Wednesday, wherein I wet my pants in stark fear

[ptownnyc]

OK, I'm a wuss. I know it

Comments

[gearjock]

Admitting it is the first step in allowing yourself to wallow in it....

[sfmini]

Lord, I'd have to scarf a handful of Xanax before walking in on that. I'd almost rather die, or at the very least just have the tooth pulled.

[ncsuj]

Fuck that bullshit. They would have to knock me out, or deal with my flailing arms and legs.

[geometrician]

When I was six I had an abscessed molar, my first (and really only) dental issue. It was a baby tooth, so really it should just have been pulled. The dentist, however, tried -- successfully -- to save the tooth. Envision six-year-old me sitting alone in the dentist's chair. The dentist came over to me and held the big metal syringe they used to use (you know the one) up in front of my face and said, "Do you want a shot for pain?" What a fucking asshole! You don't give little kids choices like that, and you certainly don't present them that way. Of course I said, "No way!" I literally screamed my way through the entire procedure of drilling out, cleaning, and packing the tooth. I can still remember every second of it. It really was torture. The dentist was a sadistic motherfucker. I could have used Stabby that day!

Most dentists today are quite different from this. But is it any wonder that people of our generation are fearful of dentists? You certainly don't need to feel like your fears are not meaningful. They are yours, after all.

[kristenred]

And I fully know and appreciate how insignificant and pathetic this is, while others among you are having serious issues to deal with.

Honey, dental surgery without good drugs is a SERIOUS, SERIOUS issue. I am completely sympathetic.