Painful Lesson

Today after four years I visited the dentist. I never feared the scraper and light in my youth. Visits were a mere formality to hear that everything was in good working order. In my 30 years I only had one cavity and oral surgery to remove my four wisdom teeth.

Perhaps my over confidence for dental hygiene caught up with me. Today I learned that a root canal is required on one of my teeth. This didn’t come as a shock, but rather as disappointment for procrastinating. Four years! It was neglect that caused this. No other reason. Now I have to go through the procedure and pay through the nose. There is a lesson here somewhere.