Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Lessons

I once drove around with my check engine light on for a year. I knew I needed to get my car checked out, but it didn't seem urgent to me. I figured the engine would explode or fall out or something if it was that serious. When I finally took my car in, I was told my catalytic converter went out (went bad? broke?) and if I waited about a month longer, the warranty would have expired and I would've been $1800 poorer. Ouch. Lesson learned, get things checked out and don't ignore big warnings. Got it.

Tonight, my tooth broke in half. And although my tooth has been abscessed for 2 years I gotta say, I didn't see it coming. I knew it was in bad shape. I haven't been able to eat on the left side of my mouth for several months due to the cold, searing pain emitting from that tooth. But I never guessed it would just crumble to pieces in my mouth. Now I have a broken, jagged half-tooth that's probably going to need to be pulled. Blech. I feel so dirty with my broken tooth and soon to be gaping hole in my mouth. 


Don't be like me. If your car has a red flashing light, it's probably best to get that looked at sooner than later. And if you have a rotten tooth in your mouth, get it checked out before it breaks in half. To be continued...

2 comments:

  1. Oh no! i'm sorry, but thanks for the warning. I'm totally one to sit on things for while!

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  2. oh yuck. That happened to me (well, not the abcess) on both sides of my mouth, The bad news is that I needed two root canals, the good news is that neither of my teeth needed to be pulled. Hoping yours doesnt need to be pulled either!

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