Well, I was back at the dentist AGAIN this morning, this time having 3 cavitites filled and oooohhh...It was so bad...SO BAD. It made getting 2 root canals last week seem like a walk in the park. Usually if I have a cavity I have just one and its not even a full fledged cavity- just a baby. But these suckers had planned to move into my teeth forever. And after today's experience, it made me never want to eat food again for risk of getting yet another one.

What I hated the most, aside from getting shots in my mouth and the wonderful smell of burning teeth, was that there were way too many things going on in my mouth at one time. The dentist kept going from high pitched dog whistle drill to low pitch brain shaking drill while the assistant had 3 tubes in my mouth: one drizzling water in, one vacuuming the water out, and one shooting air in. I kept half gagging because the suction tube was too close to the back of my throat, and water kept spilling out the side of my mouth and it was just horrendous. And I figure since my face is numb up to my EYES, I'm entitled to a little bit of whining.

But the topper was having to keep my mouth open for so long (probably 40-45 minutes total.) It just killed my jaw. The dentist kept giving me little 30 second breaks so I could close my mouth and rest because by the end of the procedure, my jaw was starting to shake.

All too much for 8 in the morning.

AND...I have to go back. In two weeks to get my root canals filled permanently. I think I'm just going to have my mail forwarded there since I'm practically living there now.

Waaaaaaa! My eye is numb!