the good news and the good news....

ok, so.....i have been at the dentist for the past 2.5 hours....and although i cannot feel my tongue, close my lips completely around the edge of a glass.....i feel that the tragedy has come off better than expected....the gold crown could not be replaced because the tooth actually broke beneath it.....BUT the dentist was able to fill the place with amalgam unavailable when this crown was made...read this as on onlay...as the dentist told me that these are onlays not crowns...who knew.... and so....i got to keep the hunk of gold that came out of my mouth, and i now have a passable white filling.....and my insurance covered most of it.....which meant that my bill at the end was so surprisingly low that i almost started to argue the point.....but back to the gold....i now have quite a stash of old gold....from my original engagement ring that had to be replaced when i wore through the back with years of gardening.....at some point i might be able to use this used gold to have the citrine stone i bought awhile back set...hadn't even considered doing it while gold was at an all-time high...but if i have enough gold of my own i might be able to pull it off.....maybe if i lose another onlay.....just joking.....i'm babying what is left of these onlays......