Pearls and Dreams: Pain scales and daily living
I know exactly how she feels.
Lately, I’ve been feeling like a problem patient to my dentist. I have been able to go almost 2 years without seeing a dentist, I had an emergency, and found this really neat Korean guy who was able to fit me in on a Monday afternoon, and managed to relieve my pain.
Since then, I haven’t had a month go by that I haven’t seen him. In fact, just hours after he filled two fillings he was wanting to watch, I chipped a corner off the tooth next to the one he worked on.
The good news, is that it isn’t hurting, and it isn’t bothering me. So I’m not going to bother him. I was going to have the next two fillings done in two weeks, but I think he’s going to have to work no that tooth, and do the other two fillings later, but I’ll let him decide.
I’m afraid he thinks I’m a nut case, but at least he’s figured out why I hate and avoid dentists — the novocaine doesn’t seem to work.
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