February 21, 2002 :: 5:53 p.m.
put me out of my misery, please
Have you ever been in the video store, walking through the Horror section, and spotted a movie called
The Dentist? Yeah, well... I felt like I was in that movie today. Prior to this afternoon, I was quite certain that my dentist had sadistic tendencies. However, after today's horrible ordeal, I'm convinced that he's actually an escaped mental patient with a needle fetish. The fillings that he did today were on the bottom, which made no difference to me until I discovered that getting the novocain shots on the bottom hurts like a motherfucker. Apparently the needle has to go through muscle or some such thing, which is why it hurts more, but at the time all I knew was that fillings sans anesthetic would be preferable to what I was feeling. I was very much not expecting it, either, so when he gave me the first shot (yes, I got
two) I almost fell out of the chair. By the time that one was finished I was on the verge of tears, and when the second one came, I lost it. I haven't felt pain like that in a long time. When he finished I just sat there, shaking and crying, until the receptionist brought me tissues and a glass of water. My hands were so jittery that I spilled most of the water, though.
I do not deal well with pain. No, not at all. I especially do not enjoy waiting for an hour and a half for such torment to begin, which is how long I sat in the waiting room. And I have to go back! *cries* I hate that man.
*sigh* So the left side of my face is completely numb and the place where he gave me the shots still hurts. I've been laying bed since I got home, reading, because for some reason I keep tearing up and I don't want to do anything. I'm tempted to call Adam and see if I can go see him, but I'm sure he's got work to do so I probably won't bother.
back & forth
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