Dentist

Well, I finally went to a dentist last night. I haven't been to one in 5 years. We don't have insurance and have to pay out of pocket. The ladies I workout with and have lunch with on Tuesday's, well one, Sue, her husband is a dentist. His name is Mike. Mike ordered firewood from Chuck and got 4 cords. Chuck told me to take that money and get my teeth fixed. I have many that hurt, most all the ones in the back.

I got there at 5:45 and he worked on one tooth till 7:30!! Needless to say it was pretty bad. He had to drill behind it, in front of it and on top of it!! It had a pretty deep cavity. I the other two teeth in front of that one had cavities too but that will be another day. I go back on the 4th to have more done. I will get X-Rays and really see how many teeth need done. My guess is, all of them! My teeth are so bad!!! Mike said next time I come we need to talk about sugar LOL!! Okay, I drink to much soda and all that sugar sitting on my teeth isn't good!

He numbed the area where he gave the shot but I still cried, SIGH!! Big baby. Not bad, but I had tears running down my cheeks. He asked if I wanted a tissue and I'm like, "No, I'm fine." LOL!!

No, before I went in, I flossed and brushed my teeth really good. Half way through drilling that tooth he said, "What's this?" OH MY GOD!! I was so embarrassed!! He pulled out a rather big piece of pork!!! I could have just died!!! He said chicken? I said no, pork. I said I was so sorry and that I flossed and brushed really good after dinner but he said it wouldn't have matter I would have never gotten it. I guess I had a whole back there it got shoved into. I have to see this man almost every day at the gym and I will keep thinking of the pork he pulled out of my teeth LOL!!

Ever since I had my wisdom teeth out, keeping my mouth wide open even for 5 minutes hurts my jaw pretty bad. This is the first dentist that let me keep my mouth partway closed so I didn't have to keep my mouth wide open the whole time. I would have never made it for an hour an a half of that. Even now my jaw hurts but not as bad as it would have. Other dentists have made me keep my mouth wide open and if I couldn't they would put something in there to make it stay open. :(

The noise of the drill really bothered me though. Noise bothers me and this one was awful. I gripped the chair and curled my toes. My whole body hurt from that high pitched whine!! So, I'm wondering if Mike won't mind if next time I come if I wear Chuck's ear muffs he wears in the woods, you know that orange kind? LOL!! I would look funny but I wouldn't be so uncomfortable LOL!! I bet I would be the only patient he's had that wears ear muffs in the chair LOL!! Chuck said to just bring them back to the job when I was done.

Well, just having that tooth done with an X-Ray was $198.00. I don't think the money the pay us for firewood will fix my whole mouth. I told Mike we were using his firewood money to pay for my teeth and he said "Oh no, how many years worth do I have to buy?" LOL!! I'll get what I can done and get the worst ones taken care of. He could tell I had braces because of the way my back teeth are just awful. That and sugar LOL!

When I finally got home, I was telling Chuck how Mike said we would talk about sugar next time I went it and I walked into the bedroom and found a single red rose and a HUGE chocolate bar on the bed LOL!!!!!!!!! I laughed and said I'll have to keep the chocolate a secret from Mike! Chuck said he knew how I didn't like dentists and was usually in pain when I came home and he thought that would cheer me up!! So sweet!!!! I ate half the bar today :).