New Title, New Blog

Hey fans (all six of you it appears), thanks for voting on my poll. The poll officially closed today at 10 a.m. so I have changed the name of the blog to Kano's Kogitation.

This title won over Kano's Ramblings 4-2. Again thanks for voting. I am sure to have more polls up in the future, so keep a look out.

Also, I would like to apologize for not getting my Top 10 done on Tuesday as I had initially said I would be doing from now on. I admit, the 3-day weekend truly screwed me up, so I kept thinking that Tuesday was Monday. I didn't realize until it was too late. So I am thinking there will be no Top 10 this week - but it shall return next Tuesday.

Yesterday I took Erika to the dentist to get her wisdom teeth out. I figured I would be there for at least an hour, and she would pretty much be out of it for most of the day. Well, it took about 30 minutes and when I pulled the car around to get her - she was sitting up and talking with the nurse.

I thought the worst. I had witnessed two other patients stumbling alongside their driver to their cars. And when I was told to pull around to the back, I figured she must be in the same state. But, she was up and talking - I didn't find out 'til later in the day that she was still not 100% with it - as she listened to the nurse and asked questions, but had no recollection of this later.

This reminded me of the day that I got my wisdom teeth out. It was my freshman year of college, and I got gassed (apparently Erika was put out by an IV). My mom said that I when I woke up I was pretty out of it, constantly smiling and making jokes.

I didn't have that big of an issue with them - I had really puffy cheeks, I bled for awhile and had some minor bruising. I did have to go back to get checked because my mouth took forever stop hurting so I could eat normally.

Things appeared to have gone a lot better for her, thank goodness. She is definitely a trooper. We went to Wal-Mart immediately after her surgery and picked up her drugs, plus some other things we needed to get. Even though I guess she technically wasn't all the way into things yet, I couldn't even tell.

Things are pretty busy at work right now - I have to get this estimate finished by Friday, so my blogs might not be as interesting. If, however, I am able to stay up tonight and watch the Lost finale, I might be able to blog about that tomorrow. We shall see.

Dental Visit

Well, it had been a little over six years since my last visit to the dentist. I had gone off of my parents health insurance and had not had the best of coverages until recently.

I was pretty sure I had some problems. I had been experiencing pain every so often on the left side of my mouth, and it was almost certain a cavity. So, last Friday I returned to my former dentist for my first visit in half a dozen years.

The dental assistant cleaned and prodded both my teeth and gums. I had received a permanent retainer from my orthodontist when I was about 12 years old, and needless to say it is very difficult to clean in between and behind those teeth. So, she spent a good amount of time cleaning that area - and I immediately felt the difference. Kind of gross actually.

Anyway, the dentist did find a pretty serious cavity - but it was on my right side. I had not been experiencing any problems on that side of my mouth. But, he also stated I had a few 'minor' areas as well - so I scheduled another appointment for the end of the month.

Later that day I received a phone call from the dentist, a cancellation had occurred for Monday and I should try and get in there. I guess the cavity was a lot worse than they had let on, because they wanted to get it fixed.

So yesterday I spent about an hour and half under the light. Getting drilled and novacained. He fixed all three suspect areas and I was sent home with the instructions not to eat anything hard for the night. So, I went off with my mouth still unable to truly function.

I picked up Kasey and a trusty can of tomato soup and headed home. My mouth didn't truly lose it's numbness until around 7:30-8 p.m. So I didn't eat until 9, but I wasn't all that hungry any way. When the numbness did wear off, however, I did have some pain in my mouth, which also resulted in a headache. He said there would be some pain, as he did have to go in pretty close to the gums. But, I guess in the long run it will be a benefit. I really hated the frequent pain I would have when eating certain foods.

Also, last night a little after 8 our cable went out until about 10. So we missed a handful of our shows (that usually get DVR'd) so I am trying to rectify the situation right now. Hopefully it works.