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Friday was my Doctor Day

I know this is stupid, but I haven't taken any time off of work in the last 7 months to go to a single doctor's appointment, even though I really should have. I took the opportunity of my boss being out on Friday to go to the dentist and eye doctor (yes, I told Bossguy where I was going).

So even though I had a 10am dentist appointment, I reported into work and took care of a few things before going for my exam and cleaning. Since I was trying out a new dentist, I had to get all new x-rays done and today, I had my first digital x-rays taken. It uses 1/5 of the radiation as the regular x-rays and the technician can see immediately what was taken and if something needs to be redone. The images are sent directly to the computer, which loads it into a program where they keep your chart electronically.

What was really cool was that there was an additional adjustable plasma screen at the foot of the chair which could play regular TV or the computer screen. The dentist examined the x-rays next to me on that screen, showing me exactly was he was looking at, etc.

Here is a blurry picture I snapped of the screen while I was in the dentist chair. I don't really want people to be able to examine my dental x-rays in too much detail online, but you can see what the screen looks like. Pretty cool. (No cavities, no major problems with my teeth.)

After the exam, I had a cleaning (scrape, scrape, ack!) and I left the dentist's office with a bag of dental swag (toothbrushes, toopaste, tongue scraper, 2 kinds of mouth wash, a gum stimulator thingybobber, floss, etc) and went directly to pick up Yoshi as we had back-to-back appointments with the eye doctor on the other side of town.

The eye exam went smoothly for me. My vision is slightly worse since my last exam (2 years ago), so my prescription for my glasses needed to be bumped up a little. My the prescription for my contacts (thankfully) are still good, so I am grateful for that. I took a picture of the eye exam thingy (what's this thing called, Answer Man?). I blurred out the numbers that showed how bad my vision is on the side, but I guess anyone who knew what they were doing could look at this picture and figure out my prescription.

After Yoshi's exam was done, it was about 2pm and we headed over to La Dijonaise to have lunch (I hadn't had anything to eat all day). I had the Poulet Roti (Roasted half chicken and fries, but I only ate two fries). Yoshi had the "Yoshi Usual," turkey and cheddar sandwich made with lettuce, tomatoes, Dijon mustard, and marinated red onions on a French baguette. We were tempted by the pastries in the display, but we were good and left without any cookies, muffins, croissants, or eclairs (even though we really wanted some).

I had intended to go back to the office, but after I checked voicemail and email remotely, I realized there was no need. After checking in with Bossguy and taking care of a few things from home, it was already 5pm, and I was done for the day.

I was really dragging by this time because after my night of insomnia, I was exhausted. I did take a short nap and Yoshi woke me up so I could eat something. Then we stayed home and watched The Last Samurai on DVD.

Anyway, I'm done blogging so I have to get some sleep. I'm actually tired, so I'm looking forward to a good night's rest.