I eat almonds for a snack at work. They’re good for you…or me.
And, I can eat them without getting Dunlop’s disease.
You say you’ve never heard of that?
You see men with that condition all of the time if you care to look…That’s where your belly done lopped over your belt!
As I was eating them a few days ago, I felt a little bit of a pain in the back of my mouth.
My gum started swelling. I thought that a piece of almond shrapnel had somehow lodged between my teeth and gum…
I tried to clean it out myself with just about everything that I could get hold of…a toothpick, dental floss, a gum brush…you name it, I tried it.
Las night, my wife made a great salad. However, it had baby carrots in it. It tasted great but every bite was a painful challenge.
This afternoon, when my throat started getting sore, I decided to go to a dentist down the street to get the almond out.
I no sooner sat down in the chair and opened my mouth when the dental assistant nearly gasped.
“I’ve been doing this a long time and I have never seen an absess like that. I don’t think that’s a trapped almond. I want to take an x-ray.”
A cynical thought in my head that she was just trying increase the billable services. The serious tone in her voice and the expression on her face kept me from just walking out.
“How much will that cost?”
“Nothing.”
She really was serious.
She shot the x-ray and I sat in the chair waiting for it to be processed.
I sat there mildly stewing…
“This was just supposed to be a quick ‘in and out’ visit…”
“Why did I come here?…”
“I should have just made an appointment with my regular dentist…”
The next time she appeared, the dentist was with her.
There was no almond to be found. My tooth is infected!
I need a root canal!
Yiikes!
I’ve got to call my dentist because I am going to need a second opinion on that!
They prescribed an antibiotic and told me to take Vicodin for the pain.
Needless to say, I am not feeling very energetic tonight!
