Thursday 12th June 2014: Local Time 10.40am
Ask any child growing up in Mutare, Zimbabwe, in and around the '70's and almost all of them were traumatised by going to the dentist. I won't mention names but the dentist's name rhymed with "kill-em" and that's what we used to call him. Even driving past the building gave me the shivers and up until this trip those innate fears continued to haunt me.
So you can imagine my dread when I decided to take advantage of the the dental services here at Krishna Shalby and have my teeth checked.
Naturally, after a gap of 14 years since last visiting the dentist, I plucked up the courage and humbly shuffled down the the dental surgery.
Considering the time gap, my teeth were not too bad, two fillings needed and root canal and crown. I have just finished my fourth and final session and all is good. So I have to take my hat off to Dr. Namrata Babariya. Everything I feared, dreaded and remembered about visiting the dentist had completely disappeared. Even the painful root canal was not as bad as I imagined.
Other news (I suppose I can't make this all about me) is that Allan's sore on his leg has stopped seeping and all the doctors and happy. Eric and Allan are both slowly moving around and have to get their muscles used to walking unaided again. It's the calves that are having to do some work after a long time on vacation
Ask any child growing up in Mutare, Zimbabwe, in and around the '70's and almost all of them were traumatised by going to the dentist. I won't mention names but the dentist's name rhymed with "kill-em" and that's what we used to call him. Even driving past the building gave me the shivers and up until this trip those innate fears continued to haunt me.
So you can imagine my dread when I decided to take advantage of the the dental services here at Krishna Shalby and have my teeth checked.
Naturally, after a gap of 14 years since last visiting the dentist, I plucked up the courage and humbly shuffled down the the dental surgery.
Considering the time gap, my teeth were not too bad, two fillings needed and root canal and crown. I have just finished my fourth and final session and all is good. So I have to take my hat off to Dr. Namrata Babariya. Everything I feared, dreaded and remembered about visiting the dentist had completely disappeared. Even the painful root canal was not as bad as I imagined.
Other news (I suppose I can't make this all about me) is that Allan's sore on his leg has stopped seeping and all the doctors and happy. Eric and Allan are both slowly moving around and have to get their muscles used to walking unaided again. It's the calves that are having to do some work after a long time on vacation
Well, so glad that you can smile again Markus. Wow, Bulawayo won't quite know what to do with three dashing men literally racing around and two of them with HUGE smiles on their dials!!
ReplyDeleteWe also will be smiling (not such big show off smiles) of course, to have you all back again.
Doris x