Oh, the dentist...
Yup, you guessed it...went to the dentist.
I had an 8am appointment for a filling (I chipped one of my front teeth somehow and had a decent sized hole in my tooth). I got there relatively early (I was riding my bike and misjudged time the good way) and no one was there, so I chilled outside with my bike and read. The dentist nearly took me out with his car and apologized profusely, it's all good.
So I get in there, do all the paperwork and they have me sit in "the chair". There are not too many things that just make me super nervous/anxious. For some reason, dentist chairs do it. I almost cried...and that was before the dentist came in. I figured if I scheduled an early enough appointment, I wouldn't be awake enough to be scared...guess not. So he got in there, prodded for a while and then started to drill. He did offer novacaine and laughing gas, but as I have no insurance and was footing the bill for the filling, I told him what I had budgeted for this and he said pain killers would put me over. So no pain killers.
At first it was okay, but after a while it hurt...bad...I didn't move, cause that would just make him stop, see if I was ok and then start all over. It's just easier for them and easier for me if I don't move. But there were tears going down my cheeks the whole time and after they were done drilling, the hygenist asked "Are you okay? You haven't made a sound, but it looks like you've been crying." I started sobbing...what a sap...argh, man, why can't I keep my emotions in check??
So they filled the tooth, it looks beautiful. While he was writing up my bill, the dentist tried to make small talk to calm me down a bit, it kinda worked, but I was really emotional this morning and cried most of the ride home...
So I looked a mess the rest of the day and I didn't want to talk about it with anyone cause I felt/feel embarrassed for some reason.
Now I get to go to bed...work at 7am...woo! No filling tomorrow...woo!
I had an 8am appointment for a filling (I chipped one of my front teeth somehow and had a decent sized hole in my tooth). I got there relatively early (I was riding my bike and misjudged time the good way) and no one was there, so I chilled outside with my bike and read. The dentist nearly took me out with his car and apologized profusely, it's all good.
So I get in there, do all the paperwork and they have me sit in "the chair". There are not too many things that just make me super nervous/anxious. For some reason, dentist chairs do it. I almost cried...and that was before the dentist came in. I figured if I scheduled an early enough appointment, I wouldn't be awake enough to be scared...guess not. So he got in there, prodded for a while and then started to drill. He did offer novacaine and laughing gas, but as I have no insurance and was footing the bill for the filling, I told him what I had budgeted for this and he said pain killers would put me over. So no pain killers.
At first it was okay, but after a while it hurt...bad...I didn't move, cause that would just make him stop, see if I was ok and then start all over. It's just easier for them and easier for me if I don't move. But there were tears going down my cheeks the whole time and after they were done drilling, the hygenist asked "Are you okay? You haven't made a sound, but it looks like you've been crying." I started sobbing...what a sap...argh, man, why can't I keep my emotions in check??
So they filled the tooth, it looks beautiful. While he was writing up my bill, the dentist tried to make small talk to calm me down a bit, it kinda worked, but I was really emotional this morning and cried most of the ride home...
So I looked a mess the rest of the day and I didn't want to talk about it with anyone cause I felt/feel embarrassed for some reason.
Now I get to go to bed...work at 7am...woo! No filling tomorrow...woo!