A CHANCE ENCOUNTER
A Stranger on My Flight Cured My Insomnia For Good
I’m indebted to him even though I don’t know his name
You never know when a stranger will come along and change your life. As I boarded my flight from San Diego to Seattle, I had no idea I’d disembark a changed woman.
I was in the aisle seat, face deep in my book to ward off attempts at conversation. As we took off, Window and Middle discovered they were both dentists, quite a coincidence when you consider how seldom you randomly meet a dentist. They got along like toothpaste and mouthwash, talking oral health for hours and even competing at sudoku.
While I flipped pages I had one ear on their conversation so I didn’t miss anything interesting. Window was in his mid-thirties and passionate about holistic health, as in treating the body as one entity rather than a host of individual parts. Hallelujah, I thought. Now if the medical system would better support that common sense strategy.
After elaborating on his beliefs, he got my attention when he boldly proclaimed to Middle “We could change the health outcomes of this country if more people knew about mouth-taping.”
I’d heard about mouth-taping before. It’s exactly what it sounds like — applying breathable surgical…
