I have been going to the dental school here in Denver to get some low cost teeth cleaning and checkup. Turns out I have 3 cavities. The upside is that the students are extra thorough and made a mold of all my teeth, just for the practice. I go every few weeks. It isn't the quickest fix but I enjoy the visits. I get two of my wisdom taken out for basically $100/each. That's awesome!
Here are the pics from getting the mold.
This contraption allows for them to duplicate my jaw movement to see which teeth hit when I chew. Also to analyze my bite and teeth alignment.
A couple of weekends ago, in late March, we had another big snow. One last Hurrah! I thought Nala was 'pointing'. Turns out she has a severely abraded pad on her foot. :( It is just starting to heal properly.
I have said many times before that I learn my lessons from mistakes. Usually that means making the mistakes myself. Today however, Michael was my instructor. We were cutting coax cable. We were remarking on a pair of scissors and how well they cut the cable. He said that he bet they could take a finger off. Not 5 seconds later he appeared to be demonstrating that very thing. Turned out it was just a VERY deep cut into his finger tip. He didn't make a sound when it happened and only minutes later (after he used electrical tape, wrapped around the finger, to stop the fast dripping) did he say 'Man, that hurts'. Michael is one of the tougher guys I know. He has also self-sutured wounds. That's what I'm talking about!! It dawned on me 30 minutes later I had a small first aid kit in my glove box. The photo below is from when he removed the tape and used the kit. The blood on the floor is from one minute of in between uncovered time. It was an impressive cut. I stopped whining about the fiberglass splinter in my thumb.
A little 10 second video (He keeps the cut side facing him, so it is ok to watch right after eating)
