Rant #3,649: Down Town

This cloud over me gets thicker every day.

We met with one of my son's counselors, and while it was a good conversation, it didn't lead to any solid job leads, although the counselor did say she would look into one possibility and get back to us if anything transpired.

I am still having residual problems with the aftermath of that prostate procedure that I had in November.

I had a bad episide on Sunday afternoon, after weeks of minor problems.

The doctor tells me that what I am going through might not be "visibly" pleasing, but medically, I am OK.

Beyond that, he cannot do anything for me, but I am on pills for an enlarged prostate.

You know, regarding this problem, i don't know which way is up anymore, and I don't know who to believe and to not believe.

I don't have to see this doctor until early June, so I expect to see not only an improvement, but a full recovery during the next three months 

That is what I expect, but it might not be what i get ...

Who knows?

And during the past couple of days, I have experienced an on again/off again pain in my upper teeth on the left side of my mouth.

It comes and goes, but it was coming more than it was going yesterday morning, so I called my dentist, and they told me he had no appointments open until Monday, as he was going away for a few days.

They said they would call back if anything opened up, and happily, an apppintment on Tuesday afternoon became open, so I grabbed it.

Unfortunately, after taking x-rays and visibly checking out my teeth, his belief is that they evidently shifted, putting pressure on that part of my mouth. 

I need a crown, but as with everything in my life, it ain't easy.

I had to come back to the office at a later time yesterday for a cleaning, which the dentist said would remove some of the pressure.

It did not, only making my teeth and that side of my mouth and face even more sore than it was.

It takes four to six weeks to get approval for a crown from my insurance company--what costs they will cover, what costs they won't cover--so I have to wait for a crown--a temporary crown--to be inserted into my mouth, which cannot be done until April.

And then the permanent crown can't be put in my mouth until May--

So this entire procedure is going to take about two and a half months to complete 

And you wonder why I am so miserable.

The only thing going good for me right now is that lesion on my face that was removed a week ago is healing pretty nicely, thank goodness.

I watched most of the President's speech last night. I am no Trump fan at this point in time, but I have to say that that was some speech.

It was more of a pep rally than anything else.

I found myself agreeing with much of what he said, and I do believe that he proved his main point: Joe Biden was a terrible and very weak president, and he let things go that he should have taken care of with America's best interests at heart.

I still have to wonder where people like my family and I fit into all of this.

For instance, he delved very lightly into why groceries are so highly priced, but I don't see any solutions on the horizon in the near future.

He keeps on talking about removing the Social Security tax, but talk appears to ne cheap, as he only has talked about it ... with the myriad of  executive orders he has signed, I don't see the rescinding of the tax among those orders, even though he keeps on bringing the subject up ad infinitum.

But overall, the speech was a good one.

Now, if his speech could really help my wife, my son and myself, that would be something to truly applaud.

But right now with my family and I, it is truly one hand clapping.