident in who i am... but it's also helped me to become comfortable with being "the way" i am.


i've decided that it's time to stop being afraid of hearing what's true about me. specifically about my body.


i'm unhealthy.


but i've also decided that it's time to stop being unhealthy.


i went to the doctor's office the day after thanksgiving to establish health care... and my doctor (my friend jason como) was refreshingly honest with me & told me i need to lose weight. that didn't come as a huge surprise to me... but what did is that apparently i am technically "morbidly obese". those words... that honesty.. it really impacted me.


i had already downloaded an app called "calorie counter" that my good friend damaris recommended to me. i had used it a couple times just to get an idea of how many calories i take in when i'm not trying to do anything different. well, dr. como gave me a game plan to follow for how many calories i should take in to be more healthy, and this app has been SO helpful! i cut out soda & i also got a membership at the ywca right down the road from where i live. i've been trying to go there & run any chance i get. i've already lost 10 lbs and i have more energy lately.


i'm excited to see where this goes. who knows... maybe this trip to the dentist will bring something good into my world.