The Dentist trip today........

[Starman]

Man what a day.

Been fighting this pain in two of my front teeth for over a month now. I had an abscess, and got some antibiotics for that. It calmed down, then flared up two teeth over last week.

So today root canal. No Biggie, had that done before, just takes longer.

Not Today. After the first 3 shots, while waiting for Tommy ( the dentist ) to come in, I told Paige, she better get him to give me more shots because I could tell the first 3 were not working.

He came back in, gave me 2 in the pallet, one more in front. ( this was one of my "two front teeth " . 6 shots so far.

He started drilling........Yeeeooooouch !!! , I bout' came out of the seat. 2 more shots with a stronger dose of whatever it is they use.

He starts drilling........Yeeeeeeeeouch !!! I bout came out of the seat a second time. Tommy said take a deep breath Paul and hold on.

That pallet shot (2) went deep. Dang, I felt it hurt the bridge of my nose.

He started drilling, exposing the root/nerve and once again: Yeeeeeeeeeeouch !!

So he said to hold on again, but this time he gave the shot directly in the root canal. And yes, it was uncomfortable !!

He is cleaning it out and I am hurting big time. Seems most canals require about a 20mm file, he had to use a 24mm long file and actually showed me some of the root/nerve he extracted. When it came loose, it sounded and felt like a big pop, but was smaller than pin head.

Needless to say, I am doped up. It is a wonder I can type at all. Glad I have spell check, coffee , and good dope !!

 

[Jaxfishgyd]

Look at the bright side, IF you have your front teeth, you do not qualify to live in Tenn........

 

[yachtsmanbill]

Hey Paul, My RX for you is three 750 ES Vicodins and an MGD. Thats one for the pain and two for fun. The MGD is just to was them horse pills down. Your typing is better than usual !! It'll only improov ws

 

[Freebird]

Look at the bright side, IF you have your front teeth, you do not qualify to live in Tenn........

We make exceptions for folks who show their expertise in skilled trades.

Sir Charles, climb down off that pole and head to TN with all your front teeth, then tell somebody that Charlie Daniels didn't know what he was talking about when he said the good Lord lives in TN.

I guarantee you after making that statement, you will qualify for citizenship!

 

[Freebird]

Dang, I ain't never seen a dentist whose office you had to go to by boat!

I've got a good dentist story (imagine that!) for you all. I went to mine one morning to have a cleaning. It was a deeper than normal cleaning so he smeared that jelly stuff on that makes your tongue go limp before he gives you a shot of novacaine.

He would normally go very slowly, but that morning he was overbooked and simply harpooned my lingual nerve! He said "oops". I'm like yeah, I'll show you oops you @#$%^&*! He apologize and asked if it felt like an electrical shock, I said yes, about 220V while bathing in the hot tub with copper underwear.

He was really a nice guy and always called me at home the evening of whatever he had done to me that day. When he called, I told him I was still numb, but he said it would just take a while.

That evening Michelle prepared a nice meal, but when I started eating it, something just wasn't quite right. I asked "honey, did you do something different with this stuff?". She said no, but truth is, I couldn't taste a damn thing. On top of that, my tongue felt like I had stuck it into a bowl of steaming hot soup!

The next day there was no change, nor the next or the next. I ended up going to a specialist for a "taste test". I could not differentiate sweet from sour or anything in between. I could take a piece of chocolate and run in from one side of my tongue to the other and taste everything from sweet to nothing to bitter!

After the test, the Dr. told me of a specialist in Atlanta who was a micro-surgeon. Problem is, that is not an exact science in this case, and he told me I may end up worse than I already was! I told him, thanks but no thanks, as it really made it easier not to have to pick stuff off pizza I didn't like.

You would think something like that might lead to weight loss, but I found myself eating more and more just trying to taste something! A few months later, my taste came back, for the most part. But it does vary from time to time and Coke still tastes bitter to me. I have gotten used to the pain, but if I stop and think about it, my tongue still hurts after all these years!

Dang it Paul, now you've got me to thinking about all this stuff and my tongue hurts!!!

 

[yachtsmanbill]

Youre the only guy I know that takes his laptop to their dentist so you dont miss getting a word in... maybe it'll start a new trend. For once the dentist will understand what youre saying !!
Tell us man; deep down inside you always craved copper danskies...They got a rechargeable 19 volt battery? Tell everyone its yer pager. Ya cant tell anyone down in Soddy Daisy its a cell phone; thats the only place I've ever been where cell service is non existent !! Ya gotta wait for the cell antenna to rotate just to get a connection. To keep this on topic though, I just dropped off the store boughts for service, and pickem back up in the morning. You can do neat things with gums, and not bite yer nails either. ws

 

[Freebird]

For once the dentist will understand what youre saying !!

Nah, that novacain even makes ME talk funny!

I've gone to hand signals and strategic hand holds!

 

[DeeRow]

... but truth is, I couldn't taste a damn thing...

I never thought that Crazybird would ever admit that he was tasteless, but here it is!

 

[yachtsmanbill]

TOUCHE' DADDIO, ws

 

[Freebird]

Who you callin' a touchy Daddio?