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But I am nervous.<\/p>\n
Not because of cavities or X-rays or even that too-pointy scraper.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m nervous because I haven\u2019t had to make that tricky transfer into the dental exam chair since Dan\u2019s hernia surgery earlier this year (we\u2019ve been navigating it for months now<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n What once was routine now feels like a really big deal.<\/p>\n Dan is almost fully recovered. We\u2019re getting back into our regular, day-to-day life. But something about this transfer is getting in my head.<\/p>\n This transfer requires a lot from both of us.<\/p>\n Timing. Strength. Trust. My legs cooperating. His body holding up. Both of us remembering how we used to do this without thinking.<\/p>\n Now we are thinking. About everything.<\/p>\n In my mind, the space suddenly feels smaller than it used to. My power wheelchair seems bigger, like it takes up more room than before.<\/p>\n My hygienist, Jodie, and my dentist, Dr. Bever, both run such efficient schedules. It feels like there\u2019s no room (figuratively or literally) for a botched transfer. Yet hesitation is exactly what I feel.<\/p>\n Because Dan and I are out of practice.<\/p>\n Out of shape, too, if I\u2019m being honest. Deconditioned in ways that don\u2019t show up on the surface but make themselves known in moments like this.<\/p>\n Like my sore, cranky right knee. It is sore from sitting in a wheelchair for the past 24 years, but the soreness was exacerbated by my inactivity and lack of standing while Dan recovered. My knee seems to ache at the worst possible times, adding one more layer of uncertainty to something that already feels like a careful balancing act.<\/p>\n Ugh.<\/p>\n I know we can do this. We\u2019ve done harder things. So many harder things.<\/p>\n But that doesn\u2019t stop the nerves from creeping in anyway.<\/p>\n Because sometimes it\u2019s not the big, dramatic challenges that shake you.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the small, everyday moments that suddenly aren\u2019t so small anymore.<\/p>\n And tomorrow, we\u2019ll figure it out. Like we always do.<\/p>\n The post This routine dentist appointment should be easy<\/a> appeared first on A Couple Takes on MS<\/a>.<\/p>\n