Today's the day...

In less than 2 hours, I will be in the dental chair mentally preparing myself to be toothless for the first time in 40 years. It's scary how excited I am over the prospect of losing all of my teeth, but I am because it will mean no more infections in my system (from the teeth anyway), or the absesses (sp?) that woke me up nights and made me look like a boxer who went 10 rounds and lost every damn one of them. Next week, hoping to be back at work with a new smile.