Time to prepare the evening meal. I'm drinking a cup of decaf and hoping the slight feelings coming from that jaw don't turn into the tooth pain I have had the last couple of evenings. Usually it started around 2 p.m.

I called the Endontist's office this morning and am set for a root canal on another tooth Wednesday morning. No it isn't a case of doing the wrong tooth it is a case this one just didn't hold off for a year like he thought it would.

I hate to even say anything to some folks. Going into the pool when I told Wilma she asked if I drank a lot of milk. Well not now but when a kid. She didn't, and is so glad because she has no teeth problems. She was told by a doctor that milk leaves a film on the teeth more than anything else and bacteria sets in and consequently one ends up like I am.

Then there are always those like my mom that say "take them all out and get dentures". I have full dentures on top because finally an important tooth broke and there was no way I could afford to have an implant and rebuild a bridge. I already know the nerve line on the bottom runs so close to the top in 5 years I would be without dentures and gumming my food.  No thanks.

As we entered the pool area another old friend had come back from the warmer pool. She had a friend the doctor told her the cold water was bad for her bones. He probably said arthritis doesn't like cold water as much as warm. When you are exercising for cardiac health you get warm enough in this pool. It is kept around 81 degrees.

My bladder made me get out early. Leaving the old instructor was trying to suggest I go to the deep end with my waist belt on and do exercises there. She has a book of them she could lend me. Wonder if it is water proof.  I'm sure the lap swimmers would just love to share a lane with me.

It frustrates me that I don't know how to use my arms and legs and breath properly. I can't feel the left leg like most folks can, but I notice that doesn't stop a guy who has no use of his legs or the one that is missing one. Not a smooth motion in my strokes.

Time to go figure out what I should eat since my sugar was 161 just now and I've had nothing to spike it.