Getting a tooth pulled...

[hipmamajen]

I'm leaving in about 10 minutes.

I'm a wienie about dental stuff. I used to be brave, but then I had to get about Eleventy Billion Dollars (US) worth of stuff done, and now I get all clenchy just thinking about it.

This is a tooth that's already had a root canal and a crown, and there's a big old nasty abscess underneath it. The last time this happened, we found a cyst under the tooth when we pulled it. It was pretty disgusting, but kind of made it worth all the drama, even the dentist was a little shocked by it. So, I guess it wouldn't be awful to find something exciting this time, too. (What a sad little world I live in, that this is the sort of thing I look forward to. "Oooh, I hope the Dental Cyst Fairy left me something nasty!")

Anywho. Keep me in your thoughts. I'm hoping they pump me with enough novocain that I leave the office dragging one leg...

[Moderator]

(((Jen))) Sending positive vibes!

[Shasta]

Yikes! I need laughing gas just reading this!

Good luck!

[cat in a bag]

(((Jen)))

Positive thoughts!

[Neesy]

Yuck - I hate going there. Good luck with all that and I hope the pain subsides quickly. (Eww - dental work!) Take lots of meds when you get home and rest...

[Jojo87]

Good luck and positive vibes Jen.

[EAST COASTER]

Sympathy and good vibes to you. The last time I had to have a tooth pulled I upset the dentist by laughing while he was tugging and pulling, it took him ages and I was lucky that I couldn't feel anything, it just got me thinking about a Laurel and Hardy film. I hope I never have to go back to the same one, he might give me a smaller dose of novocaine next time in revenge for me laughing

[hipmamajen]

I'm back. Nothing disgusting (alas!) but they did give me nitrous. Which helped a lot because they had to drill IN MY JAW to get out a broken root. A lot. And stop to xray, then drill some more. You know it's bad when they keep cleaning up your face with wet gauze, I must have looked like Dexter...

I've never had nitrous before. I wish they'd sent me home with some. I tried to talk them into general anesthesia, but apparently they won't put you completely under at the dentist's office. So that was a nice compromise.

Now I just need to get the bleeding under control. Dang, how can vampires stand this stuff? Gah! Nothing hurts, they got me good and numb. They said it could be 10 hours. Yay me!

[Shasta]

I'm back. Nothing disgusting (alas!) but they did give me nitrous. Which helped a lot because they had to drill IN MY JAW to get out a broken root. A lot. And stop to xray, then drill some more. You know it's bad when they keep cleaning up your face with wet gauze, I must have looked like Dexter...

I've never had nitrous before. I wish they'd sent me home with some. I tried to talk them into general anesthesia, but apparently they won't put you completely under at the dentist's office. So that was a nice compromise.

Now I just need to get the bleeding under control. Dang, how can vampires stand this stuff? Gah! Nothing hurts, they got me good and numb. They said it could be 10 hours. Yay me!

*gag*

[GNTLGNT]

I'm back. Nothing disgusting (alas!) but they did give me nitrous. Which helped a lot because they had to drill IN MY JAW to get out a broken root. A lot. And stop to xray, then drill some more. You know it's bad when they keep cleaning up your face with wet gauze, I must have looked like Dexter...

I've never had nitrous before. I wish they'd sent me home with some. I tried to talk them into general anesthesia, but apparently they won't put you completely under at the dentist's office. So that was a nice compromise.

Now I just need to get the bleeding under control. Dang, how can vampires stand this stuff? Gah! Nothing hurts, they got me good and numb. They said it could be 10 hours. Yay me!

...shoulda sent you home with one of them curlique spit suckin' things that try to rip the lining of your cheek out or pull your lip into zoo animal shapes.......anyway, your plight made me think of "Bill Cosby goes to the Dentist"...it'll takes your mind of things for a few minutes...