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been rubbing a bad charm

by Jen at 5:39 pm on 25.02.2008 | 5 Comments
filed under: mundane mayhem

i must have been really horrible in a former life.

it’s official: i do, in fact, need a root canal.

this news causes me no small amount of trepidation, and the whole time i was in the chair getting the bad news, all i could think was i wanted my dr. chessler.

the dentist have me 3 options: 1) dose myself on antibiotics and painkillers and postpone the inevitable 2) have a root canal (at a cost of £350) or 3) yank the tooth.

the fact that he even suggested just yanking the tooth kinda scared me. i like my teeth. i need them for chewing.

but the pain this weekend has been intense – excruciating electric pains that woke me in the night. so i found myself at the mercy of the drill, with more fun nerve excavation to come.

i think i’m gonna be sick.

pixies – gouge away

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    Comment by nikoline

    26.02.2008 @ 03:46 am

    gah! ja – they’re not, shall we say, a rockin’ time, but they are manageable. i have absolutely no threshold for pain and i survived one. and it cost $1800 as i recall, so….sending good and healing thoughts.

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    Comment by Jen

    26.02.2008 @ 07:45 am

    thanks for the good thoughts – i’m beginning to hate the dentist!

    and the first person who makes a joke about my sugar consumption in the comments will get a smackdown!!

  • 3

    Comment by Your Long- Lost Sister

    26.02.2008 @ 23:10 pm

    you think it has nothing to do with your sugar obsession that i am more than willing to contribute to? you be crazy. i ain’t a’scared of you. what are you going to do… not write to me.
    hahahahahahahaha!
    good luck. i miss melvin too.

  • 4

    Comment by Thomas Foolery

    26.02.2008 @ 23:13 pm

    Dude I think I found your long lost sister

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    Comment by Mum

    27.02.2008 @ 00:31 am

    Properly done, a root canal need not be painful!Unfortunately, they do take a while esp if you inherited my extra canals(4 instead of 3). But all I’ve ever needed for pain was ibuprophen. Good luck! And brush more freq after your candy binges.

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