Eww and arghhh, I have a regular check-up at the dentist's today. Can you spell dental phobia? Perhaps I have it because for most of my life, dentists just thought I was being a titty baby and bad patient when I insisted they were hurting me. Come to find out, I'm anesthesia resistant, therefore, their weak little narcotics and anesthesia methods never worked on me. I was being poked, prodded, drilled, scraped and enduring other nightmarish procedures without the benefit of pain-killing medication.
It's a verified condition which I discovered when none of the three epidurals I had while birthing big, giant, uncooperative babies ever did their job. Yeah, natural childbirth. Ouch.
My twin sister has the same thing. Plus...we have a double set of nerves in our mouths. One of my kidlets is resistant to anesthesia too. He woke up during an appendectomy and then broke the leather restraints they put on him. Guess it's a good thing they give you that amnesia drug now during surgeries so you don't remember being awake! *shudder*
Okay, so before I freak myself out completely, here's my list:
Top 10 Reasons I Hate Going to the Dentist
10. The days long dread of appointment day approaching.
9. Stupid dentists who think listening to muzak can calm their victims.
8. Dentists who insist on making you talk when your mouth is out of commission.
7. The very phrase, "Spit and rinse."
6. Cotton all jammed up in my gums during procedures.
5. Hygienists who carelessly spray water all over me while they clean and scrape.
4. "Boss, de pain, de pain."
3. The malformed x-ray strips that cut into the bottom of my mouth.
2. Making follow-up appointments for further work.
1. Trying to find a dentist who believes me when I say I'm still in pain (or can feel the drill) even if I have already had 14 shots!
What is it you detest most about going to a doctor or dentist?
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