Monday Jan 19, 2009 -- Dentist appointment with my orthodontist, the first of 11 dentist appointments I will have over the next 24 days to prepare for my treatment. I will have braces adjusted, then removed, retainers made, root canal checked, root canal redone, teeth cleaned, crown replaced and 7 old amalgam fillings replaced.

It turns out that radiation treatment to the jaw can lead to a condition similar to gangrene of the jawbone if any extractions need to be done during or shortly after radiation treatment so I was very motivated to squeeze probably 5 years of dental work into 3.5 weeks.