Mouthing off, but not in the fun way

[resonant]

Root canal was today. The plan of listening to books on the iPod fell through -- the process is just noisy enough to drown out key bits of plot -- but I was happy to have my music with me.

They put a waterproof thing in my mouth to isolate the area they were working on, presumably so that I wouldn't get little fragments of tooth all over my tongue. I haven't had a mouthful of latex since I was single. The flavor has not improved any.*

It was a little unnerving to see smoke curling up out of my mouth, but it wasn't actually painful. Yet. Ask me when the numbness wears off. For the moment I'm more troubled by drool than anything else.

* I said this to the spouse when I got home and he stopped dead in his tracks with shock. Then he said, "I started to ask you, 'What kind of debauchery were you getting up to, anyway?' and then I remembered that you were getting up to it with me."

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Also, randomly: Our local newspaper's headline about Harriet Miers' appointment said: "Female appointed to Supreme Court."

This is either an appallingly bad headline, or a very good one, in that they've pinpointed her one and only qualification.

Comments

[kupukello.livejournal.com]

I haven't had a mouthful of latex since I was single. The flavor has not improved any.

Thank you for the best laugh for today!!!

Drool away, and I hope tomorrow isn't too painful for you ♥

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Hee -- a good joke made the whole experience almost worth it.

[tehomet.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I've had root canal treatment. Codeine-based painkillers are your friends for the first evening, but really by the next day you shouldn't be bothered by it. I hope it gets well soon.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

The people here were very reassuring, so I didn't go into the whole thing scared out of my wits. I don't know how I got along before the internet.

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

That's a great line about the latex!

I had a root canal four months ago (I can remember this because my baby was 2 weeks old at the time and she's 4 1/2 months now:)) and I don't remember really taking much for it after. Like some Advil for a little while sufficed.

The trouble for me is the ligaments are still sore:( Happily, the shooting pain is now gone and when I went to get the crown filled, I didn't need novacaine which made me insanely happy. Hope the recovery goes smoothly.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear, still? That's awful. (And it must have been hell to have a root canal while still in the stoned-with-recent-childbirth period. I had my gallbladder out at about the same time postpartum, and I remember it all like a particularly vivid hallucination.)

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Well, actually, after getting your reply I realized that it has calmed down a lot. I am a serious grinder, so that ligament issue was going to take a long time anyway.

It was actually a perfect time to have the root canal done as the baby was super mellow and not needing to nurse all the time at that point. I had a natural blissed out high from my first birth, but the second time around I missed out on all that stuff. The labor was 3 hours from start to finish and I never got to the "zone". But I only pushed for 10 minutes this time, so it was totally worth it:) And I had her at home. Even more worth it. I feel like such a rebel when I say that.

[ecaterin.livejournal.com]

Whee! Homebirth is awesome :)

Root canals, however, give me the heebie jeebies! My 8yo goes in for a half-crown in a couple of weeks - give me the gas, please!

em, homebirthed 2 sons 7lb13oz and 9lb11oz :D

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Oh my! The root canal was waaaaay better than the crown I got. I don't know what a half crown is, but I got a crown a few years back (the tooth that had the root canal actually) and it was horrifyingly terrible. I'd rather be pregnant and that says a lot!

Go you on your homebirths! The part I love best about homebirth is that right after you've had your baby, you're at home:) (And no being in the car while you're in labor either...)

[jain]

I said this to the spouse when I got home and he stopped dead in his tracks with shock. Then he said, "I started to ask you, 'What kind of debauchery were you getting up to, anyway?' and then I remembered that you were getting up to it with me."

That is so freaking sweet!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

It's kind of sad, though -- however much debauchery we had, it led to picking up after a small child in suburban Bovineville. Oh, well, I was always too introverted to be a true pervert.

[ecaterin.livejournal.com]

LOL! Doesn't most debauchery eventually lead to wee humans? Or did they teach us that incorrectly in school?

glad the root canal was painless!

[venivincere]

This is either an appallingly bad headline, or a very good one, in that they've pinpointed her one and only qualification.

Likely, the latter. Sadly.

I hope you don't encounter too much pain when the numbness wears off.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I suspect the newspaper was being stupid rather than smart; the spouse works there, so I know some of these people. (When John Lennon was killed, they put a three-paragraph brief on an inside page, with the headline, "Musician Shot.")

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

*has laugh attack about the line 'And then I rememberd you were having it with me'*

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Yeah, neither of us has much of a past that the other wasn't involved in.

On the one hand, this means that I always score embarrassingly angelic on those purity tests. On the other hand, it really limits my susceptibility to blackmail.

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

The dam is good for keeping bad tastes out of your mouth, but it's actually for keeping the open root as sterile as possible, so all the drool and potentially germ-carrying breath from you is eliminated. It's also the reason for the cauterization, though that also melts the gutta percha that is used to fill the innermost recesses of the evacuated root.

I've had like... 8 or so root canals, enough that I've really lost count, and my dentist is happy to answer questions. She'll in fact narrate the entire procedure of whatever she's working on. I think she's happy to have an involved audience. :-)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Well, I remember reading that the mouth is a horribly germy place, so I suppose it's not surprising.

You

[wolfdancer.livejournal.com]

owe me a large moute full ofe rate good and hot coffee. that I lucky did not spew on the PC or the Keys or the Parrot about your husbands coments and reactions. ROFL!
I so need to get out more. Hugs and love and hope no pain.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

[giggling]

... um, parrot? You've got a parrot on your computer desk?

Yes,

[wolfdancer.livejournal.com]

I have a nanday. He is my parrot. Were dose a 5 oz bird with a very sharp beak hang out?
Any place he wants to.

[copracat]

Pardon me for a minute while I love on Mr Res. Hee hee hee!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

He's profoundly eccentric. I like that in a man.

[gemino.livejournal.com]

my second job is at a dental office, and that is the first time i have ever heard that latex comment. i dont' think i'll be looking anyone in the eye for a while. oh, and that wasn't smoke, dearie, that was just 'tooth dust'. the friction makes it smell like smoke, but it's just tiny fragments that aren't being zipped up by the high velocity (it's like the tube that sucks up your spit, but a heck of a lot stronger).

" he said, "I started to ask you, 'What kind of debauchery were you getting up to, anyway?' and then I remembered that you were getting up to it with me." " too cute. i wish my updates were as entertaining.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I noticed that spit-sucking tube! Every now and then it would touch my tongue for a split-second, feeling just like when you put your tongue on something that's way too cold and are afraid for a second that you won't be able to get it loose.

[gemino.livejournal.com]

oh, hah, yeah. every time it touches my tongue i giggle, and the hygienist rolls her eyes. it just makes the oddest noise. if your tongue had gotten caught in the high velocity, you would have known it. they are very careful with that one, so that you don't have to feel worried when you're doing a restoration (filling) appointment.

[spring-1970.livejournal.com]

I remember when I smelled the smoke during my root canal that I freaked. And the plastic mouth condom? My god, how hideous. All I could think was, "Why in the world do they keep people awake for this instead of knocking them out?!"

The ipod idea was a good one, though. Music would have helped me. Or a valium the size of a pudding pop. Either or. :)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I was really scared when they first put the latex thing in my mouth -- due to allergies, I can't reliably breathe through my nose, and I have a not altogether rational horror of suffocation. It turned out to be just fine as long as I didn't think about it, which is where the music came in very handy.

I considered asking for sedation, but I had that when I had my wisdom teeth out, and I had no trouble from the teeth but some fairly unpleasant trouble from the sedation. So I figured I could be brave in the interest of sparing my body any unnecessary trauma.

[socky-puppet.livejournal.com]

-poke- Transfigurations rocks. Best H/D I've read in ages. Sorry for the OT, but hey.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks! Glad you liked it.

[gemino.livejournal.com]

I haven't read that one in ages thanks for OT-ing, I'm going to go and find it again. *sigh* what would we do without resonant, eh?