It was a wake up call. I was on my way to being diabetic like my mother and father. My baby was overdue and I might have needed a c section if it wasn't for having to start a saltless diet. I cook a few dishes like 3 different lasagnas, regular, Italian and vegetable. I make numerous casseroles. Vietnamese stews and American.
Needless to say I can cook. So I bought saltless salt and my wife didn't like it. She wanted her salt. I emptied the shakers and refilled with ss. It has been a couple weeks now and she still wants her salt.

tarheel

HB UT @53

Are you saying blowing a toad is hard work? I don't believe that. C'mon ladies prove him wrong. ;)

Merry Birthday Tony!!!

Happy birthday man

Oh hey dude, happy birthday!

tanks y'all!

Happy Birthday, Mr. Undertoad, sir.

Happy happy joy joy!

Have another good year friend!

Happy Birthday, Tony.

Yeah, this weekend visiting is turning out to be bullshit, because I miss all the important stuffs! - Belated Happy Birthday, Sir Toad.

And happy birthday to me...spent last night in the ER, only to have the doc pretty much scream like a little girl and run from the room. Something is really, really wrong in my upper jaw, centered on 2 teeth that just had like $700 worth of work done. It feels like there's a hot sautering iron parked right between the 2 teeth, but there's no swelling or discoloration of the gums and no visible dental issues other than a tiny bit of receded gums (which I have around all my remaining teeth).

The ER doc called my MD, who apparently told him there ARE a few people left who don't abuse painkillers, though the biggest ones the ER doc said he could legally give me are laughably insufficient.

My neighbor got so pissed about my ER experience that when we got home he called my dentist, who's probably not even in town but who will be checking my chart and calling us back today. He's apparently muttering about another root canal, which I absolutely cannot afford--I'm already paying off 4 figures for the last 4 appointments.

This is why I never schedule birthday parties for myself. I have like 2 friends and my health is a disaster! ;)

In case y'all wonder why I don't switch to a dentist who takes my insurance...

My dentist won't stick a tool in my mouth unless I come in already tranquilized. He allows me to pay out of pocket and is the only dentist in 3 counties who will do so under ANY circumstances. And when he is working on me, he leaves the nitrous on the entire time, which is part of how I kept still last month when he was repairing a broken uncrowned root canal-ed tooth and the crown, tooth, and post next to it straight popped right out of my damn jawbone. This level of emergency is not new to me, which is why an understanding dentist is so crucial.

And if you're wondering about "shoddy" work, the other 2 crowned root canals he's done are perfectly stable. Never in 8 years of working with the same dentist have we had these problems!

Damn.

Teeth can be crazy, and make you crazy. Happy birthday anyway.