I Survived!!

I lived through my root canal and I'm here to tell you all about it.  LOL

This is probably going to be a quick one because work is killing me (especially since I wasn't here yesterday) but I did want to give an update, however short.

Supa took the day off yesterday so he could take me to my dentist appointment.   I had never had gas before and wasn't sure how I would be feeling.  I was a nervous wreck from the time I woke up until the time my Xanax started kicking in.  LOL.  I sure needed it. 

They took me back there, put the gas on my face and I was GONE!  I sure didn't know what planet I was on.  I could hear myself laughing but I couldn't control the laughing.  Hence the term "laughing gas".  I understand now, LMAO! 

They took the gas off when the dentist came in to give me the Novocaine shots but I was so far gone, I didn't really care what he was doing.  Then they let me sit there for a little while waiting for the Novocaine to numb my face up good (I almost fell completely asleep) and then he came in to do the root canal (which at that point, I mostly felt nothing since my face was all numbed up).  I heard a whole lot of gross, drilling noises and I smelt some stank burning smells but besides that, I was OK.  I still couldn't wait for it to be over. 

The worst parts of the whole thing were :

**The anticipation of what they were going to do (the unknown) - that's why I was SO worked up about it before I even got there and I had nervous stomach all morning.  "Nervous stomach" means, on the toilet, off the toilet, on the toilet, off the toilet.  Get me?

**The gas they gave me made me feel awesome, except for the fact that it made my "nervous stomach" turn into "pukey stomach".  I felt like I was going to hurl all over the place and that wasn't very fun.  Especially when someone has your mouth propped open and is digging around in there.  I had "pukey stomach" for a couple of hours afterwards which really pissed me off.  If I wouldn't have gotten gas at all, I would have probably felt much better.

Right before we leave, they tell me that I need to come back two more times before I would be finished.  WTF?!?!?!  Nobody mentioned that!  Oh, no! 

They said that the roots were so infected, they had to dig all the gross, infected stuff out of there and then pack the tooth with medicine (even though I've been taking antibiotics for two weeks) and then cover it back over with temporary cement to hold it in.  Next appointment, they have to clean it out again and then on the third appointment, they will put the post inside my tooth and fill it.  Then, I'll finally be finished. 

Wow, CRAZY bullshit all for one tooth! 

On that note, I have to give a huge shout out to one of my best friends, Red Lady!!  She listened to everything that makes me really afraid of the dentist, she analyzed if it was an important tooth to keep or not, she financially helped me decide what was best and most importantly, she gave me a gentle shove that I needed to face my fear head on.  I promise, if it wasn't for Red, I would have let that tooth either rot out of my face or I would have went and had it cut out so I didn't have to worry about it anymore.  Both bad decisions. 

Thanks again, Red!  Thank you for being there for me, shoving me when I needed to be shoved (most people are too scared to shove me), helping me decide to do what is right and take care of myself for a change, for understanding that my fear was not irrational and for taking me seriously.  You have officially graduated from being my work friend, to being one of my very best friends and as you know, those are kept to a bare minimum these days :)

I spent the rest of the day drugged up and in a fog.  Supa drove me around to run some errands that I usually do all by myself but yesterday, I needed help with.  :)  I did get to sleep for a while and that was nice. Red came over after work to check on me, eat dinner and exercise (yep, I still got my calorie burn in - no root canal is going to hold me down!).  We also watched our favorite show together and had a great time. 

Today, I'm busy so far.  Red and I have been plotting some really fun weekend plans so that we can spend some REAL time together (work doesn't count) so I'm going to hold everyone in suspense and make you wait until Monday to hear about our shenanigans.  :)

I'm going to sit here at my desk and try to not touch my face.  Yesterday, it felt like someone punched me in the jaw and today, it feels like someone punched me in the jaw yesterday so.....Hopefully I can make it all day long without drugging myself up again.  Lolly said she would drive me around on our lunch hour but then I have to get myself home. 

Fun, fun!

Slightly tortured yet still alive,

Apple