Welcome to Aging Adventurist. I am attempting to do one adventure every day for the month of August, 31 days, 31 adventures, some big, some small, some physical, some mental. I hope you’ll come along, or join me!
Day 9: Monday, August 9
A visit to the dentist and eye doctor
Ok, you might call this adventure-lite day. But I just spent a full week of physical adventures every day, and it was back to work today, so I decided to count my dentist and eye doc appointments as the adventure for the day. These might not fit everyone’s bill for adventure, but, I argue, they still have all the adventure components. I’ll spare you pics of these slightly ignominious mini-adventures.
Adventure: Dentist cleaning appointment and eye doctor checkup
Distance traveled: 8 miles RT driving
Challenges: Dentist: sitting back in a medical chair, trying to remain calm, holding my mouth wide open while a bright light shines in my eyes and a stranger digs in my teeth with sharp instruments. Eye doc: holding my eyes wide open while a stranger drops stingy liquid into them, then shines piercingly bright lights directly into them; then endure the burning sensation and blurriness for hours afterward.
Risks: Dentist: teeth, nerve and gum pain. Eye doc: discovering some kind of major problem with my eyes (no problems).
Difficulty scale 1-10: 4
Highlights: Highlights? A clean bill of health, I guess. I mean, I’m an adult at the dentist and eye doc, there are no lollipops.