I broke a tooth.
The tooth in question did not have the common courtesy to have a dainty chip that is easily repaired. Oh, hell no. The fucker collapsed from the inside, turing my mouth into a tiny replica of Carlsbad Caverns. And knowning my luck, I probably cracked the bastard a month ago and it slowly mined itself until one of the stalagtites glommed onto the soft pink flesh of my mouth and held on for dear life this afternoon.
This all happened after the dentist's office closed, natch.
Irony of ironies, I had decided this morning -- in passing -- to schedule a teeth cleaning when I A) remembered B) was near a telephone and C) not in the middle of a meeting, say.
Adam is doing his part in prepping me for the inevitable root canal by using the scary, drill-sounding attachment on the new vacuum cleaner, the idea being to clean the stairs AND desensitize me to the noise at the same time. And in a minute, I will open iTunes and build a soothing (but not too quiet) soundtrack for any and all dental work in my immediate future.
Y'all floss now.
The tooth in question did not have the common courtesy to have a dainty chip that is easily repaired. Oh, hell no. The fucker collapsed from the inside, turing my mouth into a tiny replica of Carlsbad Caverns. And knowning my luck, I probably cracked the bastard a month ago and it slowly mined itself until one of the stalagtites glommed onto the soft pink flesh of my mouth and held on for dear life this afternoon.
This all happened after the dentist's office closed, natch.
Irony of ironies, I had decided this morning -- in passing -- to schedule a teeth cleaning when I A) remembered B) was near a telephone and C) not in the middle of a meeting, say.
Adam is doing his part in prepping me for the inevitable root canal by using the scary, drill-sounding attachment on the new vacuum cleaner, the idea being to clean the stairs AND desensitize me to the noise at the same time. And in a minute, I will open iTunes and build a soothing (but not too quiet) soundtrack for any and all dental work in my immediate future.
Y'all floss now.
3 Comments:
Ahh, yes. Y'all should floss 'cause it helps a lot in keeping your teeth clean. Well, that's one good way of training yourself before going to the dentist. At least you're prepared for the sounds that you will hear once you sit down on the dentist's chair.
Preparing for the drills using the sound of a vacuum cleaner? That seems to be a good idea. Oh, and flossing's really going to help. It's hard at first, but you'll get good at it when you make sure that it's always in your everyday sched.
Preparing for the drills using the sound of a vacuum cleaner? That seems to be a good idea. Oh, and flossing's really going to help. It's hard at first, but you'll get good at it when you make sure that it's always in your everyday sched.
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