I had a dentist appointment this morning.
I thought I was just doing the routine cleaning thing.
I was tricked.
I got there and they started talking about shots in my mouth and where they were going to drill. Then they had me sign some kind of release form.
I've never had a cavity before. I hate needles.
I threw a tantrum, complete with panicked text messages to my mom (she called the front desk, wondering what was going on).
In preparation, I had novacaine, headphones (I chose the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack), laughing gas, paraphin treatment on my hands, and several magazines to look through. Oprah was especially helpful.
Then the dentist got there, took one look at me and started laughing. She said she just needed to repair some sealants and that shots wouldn't be necessary.
Crisis averted. (Dentist assistants are the devil.)
By then, though, I was high as a kite from the nitrous oxide...and sitting there with novacaine-treated q-tips sticking out of my mouth, looking like a walrus at a spa. And I couldn't stop laughing.
At least I can still say I've never had a cavity...
6 comments:
paraphin treatment on your hands and headphones? The best I have ever been offered is the laughing gas. I want to go to your dentist.
O Brother, Where Art Thou rocks! What's your favorite track? We have the movie, the soundtrack, and - my favorite - the Down from the Mountain concert on DVD. (We like what we like!)
Wow, that reminds me. I have to see the dentist. Novacaine, parafin, headphones, nitrous oxide? They have those at the dentists' office? I had my cavity filled with none of that. Maybe I'm just nuts.
Wlarus at a SPA!! bwhahaha!
I guess we've proceeded past the, "bite on this" days for pain control, but not past the "get all your medical care in between semesters while you are at home" days. Remember them well, I do.
I've been at the dentist every 2 weeks for the last 2 months. It is such a joy! And, I had to get novacaine one of those times. I couldn't feel my face for over 4 hours!
Enjoy the holidays Su!
I had a dentist (Navy) hit me with a Novacaine shot without telling me, once. It was only with great discipline and lots of praying ("Please don't let me hit that captain, please let me relax my hand) that I refrained from clocking him right then and there.
When he was done I asked if it was standard practice to give novacaine without asking the patient. He said, "Well, we were repairing a filling and might have hit a nerve." I pointed out that none of the work done previously had been done with novacaine.
He was shocked.
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