I have to go to the dentist when I finish work in minus 2 hours and have a back tooth pulled...
I should stop griping because it's a tooth not a limb...
...but I won't, especially as when the tooth was filled a few months back the dentist didn't give me enough Novacaine and it hurt, hurt, hurt. And in case the tooth fairy reads my blog, I'd like chocolate coins please, dude.
And for those who don't subscribe to Daily Science Fiction (and thus didn't receive the email containing my story last week), you can now read Exit Stage Life online. Or maybe read, This Always Happens Here by Richard Larson, because it's awesome and has snow globes.
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Yikes. Good luck this after, Cate. A small consolation is that you can channel it into one of your stories.
Ouch. Teeth pulling is true horror. I had poor enamel on my "baby" teeth, and had most of them yanked by a dentist who didn't believe in painkillers.
(Lovely story, by the way. You know how I feel about extra doors.)
Thanks, Deborah. Luckily it was a different dentist this time and she was lovely.
That's sadistic, Aaron.
I hope you're home and mellowed out on chocolate-flavored painkillers by now. I've had two teeth pulled in the past and it's always horrible. Speedy recovery to you!
Sadistic, but it explains my pension for horrible things...
Hope you're okay today. I've never had a tooth out but I imagine it's not a pleasant experience (some good ol' British understatement for ya there).
Cate,
Hope it went well. And yeah, loved that snow globe story. Oh, and my copy of Full Fathom Forty came today! Looking forward to House of Snowflakes ...
I'm cringing at the thought of the pulled tooth...perhaps it's best consicered as research for a scene in a horror story you're working on (though it would be hard to beat that scene in that Dustin Hoffman movie...)
I may never eat chocolate again, Kate
It's bloody awful, Mike. And, I know have a hit list full of people who said it was easy, you won't even notice it etc etc... Man are they in for a heap of woe.
Thanks, Simon
Me too, Alan
Sorry about the doc -- dentists are the devil, clearly.
But I did love the story. Both as a metaphor and as, well, what it is. Gave me that jolt in my middle.
I don't mind receiving anesthesia during a tooth extraction. Most of the pain associated with an injection is related to the location where the shot is given and not to the needle.
You weren't given Novacaine probably because your body (or gums) react badly to it.
No pain, no gain. Oral health is important! Better deal with the pain now than pay with a more serious inflammation or disease later.
You should drink pain medications over the counter prescribed by the dentist to reduce the tooth ache.
Good luck with that. I suggest you stay away from cold foods and drinks to lessen the pain.
Analgesic can be good at times to lessen the pain, but not always advised.
It is unfortunate that the tooth that was just worked upon months before is the same one that has to be removed now. Thanks for recommending Exit Stage Life, It was a great read!
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You should try other herbal methods to alleviate the pain.
I hope you are all right. You can use medicines too to alleviate the pain.
You should also try some relaxation techniques to alleviate pain. They will divert your attention and let your forget the pain you feel.
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