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corilannamRemember the guy on Alias, the small Asian man with the round glasses who likes torturing people by wrenching out their teeth in creative ways? He's apparently gone into private practice in Maryland, and today I got to play the role of Sydney Bristow this afternoon when I went in to find out why I was in constant agony from my back molar.
Turns out the thing had cracked right in half, necessitating its removal. The dentist (who did not change facial expression the entire time) asked me if I'd like to go ahead and do that now. Why no, said I, I was really just curious, and I'd much rather go home and savor the agony for a few more days.
No, actually, once I made sure he wasn't kidding, I said, yes, please, go ahead and do it now. So he squirted a very nasty-tasting liquid onto the tooth to numb the area and then went in with a crow bar.
Now, it might seem to those of you who have had, say, any kind of dental procedure at all, that a mild topical anaesthetic would not be sufficient for the extraction of an actual tooth. You would be correct, though the point seemed lost on my dentist until I started screaming. "Oh, you can feel that?" he says.
"Er, yes, sort of," I choke out.
So he squirts a little more nasty stuff on my gums, waits a few minutes, then goes in with the crowbar again. "You can still feel it?" he says when I scream again.
"Ayup," I say, and realize that I'm shaking and tears are running down my face, and remember why I've avoided dentists since I got my braces off when I was 14.
The third time wasn't much better, but I just squeezed my eyes shut and let him get on with it. The pain was pretty bad, but I think the worst part was the sound of the roots ripping out of the gum. Shudder.
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chelseafrew was there to soothe me and take me to shop for applesauce and mac 'n' cheese afterward. Now I've had a nap and comfort food and a two-year-old Vicodin, and I'm feeling much better as I chill out with Stargate Monday. The icon is in honor of the current episode, which marks the beginning of Thor's ongoing courtship of Jack O'Neill. The little grey guy is so cute when he comes a-wooin'.
Turns out the thing had cracked right in half, necessitating its removal. The dentist (who did not change facial expression the entire time) asked me if I'd like to go ahead and do that now. Why no, said I, I was really just curious, and I'd much rather go home and savor the agony for a few more days.
No, actually, once I made sure he wasn't kidding, I said, yes, please, go ahead and do it now. So he squirted a very nasty-tasting liquid onto the tooth to numb the area and then went in with a crow bar.
Now, it might seem to those of you who have had, say, any kind of dental procedure at all, that a mild topical anaesthetic would not be sufficient for the extraction of an actual tooth. You would be correct, though the point seemed lost on my dentist until I started screaming. "Oh, you can feel that?" he says.
"Er, yes, sort of," I choke out.
So he squirts a little more nasty stuff on my gums, waits a few minutes, then goes in with the crowbar again. "You can still feel it?" he says when I scream again.
"Ayup," I say, and realize that I'm shaking and tears are running down my face, and remember why I've avoided dentists since I got my braces off when I was 14.
The third time wasn't much better, but I just squeezed my eyes shut and let him get on with it. The pain was pretty bad, but I think the worst part was the sound of the roots ripping out of the gum. Shudder.
Fortunately,
chelseafrew was there to soothe me and take me to shop for applesauce and mac 'n' cheese afterward. Now I've had a nap and comfort food and a two-year-old Vicodin, and I'm feeling much better as I chill out with Stargate Monday. The icon is in honor of the current episode, which marks the beginning of Thor's ongoing courtship of Jack O'Neill. The little grey guy is so cute when he comes a-wooin'.
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