A root canal AND rotator cuff surgery? Lucky me.

My dentist's office called after a routine cleaning and x-ray. Could I, they wondered, come back? Tomorrow. I got the sense that if I said, "I can rush over right now," they'd reply. "Good, hurry." It was a matter of tone. The news was bad. An enormous cavity, growing hidden beside my upper right wisdom tooth. Maybe even invading the jaw bone. Requiring a root canal and crown. I'd probably lose the wisdom tooth too. "I like how you're so grim," I told the dentist, after he explained the…