In 2010, 11 months before the 3100 mile run across the USA was due to start, I broke my ankle wile riding my bike coast to coast. It was a setback but, as you will know, it all worked out in the end.
Why am I mentioning this? Well, on a routine visit to the dentist for a polish and scale back in February, I had a routine X-ray taken. This revealed that one of my wisdom teeth was growing towards the adjacent tooth. Unfortunately, this was causing some decay in that tooth and action needed to be taken.
The dentist recommended that the wisdom tooth should be taken out at the earliest opportunity. That turned out to be May 2025! Thankfully, they were able to fit me in, last Thursday. I had the wisdom tooth removed and a temporary filling placed in the decaying tooth. It remains touch and go, as to whether it’s worth putting in a permanent filling or just removing the tooth altogether. I hope to make a decision and have a timeline for that next week. Thankfully, the dentist is aware of the up and coming run.
Bearing in mind that I’ve never had a filling before and only had 1 tooth removed when I was about 12 years old, this is quite daunting. And that’s even without the prospect of running 3200 miles in a foreign country!
Thankfully, I do love a bit of jeopardy or “mild peril” as I often refer to it as. I was reminded of the newspaper headline below with a photo of me in a hospital bed just hours after having pins inserted into my ankle.