Every time I tried to swallow I would gag on my tonsils, but my only other option was to drool instead.
My numb tongue felt fat and swollen. When I spoke I slurred my words similar to an uncle that liked to polish off a bottle of Gin discretely in the back bathroom at Christmas.
The left side of my face was asleep, and when I smiled I resembled a stroke victim. My teeth were big and the inside of my cheek was bleeding.
As karma had it, I broke a tooth the other day while flossing. And that broken tooth, broke my seven year boycott of the dentist.
I forgot how fun it was to get a Novocaine shot. My dentist kindly reminded me.
"Mom, thoo you wanth me thoo thake a thower afther thinner?" Amaya asked as she imatated me.
Yeah, she's a hoot.
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Do we have the same Uncle?
ReplyDeleteOh, the irony of breaking your tooth while flossing! Ouch!
ReplyDeleteI am one of those weird peeps that don't mind the dentist. But, I have never had a bad experience. I have even had a root canal but they gave me some laughing gas and I was higher than a kite. I wanted it to last forever.
ReplyDelete7 years girl!! Aye aye aye... I should give you seven lashings ;)
ReplyDeleteLol! Your kids are so funny!
ReplyDeleteDid you try putting lipstick on after the Novacaine. Red lipstick,of course.
ReplyDeleteYou're lucky you didn't lose all your teeth after skipping the dentist that long! I skipped a few years and suddenly had a mouth of cavaties after never having had one before. Not fun.
ReplyDeleteAt least no one tried to mess with you while you had the fat tongue like in the Slim Jim commercials. Think of how Sasquatch must feel?
ReplyDeleteThat cracks me up! I'm glad though that you had to end your 7 year ban -- that's not good ;). I'm a new follower from Crazed Fan Weekend Blog hop. http://www.grandmasguidetolife.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteHa! Your kids are so funny! Great post.
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I used to hate the dentist until I got a very good one who had lovely relaxing pictures up in the surgery and on the ceiling while I lay back and had my mouth delved into and so I feel much better about going now. :O)
ReplyDeleteWhy some people eat there young
ReplyDeleteI need to go to the dentist and I am avoiding it like the plague. I hate, Hate, HATE them! They always find so many things to charge you so much for!!! In sympathy!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL. I love this post. It's so funny. Thanks for sharing, fellow crusader! Sorry it took me awhile to get around all the blogs...but I'm following! :)
ReplyDeleteHaha. I just got a cavity removed this past summer, and it was my first time getting novacaine. I remember slapping myself on the side of the face on the drive home, thinking "wow, I REALLY can't feel a thing...COOL!" lol.
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ReplyDeleteI hate the dentist and can relate. I needed my upper wisdom removed and my dentist (a former army dentist) told me she could take them out without sending me to an oral surgeon. Horrors.
ReplyDeleteWow, now my jaw hurts just thinking about the Novocaine needle! I feel for you and yes, don't the children always know how to comfort you in your time of need? Sweet!
ReplyDeleteHa! Dentists appear to be the same downunder here in OZ ...
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
We all have an uncle like that!
ReplyDeleteNo pity from the kids, huh?
It can also be a challenge if we try not to say words that'll make us close our mouth, while the effect of novocaine hasn't worn off. HAH. But yeah, the broken tooth practically brought you to the doorstep of the dentist's office, and made you feel that certain numbing that is novocaine. And the kid, ah she's quite the cheerful one.
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