Darlene

I got a call from Darlene, she was on her way to get her dental work done.  Keep her in your thoughts.  I hope it is painless and that she gets plenty of pain meds. 

she driving herself or are they putting her out for it? i'm a wuss about my teeth!

thx!

ouch!!!! hate dentist work....hope she has as painless time of it as she can.

Good luck to Darlene, hope your visit to the dentist is pain-free.

I just got back. OMG!!!! what a place.....have you ever seen the movie The Dentist? if you have you would never go....but I had too...

First you fill out the forms, then they take the panoramic view x-ray, then you go back out front. Now it's video time...hello? video, oh I have to watch a video on the consent form I just signed? shouldn't I have watched it first? then, back out front...

Now, it's my turn, go sit in the lounge chair....doctor comes in...you ever seen a picture of Einstein? this could be his twin even with the Fro....white hair fro....ok, lets see what we have here, open up.....bam, goes the shot,,,,holy ****not gentle, then he does two more same tooth....hello, what happened to warnings and kindness? then same thing for other side.....I wanted to hit him.....but I need these teeth out....

Ok, let that sit for 15 mins then I'll come back in and check you....during my 15 mins...the guy in the room next door is screaming...I mean hollering loud....and each time a bit louder....I'm thinking I'm in a world of crap here if I'm not numbed enough it appears they don't care....on the last really loud scream the dentist says, ok, it's out....you can go now....

Now my 15 mins are up, he comes back in, girl comes with him....he asks for the saddle horn, so he starts poking at the tooth, yes I can still feel it so I'm thinking more numbing stuff, wrong.....he pokes around, then asks for the cow horn....starts pulling on the tooth, no go, it's starts breaking, ok, give me the bird beak......ya la, the bird beak did the trick....needless to say, the same thing for the other side.....took total of 20 mins from time I sat  in chair to time I left......it was like a production line.......

Got two scripts, one for penicillin, which I can't take, and one for vicodan, which I will take one shortly.....

The drive home was ok, traffic in Fresno wasn't bad yet....5 o'clock it's like Los Angeles....

So here I am, numbness wearing off and I can sure feel what's happening....

Thanks for all the kind thoughts that were thrown at me.....oh, he says, look at your xray, your bone is going away......no kidding.....lol

Girl, your guy sounds like a sadist.  At least my dentist will talk to me for a minute, warn me about the shot, and if it doesn't numb, he will either shoot it again or give me gas.  You poor thing.  Was there infection?

he said yes in both teeth, Gave me Penicillin.....but guess who can't take that......they didn't even take my b/p even though I told them it was high.....(232/114 last week).

I am so swollen and sore today and I am the main hone answerer.....maybe they will send me home....

I know you know this but make sure you stay hydrated. 

Oh Darlene, it sounds horrible! Did you ever go to this guy before? Sounds like no, and probably not again, huh? I love my dentist, two guys I've seen in the office and the most gentle dentists I've ever been with (otherwise, I'd be out of there ... because I was a screamer as a child at the dentist with a really bad one).

Hope the vicodin works for you. Take it before the pain gets really bad (I know you know the spiel).

Sorry you had to go through this. Dental work is a real pain, literally. Hope you were able to rest and the vicodin brought you some relief.

This was oral surgeon. My dentist doesn't pull teeth. Most of them here don't pull them we are sent to oral surgeons. This is the only one in my benefits book...and yes I'll have to go back as I have one tooth in front loose....