Amen to that! I had one done by an Army dentist who insisted than pain killer during the procedure was for pussies! Are you a pussy, Inigo? Uh, no sir, I guess not.
Inigo cried like a pussy, but the pain ended for good shortly after the procedure started. Yeah…I didn’t re-enlist.
But…was it safe?
Oh, I got sedated Monday for the wisdom teeth. Got the IV and the gas!
Bless the little dentist at Job Corps – she was young and terrified and inexperienced, and I didn’t really know any better. I think we were both traumatized after she yanked my molars and I nearly cracked the armrests on the chair from gripping down so hard.
Yup. That’s the stuff. It was horrid. Oil of clove, I believe. The packing hurt and it was disgusting, but I felt better very quickly. Can’t believe you can’t get in on an emergency to get that done. VERY PAINFUL!!
Jeez, now you’re scaring me away from my oral surgery appointment tomorrow. I have to have the remains of a two-year old root canal removed. I would have had a crown put in when the root canal was done, but at the time I did not have insurance and had to pay cash just for the damn root canal which took nine shots of Novocaine and I still felt every little drill and pinprick. All I can say is, thank Og for civil service insurance. I’m going to get every form of anesthesia that’s covered by my plan. I plan to float out of that office like Barney Rubble on laughing gas.
Oh, it was perfectly safe. I was the one who was in trouble. 