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but you really have to:
1. have a great job with great benefits to take care of them
2. and/or have lots of money to make repairs that you need
fortunately, this is my first root canal. a cracked filling ignored for too long inevitably results in having to have this procedure. so, i spent this afternoon in a humiliating position, kind of feeling like jamie kennedy when he disguises himself as a slobbering old man with his mouth wired open...
(not pretty)
after the numbing...(i played comfortably numb in my head)...came the drilling.
the noise, itself, is painful. have to wonder if it triggers pain receptors in the brain. anyhow, after all the tear wiping, the humbling procedure, and paying the bill with my tail between my legs, i made the miserable walk to the busstop in pouring rain. i checked the side of my mouth every now and then to make sure i wasn't drooling.
waited 25 minutes for the pharmacy to fill my prescription and commenced with the miserable walk home in the rain. of course i wasn't able to eat lunch before my appointment, so...there i was, curled up on the couch, wrapped in a comforter because it's freakin' fall crappy rainy weather-like outside, trying to mush pieces of banana in my mouth. now there was a pathetic sight to behold.
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the moral of the story?
never get a freakin' root canal...
no, no...just kidding. take the hell care of your teeth. preventive care is always cheaper and less damned painful.
i vowed to the receptionist that this would be my last root canal.
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now...for that codeine...
ciaoUCH!