To continue my dental saga, I went for two fillings today. I'm not going to tell you how many cavities I have from not properly taking care of my teeth over the years, but I'll tell you that I'm getting dental work done every 2-3 weeks for the rest of my natural life. Then they may keep me on life support to continue (although hopefully by then they can lay off the Novocaine).
Anyhow, two fillings. Wouldn't be so bad (well, maybe it would -- who am I to judge?) except that they were my back bottom molars. Left side, biting surface. They shot me full of two syringes of Novocaine (my needle-phobic friends are cringing) and then it didn't numb enough so they did two more shots (now they are turning white and deciding to stop reading). Friends, it has been 2 1/2 hours since the shots and I believe I'm more numb now then I was then. I tried to drink some cold tea and I was afraid of dribbling it down the front of my shirt because it feels like I have a hole in my lip where the left side of my face used to be. Novocaine makes me shake, so I was sitting there with my hands clasped on my stomach trying not to shake while they shaved my teeth down and filled them back up with fake teeth. I feel a little sick to my stomach, and we've decided to go out for dinner tonight instead of tomorrow because I have a good coupon for Cody's. Woohoo for numb!
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