We came back to Thailand this June for more dental work. We left on the 4th and arrived on the 6th after crossing the dateline. My first dental appointment was the 7th for evaluation. Neil came in with me to see the dentist so he could help me make decisions. I came to get implants but I also knew I would need other work. The dentist found that the cap on my front tooth has been causing my lower front teeth to loosen up. We’re going to do the work of replacing the caps on my teeth, I guess the proper word is crowns. This is something I’ve needed for years.

Saturday I went in for a deep cleaning where they numbed my whole mouth in phases and got the plaque off of the teeth under the gums. I thought I would be really sore for a couple days but I was eating more than soup by the next morning and it hasn’t bother me at all.

My next appointment will be on Wednesday when they take off the old crowns and get my other teeth ready for new crowns. Then Friday will be the implant surgery and following Wednesday I will have the permanent crowns put on.

Neil booked us into the lovely Chatrium Hotel that has a river view with a balcony. It’s a one bedroom suite that even includes a kitchen although we haven’t used it yet except for the fridge. 😁 We figured we’d be spending time in the room for my recovery after of the dental surgery and wanted a nice place. It’s also very hot in Bangkok right now so we haven’t been going out much midday, choosing instead to enjoy time on our balcony.

I’m actually sitting by the pool as I write. From our room Neil took a couple of pictures of me on the recliner under the umbrella. Although they’ve been saying that it was going to rain every day, today looks like the first day we might get some. At breakfast this morning, the staff were hustling about bringing in all the cushions from the outside chairs, and at the pool just now, they took in all the rolled towels from the chairs. Still no rain yet.

Breakfast is included with our room and it is a huge buffet with Asian, Indian, Western (American and European) choices. It has a large fruit bar and wonderful bread and pastry selection. Three fresh juices are available each day and two fancy coffee machines that stay busy.

Watching the river from our bedroom and balcony, we see huge barges being towed up and down the river, water taxi boats, and the smaller personal long tail boats. But at night, large brightly lit party boats with loud music start cruising up and down the river from sunset till after 9:00. We open our window and sliding door for fresh air and can hear the music clearly all the way up in our room on the 11th floor. The first few nights nothing bothered us because we were so tired, but we are finally adjusting to the time zone and able to stay up a little bit later. We venture out for dinner each evening and have found an Indian restaurant a block away we really enjoy.