my funny mother

So, I am sorry that I have been a little late in posting another blog. I am in Seattle right now for the holidays and well, my mother needed me to come here and take her to a different dentist office for a 2nd opinion. That was today...and boy, was it an adventure.

She lives an hour south of Seattle and my old dentist is 25 minutes north of Seattle...so we started the day early because I knew we could trust this dentist. The situation is that my mom is a teeth grinder in her sleep. So, she is having issues with her teeth and her dentist that she's been going to for YEARS and YEARS told her that eventually, she will need to replace all her teeth (the enamel) which will be around $35,000 to $40,000. She about fell over and had a heart attack. So, she called me to take her somewhere for 2nd opinion. My dentist is our personal friend so I knew I could trust him and we journeyed up there. The internal part of 2 of her teeth is just fine...just the outside has cracked. He was concerned that food could get stuck inside the tooth and cause decay or an infection. He recommend that she get 2 crowns as soon as possible. And if she kept up with being careful and using her nightguard, etc. she should be ok. Total cost after insurance is going to be $550.

This was the exciting part......the not so exciting part was trying to teach my mom how to get back to this dentist's office and going grocery shopping with her at the Korean grocery store. I don't know how many recipes she told me I should make while in COLD Spokane. We would walk by some mushrooms and so would go off on a soliloquy about ways to prepare it and what foods could go with it and why it's neccessary to eat and why it's good for your body and so on and so on. I thought once we passed the produce section, I would be golden. WRONG. Then came various meats and seafood and why I should not eat this but I should eat this. The sauce aisle and a lecture on how bad ramen is for the body. Geez. Maybe next time I will make sure I go to the grocery without her OR if she's there, it will be after she gets her mouth all numb from the dental work.

We had lunch and played at the mall with the kids a bit and back home to rest...for me and the kids! Phew. What a busy day......just from going to the dentist!

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