We have been planning to have our teeth cleaned in Mexico this month, before leaving the Rio Grande Valley, whenever we went to Progreso with our friends, and today turned out to be the day. We made appointments with the Bucardo Clinic, which G.W. and David use and recommend. We made our appointments at 11:00 a.m. because we planned to meet our group at Jessica's around 1:00 p.m. We got to the clinic at 10:30 a.m. and filled out the paperwork.
Then we waited . . . and waited. Around 11:30 a.m., I was taken back to a chair, leaving Ken in the waiting room. Dr. Castellan did my cleaning. His assistant was unsure what I meant when I asked for a bite block, but we finally communicated. (A bite block holds the jaws open, preventing strain on the temporomandibular joint or TMJ.) Dr. Castellan used an ultrasonic scaler, followed by some manual scaling. All in all, my cleaning took almost an hour, and I thought it was very thorough.
Ken didn't get called until 12:45 p.m., and he had a different dentist. He was less pleased than I was by the cleaning. When he got out around 1:30 p.m., we were obviously late in meeting our friends. We hurried over to Jessica's, which is nearby, and pulled up some chairs.
The occasion we were celebrating today was David's birthday, and there was quite a crowd, including some folks we don't know. George and Zeta joined us for the first time, and we sat by them, so we got to chat a bit. Zeta is from Eugene, Oregon. She has breast cancer and is not doing too great, but she was laughing and enjoying herself. George has just bought a place in Mission, so they have been able to come to our Sunday morning breakfasts.
After dinner we said goodbye to our friends and headed out to do some shopping. The only thing we ended up with was a bottle of tequila. It's easier to avoid temptation if you know that for everything you bring into an RV, you've got to take something out, or soon you will be overweight!
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