the dental update
12/14/04 ~ 2:08 p.m.
so, the dentist thing.
i wondered why i have such intese dentist anxiety, and i found out yesterday: i had to have them stop and give me more novacaine twice. TWICE!!! this means i feel terrible pain before stopping them. grrrrrrrrr. they promised next time they will numb the buhjeezus out of me, and they'd better.
i brought my walkman, and that was smart. i closed my eyes, listened to the music, and after i was numb enough, it was just uncomfortable and i could sort of ignore it.
it took over an hour, but when she was done, she said she did it. there is only a few millimeters of tooth in between the fill and the nerve, but she's pretty sure it won't turn into a root canal. so yay for that.
BUT...
then when i got hmoe, the numbness was wearing off and it was hurting. wah. so i took a vikadin. bad idea, because i got all woozy and it was hard to eat. i managed some bread and peanut butter, but i felt super ill if i moved at all. so i stayed on the couch with the OC. david heated me up some soup, and at about 9pm, i was finally not woozy. the tooth was still hurting, and i was freaked out that the fill didn't work.
i went to sleep. all night i dreamt about my tooth cracking in half and all sorts of crazy shit.
i woke up... still hurting. like, a lot. this is not a good sign, because the dentist said that if i feel pain a week or two after the fill, that will mean it didn't work. but it also could be because i had tons of metal tools attacking my mouth yesterday. my gums are a disaster zone back there.
came to work, had some ib profin at 8:30, and have just doing my work. now it's not hurting so bad. it's gradually getting better over the day, and only really hurts if i bite down hard. it may be because of the painkillers, but really, i took them 5 hours ago... so maybe it's just getting better on it's own?
i hope so!
and guess what? i get two more (albeit, less severe ones) done tomorrow at 9:10 am! oh joy!
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one year ago: no entry
two years ago: most likely, i'll lay around on my ass all day. and i will ENJOY IT.
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