Today was the day of my re-scheduled Dentist Appointment. That's right folks, the day had finally come! I was all prepared to have part of my mouth numb for the evening and possibly endure some pain. I go in, I sit in the chair, the Dental Nurse (I still don't know what they're called) makes small talk about school and gives me some kind of "topical" q-tip thing the numb my mouth so they could give me the anesthetic shot (I'm guessing) and leaves to get the Dentist. Another Dental Nurse comes in saying they want to take one more picture before they do anything. Once they took the x-ray, the Dentist comes in and asks if I came with anyone. "Um, my mom?" "What's her name?" "...Cathy?" The Dentist gets one of his assistants to go get Cathy. My mom comes in and the Dentist shows us the x-ray and my (stupidstupidstupidstupid) cavity is really close to the nerve. He said a bunch of things I don't understand, but what I got from it was this: The cavity is so close to the nerve that something bad (???) would happen if they tried to fill it and hit the nerve, so some kind of endodontist (shut up spell check that is a thing) needs to do sensitivity tests and possibly do a ROOT CANAL. UM. So they gave us a referral and my mom and I are like, we're going to have to do this soon because I leave for school in a WEEK. Ugh.
I do not want to have to get a Root Canal, but it's better than my tooth rotting away. I better get it done this week though. Seriously. Enough of this.
I was also supposed to get a new phone today, but when we went to the Verizon store they were OUT of the phone I wanted. Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?! So my mom is going to get it at another store on her lunch break tomorrow.
Upside of today: My mom and I went to a new coffee shop downtown and the inside looks like a mini Top Pot and I got a delicious latte and the lady who made it tried to make a dinosaur in the foam. It was adorable. I also got TWO NEW PAIRS of shoes! Some black flats and some white converse. I have been wanting flats FOREVS because I'd like to look like a girl when I wear dresses and skirts and stuff. I always either wear Keds or boots. So that's pretty awesome. Yeah.
Days until I leave for Seattle: 8
Days until school starts: 14
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
BEDA 4: The Dentist
I have never, in my life, looked forward to going to the dentist. Until now.
Last month I went to the dentist for your routine cleaning, when the...nurse? Dental hygienist? I think you know what I mean. Anyway, she thoroughly freaked me out after she had a look at my X-Rays.
"...This is weird. Have you had any pain on the upper right side?" (referring to my teeth, obviously.)
"Um. No." I replied, a bit uneasily.
"Hm. I better have the dentist have a look. Maybe it's just something on the X-Ray..."
After nearly 30 minutes sitting in the uncomfortable patient's chair waiting for the dentist, whom by this point I loathed, the dentist comes in, asks the same pain question, and determines that I have a cavity. WHOA. A cavity?! Who would've thought. Seriously, that's the first conclusion to which I would have come. Thanks for freaking me out and making me wait thirty minutes for information I could have given myself.
After the initial rage wore off and I ate something, I realized that it actually hurts when I chew on the right side of my mouth. I began to look forward to the dentist appointment awaiting me on August 4th.
As I'm sure you have surmised, it is August the fourth. And I am not waiting impatiently for the dentist. No, my appointment has been rescheduled because the geniuses at the dentist office scheduled me for a CLEANING. Um, how many patients do you know who come in for a cleaning once a month? Not many, I'd imagine. Ugh.
So the one time I ever look forward to the dentist, I don't get to go. I JUST WANT MY TEETH FIXED. Isn't that your job?!
On an unrelated but more exciting note: I registered for Pottermore today! I was so beyond confused about how registration worked; I thought you had to sign in with the email address you used for pre-registration, which I guess it turns out didn't matter, and THEN register. But I got pretty much no sleep and stayed up all night refreshing the page every half hour, and FINALLY, at this morning, there it was! An actual page with instructions! The clue was way easier than I was expecting. But I'm registered! I'm not a squib! (If you're wondering what I mean by this... go here.) I am excited to find out what exactly Pottermore is going to entail... Oh, and if you're wondering, which I know you definitely are, my username is OwlMist131. oooooooh!
Until tomorrow, dear blogosphere!
Days until I go back to Seattle: 19
Days until school starts: 25
Last month I went to the dentist for your routine cleaning, when the...nurse? Dental hygienist? I think you know what I mean. Anyway, she thoroughly freaked me out after she had a look at my X-Rays.
"...This is weird. Have you had any pain on the upper right side?" (referring to my teeth, obviously.)
"Um. No." I replied, a bit uneasily.
"Hm. I better have the dentist have a look. Maybe it's just something on the X-Ray..."
After nearly 30 minutes sitting in the uncomfortable patient's chair waiting for the dentist, whom by this point I loathed, the dentist comes in, asks the same pain question, and determines that I have a cavity. WHOA. A cavity?! Who would've thought. Seriously, that's the first conclusion to which I would have come. Thanks for freaking me out and making me wait thirty minutes for information I could have given myself.
After the initial rage wore off and I ate something, I realized that it actually hurts when I chew on the right side of my mouth. I began to look forward to the dentist appointment awaiting me on August 4th.
As I'm sure you have surmised, it is August the fourth. And I am not waiting impatiently for the dentist. No, my appointment has been rescheduled because the geniuses at the dentist office scheduled me for a CLEANING. Um, how many patients do you know who come in for a cleaning once a month? Not many, I'd imagine. Ugh.
So the one time I ever look forward to the dentist, I don't get to go. I JUST WANT MY TEETH FIXED. Isn't that your job?!
On an unrelated but more exciting note: I registered for Pottermore today! I was so beyond confused about how registration worked; I thought you had to sign in with the email address you used for pre-registration, which I guess it turns out didn't matter, and THEN register. But I got pretty much no sleep and stayed up all night refreshing the page every half hour, and FINALLY, at this morning, there it was! An actual page with instructions! The clue was way easier than I was expecting. But I'm registered! I'm not a squib! (If you're wondering what I mean by this... go here.) I am excited to find out what exactly Pottermore is going to entail... Oh, and if you're wondering, which I know you definitely are, my username is OwlMist131. oooooooh!
Until tomorrow, dear blogosphere!
Days until I go back to Seattle: 19
Days until school starts: 25
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