Doctor! Doctor!
What's wrong with me now?

A Note From Ken -- It seems the older I get the more doctors I get. And this leads to all these doctors finding more things wrong with me. Although I feel really good most of the time. Now that I am 69, if it isn't my teeth, it's my knees or my receding gums or my cataracts, my blood pressure, blood sugar or high triglycerides. On January 29, 2009, I had my left knee replaced. I have posted every detail I could remember here on this blog. Your comments are always appreciated.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Medical exam postponed

It's now on March 4.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Deep Dental Cleaning

Went in for a cleaning. The hygienist said I had some trouble spots, "pockets -- deep pockets" and in addition to regular cleaning she would have to do some scaling. I told her that sounds terrible. She said it's also known as "root planing" and that sounds a lot worse, so I should be happy she called it "scaling."

Instead of Novocaine she had a new painkiller that doesn't need to be injected. It is forced between the tooth and gum with a tiny caulking gun. It hurts as much as a needle and has no pain killing properties at all. Lovely.