Do I look like Frankenstein or what?
So many cruisers are afraid of foreign medical care and I want to share my experience this morning.
Well I had a bit of an emergency on Saturday. My tooth which started to feel better took a turn for the worst and abscessed. It felt like I had an ice pick in each ear as well as horrible ear infections, PAINNNNN set in pretty hard over the weekend.
A friend with a car drove me to a dentist in Colon first thing this morning. I have to return tomorrow as I’m getting my first root canal in the morning :(
Colon is a funny place. It’s the dirtiest and most dangerous city/town I’ve ever visited. It’s not the kind of place you want to go for medical attention. My friends Owen and Betty assured me they had a great dentist in Colon that spoke really good English. She (The dentist) is left over from the days the American troops were here and is the best dentist I have ever visited, seriously. The office was clean and modern and I instantly felt comfortable. She had a great bed side manner and was gentile with all the shots and drilling. Today wasn’t so painful :)
A specialist is coming in the morning to do the root canal. She said the tooth is in really bad shape. I wanted to just pull it as its a molar in the back and wouldn’t tarnish my devilishly handsome smile but she didn’t recommend it. She said I was too young (I don’t know about that?) and said it would rearrange the structure of my mouth?
Anyway I’m on antibiotics and pain medication, ARRRG. I’m really not so happy about this but I can do nothing with the exception of rolling with it as best I can.
I hope everyone’s new year is starting out better than mine.
Peace, love, and don’t forget the dental floss!
I think I’ll turn out to be a toothless old salty sailor anyway :)
Cheers
– Alex