Monday, October 20, 2008

Medical Miracles

First, I just want to say how grateful I am for simple medicines that can make things SO much more bearable!! I wasn't feeling so hot today around lunch time... In fact, that might be an understatement... I was pretty miserable, and I couldn't imagine making it through radiology lab until 4. Lucky for me, there is a little thing we call an ibuprofen which works wonders! Within an hour I was back to my goofy self in radiology. Some of the girls may have wished I'd stayed mellow like when I was in pain ;) jk...

Anyway, overall I'm just feeling much better about a lot of things in dental hygiene. For starters, my indirect vision is beginning to make sense--I can actually see what I'm doing! Also, in general I would say my dexterity has improved. I'm not as spazzy as I was at first--in fact, I think I only jabbed my partners gums a little today :) (unless she was keeping quiet about her woes)... I also am somewhat understanding how to scale. I've been lucky enough to find the right partners so that I have something to clean! (I felt so accomplished today cleaning around a permanent lingual bar retainer!)

Next time we scale in clinic, I'm going to work on using proper activiation... No more carpal tunnel risk for me! I'm ready to do it correctly!

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