Yes my friends, a dental nightmare is how I would describe the state of my teeth. I have always had trouble with my teeth. I had cavities at a young age and have continued to have them into adulthood. To be honest, I am not sure I even a single tooth that doesn't have a filling in it.
Last week I started having pain in what I thought was one of my molars. This particular molar has a crown on it. Since my other teeth that have crowns have all required root canals. It was only natural for me to assume this was the case, right?
You can imagine my surprise when it turned out that it wasn't the crowned molar at all. As it turned out, it was the tooth right in front of it. Apparently the tooth that had a big ole filling in it all ready, had decay under the previously mentioned filling. Can you say fabulous??? That's exactly what I thinking!
As you can imagine, I was soooo excited when they said, "We can go ahead and take care of it today if you have time!" and of course I replied, "Why of course I do!". In all actuality I was thinking, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I hate going to the dentist. I am not really sure anyone loves to go to the dentist but I especially despise it. Why? Well, 8 out of 10 times that I grace the dental office with my presence, I end up having a cavity.
The dentist came in and began giving me shots. They hurt, they hurt a lot! Now I would love to tell you once I got the initial shots I felt nothing but unfortunately that wasn't the case. Oh hello kitty no! Nope, I had to get shot after shot after shot because it would not numb up. Finally after a zillion shots the dentist started to drill away at my old filling. It went well for awhile but then all of the sudden, I could feel it again! What in the Sam hill was going on???? Of course this meant, you guessed it, more shots!
Eventually I was completely numb, and the dentist was able to complete my filling. However, the right side of my face was so numb that I seriously looked like I had Bells Palsy and my face was completely swollen. I digress.
My mouth was numb for about four hours and now my tooth doesn't hurt at all but where I got all the shots hurts like no body's business.
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
