Toothache

Tuesday 13th of October

For the last few days Jackie has been complaining of jaw ache and on Monday night it got so bad she couldn't sleep - severe pain -
During the night I -
Found 3 dentists within a mile of the Marina on the web.
Found a flight home at 4 pm today - if we need it.
Found a ferry home on Friday if we need it.

I put together the plan -
At 9am ask the receptionist in the marina office, who speaks English, to ring the dentist and make an appointment.

It worked - the third one she tried could fit us in at 14.45 today - great.

We just rested on board all day then loaded the address into the iPad - Google maps - and found the place easily.

It was a small stone built building - not much like a dentist - but when we got inside - WOW.

The small reception area was very smart but no one there - after a minute or so the dentist came out mid way through an appointment - we were early.

We waited in a very posh waiting room for 10 minutes and then he called us into the clinic.
It was very modern - almost science fiction!!
The chair was light green and moved to a position ready for Jackie to sit down automatically.
It was surrounded by equipment that was all coordinated and included a computer screen suspended in mid air !!
He had a saddle type of stool in red.

He quickly understood the problem. - checked Jackies teeth - took two X-rays in a split second - the results were shown on the screen - job done WOW.

He moved to a black glass desk at the other side of the room that had designer everything!
He printed out a prescription for antibiotics and strong pain killers plus a form for us to reclaim the costs.
We expected it to cost an arm and a leg but we're very surprised when he asked fo just 23 Euros!
Amazing.
All done in 15 minutes - very slick.

We picked up the medication at the pharmacy again very reasonable 9 Euros.

The medication was slow to kick in but Jackie did manage some sleep on Tuesday night.

Mike and Jackie.