Root canal: update

[llcoolvad]

So the root canal was rather routine, really. If you've never had one, it's basically an elaborate filling, with a ton of drilling and many many odd tools, but no pain at all and nothing scary.  They numbed me up (I think it was three shots of whatever) very effectively, and I had zero pain afterward, too. They told me to take preventative Advil for 24 hours so I did that, but the only thing I felt at all was a tiny bit of jaw soreness from having my mouth propped open for an hour. I went right back to work after it was over, too.

The endodontist that did my tooth travels to my dentist's regular office on Saturdays, which is very convenient for me as my regular dentist's office is in Woburn, and her office is in Lexington. Saved me some driving, especially since I wanted to go during a work shift. She brought huge tackle boxes of tools, and she also brought her own assistant, too. They were extremely efficient, with the assistant anticipating everything the dentist needed and never screwing up, and all of it at breakneck speed.  Sometimes when I have a good medical experience I think I'd like to change careers and do something in the medical field. The pay is good, the work is unambiguous, it can be pretty satisfying I'm sure, and you aren't constantly waiting for some middle manager to decide to do something. 

On the other hand, I'm kind of a misanthrope. Probably be bad for me to be digging around in people's mouths trying to cure them when I don't really like them.

I go in on the 30th for the titanium post and another deep gum cleaning on that tooth, so that day may be a little more unpleasant. But overall, not too bad. I still am angry that it had to happen at all, but at least it wasn't a bad experience.  
 

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[jostajam.livejournal.com]

Aggggh... I'm glad it wasn't bad. I cried when I had mine.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's terrible! Was it recent? My mom says that they used to be pretty awful. I was pretty freaked out going in, because I'm very claustrophobic and the dental dam is iccky.

Sorry you had such a bad experience!