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Friday, March 16, 2007
Face Plant
I recently joined a health club and started working out again, and I have been trying to get my routine down. On Monday I went to work out at 7pm and before I went ate a couple of fruit smoothies. I figured 32 ounces of fruit would give me sufficient calories to get me through the workout and to dinner afterwards. I was wrong.
I started to feel light headed after the workout, and was heading outside to sit down and get some fresh air when I passed out and face planted on the concrete sidewalk. The paramedics and an ambulance came and had to take me to the hospital. My pulse was in the high 40s and my blood sugar in only the 50s (it is supposed to be around 100). This is why I passed out.
Anyway, they took me to the hospital and brought my blood sugar back up and decided that all was well. My teeth were pretty messed up though. I chipped one of them, and two or three of the others were feeling a bit strange -- like they had partially come out of their sockets. Below is a picture of me after getting back from the hospital. I kept it small to keep the scary-factor down. You can click on it for a zoom.
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Tuesday I went to the dentist to have things checked out. He decided that I needed to get 2 root canals and get crowns put on three of the teeth. So ... Thursday I went in and got a nice double root canal. Now ... root canals are usually painful ... but I have discovered now that they are even worse when your mouth has already recently experienced some trauma.
One key learning from all of this is that dental insurance comonly has a relatively low yearly max (mine is ~$1500). Well ... in the case of accidents, many health plans will also cover dental bills. This is really nice when your estimated dental bills are well over $1500 :).
Oh well ... I am in decent shape now ... and am happy as things could have been a lot worse. The doctors don't think that I will have any scarring ... so I can't complain too much. My face is still looking pretty scary though -- especially when I have neosporin smeared all over the wounds.
I started to feel light headed after the workout, and was heading outside to sit down and get some fresh air when I passed out and face planted on the concrete sidewalk. The paramedics and an ambulance came and had to take me to the hospital. My pulse was in the high 40s and my blood sugar in only the 50s (it is supposed to be around 100). This is why I passed out.
Anyway, they took me to the hospital and brought my blood sugar back up and decided that all was well. My teeth were pretty messed up though. I chipped one of them, and two or three of the others were feeling a bit strange -- like they had partially come out of their sockets. Below is a picture of me after getting back from the hospital. I kept it small to keep the scary-factor down. You can click on it for a zoom.
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Tuesday I went to the dentist to have things checked out. He decided that I needed to get 2 root canals and get crowns put on three of the teeth. So ... Thursday I went in and got a nice double root canal. Now ... root canals are usually painful ... but I have discovered now that they are even worse when your mouth has already recently experienced some trauma.
One key learning from all of this is that dental insurance comonly has a relatively low yearly max (mine is ~$1500). Well ... in the case of accidents, many health plans will also cover dental bills. This is really nice when your estimated dental bills are well over $1500 :).
Oh well ... I am in decent shape now ... and am happy as things could have been a lot worse. The doctors don't think that I will have any scarring ... so I can't complain too much. My face is still looking pretty scary though -- especially when I have neosporin smeared all over the wounds.
Face Plant
I recently joined a health club and started working out again, and I have been trying to get my routine down. On Monday I went to work out at 7pm and before I went ate a couple of fruit smoothies. I figured 32 ounces of fruit would give me sufficient calories to get me through the workout and to dinner afterwards. I was wrong.
I started to feel light headed after the workout, and was heading outside to sit down and get some fresh air when I passed out and face planted on the concrete sidewalk. The paramedics and an ambulance came and had to take me to the hospital. My pulse was in the high 40s and my blood sugar in only the 50s (it is supposed to be around 100). This is why I passed out.
Anyway, they took me to the hospital and brought my blood sugar back up and decided that all was well. My teeth were pretty messed up though. I chipped one of them, and two or three of the others were feeling a bit strange -- like they had partially come out of their sockets. Below is a picture of me after getting back from the hospital. I kept it small to keep the scary-factor down. You can click on it for a zoom.
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Tuesday I went to the dentist to have things checked out. He decided that I needed to get 2 root canals and get crowns put on three of the teeth. So ... Thursday I went in and got a nice double root canal. Now ... root canals are usually painful ... but I have discovered now that they are even worse when your mouth has already recently experienced some trauma.
One key learning from all of this is that dental insurance comonly has a relatively low yearly max (mine is ~$1500). Well ... in the case of accidents, many health plans will also cover dental bills. This is really nice when your estimated dental bills are well over $1500 :).
Oh well ... I am in decent shape now ... and am happy as things could have been a lot worse. The doctors don't think that I will have any scarring ... so I can't complain too much. My face is still looking pretty scary though -- especially when I have neosporin smeared all over the wounds.
I started to feel light headed after the workout, and was heading outside to sit down and get some fresh air when I passed out and face planted on the concrete sidewalk. The paramedics and an ambulance came and had to take me to the hospital. My pulse was in the high 40s and my blood sugar in only the 50s (it is supposed to be around 100). This is why I passed out.
Anyway, they took me to the hospital and brought my blood sugar back up and decided that all was well. My teeth were pretty messed up though. I chipped one of them, and two or three of the others were feeling a bit strange -- like they had partially come out of their sockets. Below is a picture of me after getting back from the hospital. I kept it small to keep the scary-factor down. You can click on it for a zoom.
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Tuesday I went to the dentist to have things checked out. He decided that I needed to get 2 root canals and get crowns put on three of the teeth. So ... Thursday I went in and got a nice double root canal. Now ... root canals are usually painful ... but I have discovered now that they are even worse when your mouth has already recently experienced some trauma.
One key learning from all of this is that dental insurance comonly has a relatively low yearly max (mine is ~$1500). Well ... in the case of accidents, many health plans will also cover dental bills. This is really nice when your estimated dental bills are well over $1500 :).
Oh well ... I am in decent shape now ... and am happy as things could have been a lot worse. The doctors don't think that I will have any scarring ... so I can't complain too much. My face is still looking pretty scary though -- especially when I have neosporin smeared all over the wounds.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
New Car and More
After going to India, Israel, and Mt. Hood (see below) ... we have been taking it easy. We bought a new car ... which was pretty exciting. 2007 Honda CR-V EX (Black). It was sorta tough deciding to get an SUV ... but this one is pretty tiny and gets pretty good gas mileage all in all. Four wheel drive is really nice to have for driving up in the mountains, and we thought it would be a useful car for carting things around when we buy our house. Otherwise ... there has not been too much excitement. Megan and Trevor are going to be out here visitting starting next weekend. The winter is quickly coming to an end ... and we are looking forward to being able to do some hiking and maybe a bit of camping and backpacking.
New Car and More
After going to India, Israel, and Mt. Hood (see below) ... we have been taking it easy. We bought a new car ... which was pretty exciting. 2007 Honda CR-V EX (Black). It was sorta tough deciding to get an SUV ... but this one is pretty tiny and gets pretty good gas mileage all in all. Four wheel drive is really nice to have for driving up in the mountains, and we thought it would be a useful car for carting things around when we buy our house. Otherwise ... there has not been too much excitement. Megan and Trevor are going to be out here visitting starting next weekend. The winter is quickly coming to an end ... and we are looking forward to being able to do some hiking and maybe a bit of camping and backpacking.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Mt Hood - Trip #2
We made a trip up to Mt. Hood for some skiing and snow showing over the weekend of Feb 23rd. We had a big group ... Ian, Allen, Tyler, and then a whole bunch of girls :P.
Below is a picture of the cabin that we rented. It was a nice place, but was supposed to have like 7 beds ... but the 7 included a midget bed and a hideaway. Oh well ... Janel and I got to stay in the nice bedroom cause we organized the trip :).
Eight of us drove up Friday afternoon/evening after work. Luckily the weather was nice, and we did not have to put chains on until the road that went up from Government Camp to our cabin. This was especially lucky because we never figured out how to work Allen's strange chains right :P.
Saturday Kendra, Janel and I went snow shoeing together. It was Kendra's first time ... so we took it easy and just did the "Cross-Town" trail near Government Camp. This was also nice because we did not have to drive anywhere from the cabin.
After we got back (while the rest of our friends were out snowboarding @ Timberline), Janel and Kendra and I built a snow man and just played around in the four feet of snow that was surrounding our cabin. It was fun and relaxing to just screw around in the snow :).
That night we had a BBQ with a little portable grill that I picked up ... and then proceeded to have some drinks and play Catch Phrase. Kendra is really bad.
Sunday everyone went snow shoeing on the Twin Lakes trail. It is a pretty uneventful trail -- but we had a good time throwing snow balls at each other.
It was a fun trip ... and we will be making another one next winter. We will probably go to the Sister's instead just to mix things up a bit.
You can see all our pictures here.
Below is a picture of the cabin that we rented. It was a nice place, but was supposed to have like 7 beds ... but the 7 included a midget bed and a hideaway. Oh well ... Janel and I got to stay in the nice bedroom cause we organized the trip :).
Eight of us drove up Friday afternoon/evening after work. Luckily the weather was nice, and we did not have to put chains on until the road that went up from Government Camp to our cabin. This was especially lucky because we never figured out how to work Allen's strange chains right :P.
Saturday Kendra, Janel and I went snow shoeing together. It was Kendra's first time ... so we took it easy and just did the "Cross-Town" trail near Government Camp. This was also nice because we did not have to drive anywhere from the cabin.
After we got back (while the rest of our friends were out snowboarding @ Timberline), Janel and Kendra and I built a snow man and just played around in the four feet of snow that was surrounding our cabin. It was fun and relaxing to just screw around in the snow :).
That night we had a BBQ with a little portable grill that I picked up ... and then proceeded to have some drinks and play Catch Phrase. Kendra is really bad.
Sunday everyone went snow shoeing on the Twin Lakes trail. It is a pretty uneventful trail -- but we had a good time throwing snow balls at each other.
It was a fun trip ... and we will be making another one next winter. We will probably go to the Sister's instead just to mix things up a bit.
You can see all our pictures here.
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