Dental work done

Today I went to Los Algodones for (hopefully) the last time for a while. Dr. Lasra had all my new teeth ready. He put them all in and had to slightly adjust them here and there. You know, in your mouth something a little high feels like high as a mountain, then you take off 1/64" and everything is fine. You know the feeling. When all corrections were done, Dr. Lasra sent the teeth back to the laboratory for polishing and I got my temporaries back. Good time for a Margarita at Paradiso, which became my local pub. Their Margaritas are huge and cost $4.

After an hour, I was back at the dentist and Dr. Lasra put the bridge and all the crowns in. We are finally done. In the meantime Dr. Lasra found out about my history as a poker player and asked me to show him some poker by handing a deck of cards to me. Good that I was a magician in my younger years, so I showed him a couple of tricks and he was happy.

Then I went back to Paradiso for another Margarita and a nice "lunch" called shrimps ranch style. A bunch of shrimps in salsa with beans and tomato rice. Pretty good actually.

Of course, I could not leave Algodones without a couple of souvenirs.

Now "home" in the Genty, I feel no pain and my denture looks pretty good again.

More dental work

Not much to report earlier this week. Tuesday (03/08) I visited the farmers market in Yuma and bought a full weeks supply of fresh fruit and veggies. Since I never eat out and am on a no carb diet, I need lots of that stuff.

Yesterday (Wednesday 03/09) I had another appointment with Dr. Lastra in Los Algodones. He prepared another tooth for a crown, removed two bad (sombrero type) crowns from last year (by Dr. Zuman) and prepared for the bridge. One of the replacement crown preparations hurt so much that the Doctor and I decided to have a root canal done on that one. I had to wait only a few minutes until the endodontist showed up with his little suitcase where he kept all the stuff he needed for the root canal. By the time he was done, the temporary crowns were brought in and were mounted. After all, I was at the dentist's office (most of the time in the chair) for over four hours.

Since the line at customs was still very long, even at 5pm, I treated myself with a nice Margarita in one of the many restaurants in Algodones. I still hat to wait for another 45 min at the border, but finally made it back to the car. Still a little dizzy from all the anesthesia shot, I left the parking area without putting up my seat belts (what I usually always wear). I was on the road for less than 500 yards when I got pulled by a cop and cited for the infraction. I love California. (Between Algodones and Yuma I have to drive on California roads for a few miles and they really do know there how to get money from the few ones who still have some)


I only had some soup for dinner and during the night I woke up with heavy pain in the tooth where they did the root canal. I always thought that after killing the nerve there should be no pain, but it seems, that this is not the way it is. Tomorrow I have the next appointment with the dentist.


Today I am loosing a little more weight (never mind though) because I still cannot eat anything but pain killers. I still had the Genty and the Jeep washed and waxed today. They both look nice and shiny again.

A full week in Yuma

Saturday (2/26) I relaxed and tried to recover from the pain caused by yesterdays tooth extraction. Sunday, I felt much better already an I spent the day watching TV and reading the Swiss Sunday papers online. Late afternoon I met again with my friends Joan and Heinz at their spot at the Pueblo RV Park. I brought some fondue from Switzerland and we repeated the "Fondue-Plausch" from last year. Although we do not have a proper caquelon, we cooked the fondue in a pan and kept it warm in a crock pot. We all enjoyed it as well as the Kirsch (also from Switzerland) and the Lara (coffee liquor from Mexico).

Tuesday I had my friends over at my spot at the Southern Mesa RV park and I made a fish curry with rice and a fresh fruit salad. Another nice evening together, but unfortunately it was the last one, since my friends left Wednesday for El Centro, CA and then home to Canada. That's the life of the snowbirds. In the spring when it get hot in the desert, they fly home to Canada.

The rest of the week, I did some minor repair, maintenance jobs, cleaning, etc. Nothing special to report though.