Oh Boy, what a week!!! I got an F-

Well, hello. I think I finally let took a breath today for the first time all week. It wasn't all that bad, but just kinda crazy! Well it all began on Monday morning at 4am...as usual. I work at 5 every Monday morning before school..then go to school...then go back to work until about 7pm. It always makes for a really long day. Well anyway, Tuesday was my first real day at the VA. I saw a class 2 in the morning and a class 3 in the afternoon. He was a really easy 3, so I was able to finish him up AND I even got to place Arestin in a few of his pockets! It was so awesome and so much fun!!! It was a lot easier than I was thinking it would be. I seriously can't wait to do it again. This poor guy had a couple of 12mm pockets! I have never had any that deep! I sucked at my probing though. A couple of them I had down as a 7 but they were really 10mm's!! Isn't that crazy?! He had a wisdom tooth still so that is practically impossible to keep clean clear the heck back there for the 65 years of his life. Well, we told him that he needed to get in to see a periodontist and will need that tooth removed. I should have thought to check mobility but being my forgetful self, I didn't :) Oh well. I will try to remember that for next time. The VA was successful and it was a really good experience. I was glad that I wasn't lucky like Joelle to get a man that hocks loogie's (sp??) into a cup every 5 seconds. Disgusting. That was hilarious. Going to the Va really makes me dread getting old. There really is nothing good about it..

That night we had a little study session that involved a little bit of dental meds, and a lot of binging on not-so-good-for-you foods, and chatting away. We did get a lot accomplished by the time we left Centerville at midnight. I couldn't get up the next morning! I took my meds test and then the next morning (today) was mock boards. I failed miserably!!!! It wasn't too bad though. I was completely ok with it. I got docked for my bad xrays and I knew they weren't that great going in. Then I put that there were 3 mm of recession on a tooth when there wasn't any at all..HA! And THEN I missed 4 spots of calculus. Dang! Oh well. It really was a wakeup call to everyone today. We are having a typodont party now. My goodness...I am actually going to have to put some extra effort into this scaling thing ;)

Tomorrow is local anesthesia again. I'm so excited. I love giving Melissa shots!!