Jun 30 2010
Megan’s Marathon
One procedure down, so many to go…
Dentist B recommended a specialist in lovely Healdsburg, the heart of Sonoma County’s wine region. I’m sure it would have been fun to go there for shopping or wine tasting instead of a root canal, as Megan did yesterday.
As it was, the specialist’s office was very fancy (vanilla water to rinse with, anyone?) and more like a spa than a dentist’s office. The pain was minimal to unnoticeable, at least by my sister’s stoic standards. Thank goodness for excellent dental insurance, which covers all but around $80 of the pricy procedure.
It was news to me that root canals are done in three part disharmony. Fortunately, Parts Two and Three can be handled by local Dentist B, so dental-related road trips are over for now.
Today, she’s heading to Willits to get her pre-operative EKG and blood tests done. There was some debate about the length of time she needed to have between the root canal and the knee surgery, and the date of July 15 was settled on for the knee surgery, which will also take place in Willits.
Just for fun, Part Two of the root canal will be two days before the surgery.
One thing about living so far out in the boonies is that simple to simple-ish things become much more complicated and time-consuming. Instead of just hopping in a cab and doing your shopping or seeing the dentist, it’s an all-day affair. It took at least four hours of driving to get the root canal, and it will be close to that for the tests today. Even going to the Safeway is what we call “the three hour tour”.
But It will be good to get it all done, and hopefully she’ll be able to enjoy some of the summer and eat something other than mashed potatoes and pudding at the Fourth of July barbecue at Lu’s house.
2 Responses to “Megan’s Marathon”
Thank goodness for Dental Health Insurance. So pleased that Megan’s root canal was not as bad as anticipated.
There are certainly drawbacks to living ‘way in the country….sometimes more cons than pros it would seem.
jxx
Glad Megan got some of the work done and everything went well. I know everything is further away and takes longer to get there but many would trade places just to come back to peace and quiet and serenity.